Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles

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Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles
Seat: United StatesUnited States los Angeles
Founding: 1979
Voices : 230
Website : http://gmcla.org

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles , also known as GMCLA , is a gay male choir from Los Angeles , California made up of more than two hundred singers . The choir performs regularly at the Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, has national and international tours and television appearances, and has appeared before Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama .

history

The Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles initially consisted of 99 members when it was founded in 1979. In the course of its history, the choir has grown to more than two hundred singers, although it has lost more than 150 members as a result of HIV infection. Increasing success prompted the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles on international tours, for example through South America. The choir performs regularly on stages in the Los Angeles area and has already performed around 1,000 choir concerts. The choir can also be heard regularly on various television programs. A series of joint appearances with the singer LeAnn Rimes caused a sensation in 2010 . In 2013 GMCLA performed the song We saw your Boobs at the Oscars with Seth MacFarlane . In 2014 the choir celebrated its thirty-fifth birthday with a concert.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ GMCLA's History. gmcla.org, accessed April 9, 2016 .
  2. ^ Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. (No longer available online.) Los Angeles County Arts Commission, archived from the original October 23, 2014 ; accessed on October 17, 2014 (English).
  3. ↑ Sherry Stern: Video: An emotional LeAnn Rimes joins the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2010, accessed October 17, 2014 (video).
  4. ^ David Ng: Harvey Milk oratorio getting a staging in Los Angeles. Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2014, accessed October 17, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Jason Mannino: Milk and Chorus; A Night to Remember at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Huffington Post, July 22, 2014, accessed October 17, 2014 .