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News Release

• Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus to Perform Landmark NakedMan with Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra; Premieres new Kushner Trilogy

Annual Report

• Fiscal Year 2009 | Download  (860 KB PDF File)
• Mission Statement and information about the Chorus
• The Concert Season Recap
• Commissions and Outreach Efforts
• Community Partners
• Financial Update

CHORUSpondence Newsletter

• March 2010 | Download (3.5MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Notes from the Executive Director
  • Minnesota Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Community Spotlight – Xcel Energy
  • TCGMC Selected for Advanced Marketing Training Program
  • Save the Date! Songs from the Heart 10, Friday, June 11
    
  • 2nd Annual Cereal Drive to Benefit Open Arms of Minnesota
  • Meet the Composer: Michael Shaieb
  • Memories of the World Premiere of NakedMan
  • Picture Pages
• November 2009 | Download (5.7MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Twice the Gift
  • TCGMC Expansion of I Want More Life to premiere in March
  • Welcome Aboard The New Board Members
  • Jeff Heine Named Executive Director
  • Community Initiative: Winter Wear Donations
  • Picture Pages
• June 2009 | Download (4.72MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Calendar of Events
  • Notes from Our Executive Director
  • Everybody Sing!
  • Cereal Drive and Food Drive Update
  • I Want More Life at the Guthrie
  • Member Corner – Dishing with Mick
  • Picture Pages
• March 2009 | Download (2.9MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Community Connection
  • TCGMC Encourages Food Donations for Those in NeedAmeriprise Financial’s Daniel Boyer
  • TCGMC Presents World Premiere of I Want More Life at the Guthrie this Spring
  • Notes from the Executive Director’s Desk
  • Dishing with Lynne Rossetto Kasper
  • Songs from the Heart IX – Divas
  • Tux Luxe
  • Cool Yule
  • TV “SPECIAL”
• November 2008 | Download (1.7MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Nouvelle Chorine
  • Notes from the Executive Director
  • Open Auditions!
  • Alumni Corner: Brotherhood of Song Continues with Chorus Alumni
  • Chorus Partners with The Aliveness Project for the Holidays
  • TCGMC Participates In VocalEssence 40th Anniversary Celebration
  • Decking the Hall! Annual Holiday Poinsettia Sale
  • Stocking Stuffers from TCGMC
  October 2008 | Download (1.2MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Notes from the Executive Director
  • Ann DeGroot Honored with First TCGMC Legacy Award
  • First Time Impressions of GALA Festival in Miami
  • Notes from Board Chair Kerry Severson
  • Catch the Chorus on the Road!
  • Picture Pages
• June 2008 | Download (.6MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Friends ARE Benefits/ Through a Glass, Darkly
  • Love is a Many-Splendored Thing
  • Twin Cities Public Television to Broadcast Through a Glass, Darkly
  • GALA Choruses Festival VIII
• March 2008 | Download (.6MB PDF file)
  • From the Podium
  • Notes from the Executive Director's Chair
  • What's so Bad About Meth? Well, Let Me Tell You...
  • An Interview with Alan Braun
  • Notes from Our Audience - Penny Bond
  • Welcome Christopher Taykalo
  • Escape to Paradise
• November 2007 | Download (1.6MB PDF file)
  • Ordering Season tickets
  • Auditions
  • Concert line-up for 2007-2008
  • Gift Certificates
  • Songs From The Heart VIII
  • Decking the Halls!
  • New Commission and the Composer
  • TCGMC meets MySpace
  • Trip to Mobile – a new chorus
  • Walk for Justice
  • Executive Director letters
  • Subscriber benefits
  • Let Your Voice be Heard
  • Audience feedback
  • E-Newsletter sign-up
• November 2006 | Download (3.4MB PDF file)
  • The Great Southern Sing-Out Tour
  • Nashville, Tennessee
  • Birmingham, Alabama
  • Jackson, Mississippi
  • Mobile, Alabama
  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Stopping for Richard
• March 2006 | Download (1.28 MB PDF file)
  • Great Southern Sing-Out Update
  • Marketing Director Hired
  • Alumni Corner
  • OutLoud! Accompanist Resigns
  • Songs From The Heart VI
  • Outreach Concerts Planned
  • Two CDs Scheduled for Release
• November 2005 | Download (1.18 MB PDF file)
  • Southern Tour Campaign “Paving the Way” for July 2006
  • Alumni Corner
  • Holiday Tradition Messiah Sing-Along Planned
  • Chorus Partners with Aliveness Project for the Holidays
  • THE Holiday ART Sale Not To Be Missed!
  • Decking the Hall!

 

Recent Headlines From The Chorus

• July 7, 2008 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Announces 2008-09 Concert Season
• April 28, 2008 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Presents Love is A Many-Splendored Thing
• March 12, 2008 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Presents Friends are Benefits Concert Featuring World Premiere of Through a Glass, Darkly
• October 1, 2007 - Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus Names Executive Director
• May 31, 2007 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Launches Executive Director Search
• February 2007 - Bishop John Shelby Spong to speak at Faces of Faith: A Passion for Inclusion, Sponsored by the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus
• September 2006 - Help the TCGMC win $100,000!
• November 14, 2005 - TCGMC Holiday Concert Kicks-Off 25th Anniversary Season
• June 28, 2005 - TCGMC Announces 25th Anniversary Concert Season and Plans for National Tour to the South
• April 19, 2005 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus and PFund Partner for Gala Event
• March 29, 2005 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Plans Northern Minnesota Tour
• February 24, 2005 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus to Present Spring Concert: KGAY-FM: Sounds of the 60's
• November 30, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus to Perform Second Annual Messiah Sing-Along
• November 26, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus to Perform at St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church
• November 18, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Heralds in the Holidays
• October 19, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus To Perform Outreach Concert at Good Samaritan United Methodist Church
• September 1, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus & OutFront Minnesota to Partner in Benefit: Metamorphosis Encore
• June 21, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Releases 6th CD: Metamorphosis
• April 21, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus To Perform Benefit Concert at University of Minnesota Duluth
• February 9, 2004 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus to Present World Premiere Commission Metamorphosis
• November 4, 2003 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus To Present Holiday Concert: Bells A Tintinnabulation Of Song
• November 2003 - Rainbow Families and TCGMC Partner for the Holidays
• October 29, 2003 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus To Perform Benefit Concert for Wingspan
• September 22, 2003 - Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Announces 2003-04 Concert Season

Recent Reviews & Articles About the Chorus

• Meth Addiction, Gay Sex, and Music - John Townsend, Lavender Magazine Issue 334
• Men, meth and music - William Randall Beard, Star Tribune, March 22, 2008
• Rockin' Sixties Fuels 'KGAY' - William Randall Beard, Star Tribune, April 3, 2005
• Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus to Perform in Grand Marais - April 2005
• Seasonal Songfest Sparkles with Gems - William Randall Beard, Star Tribune, December 13, 2004
• 10th Annual National Coming out Day Luncheon Speakers: Dr. Stan Hill - Lavender Magazine, October 2004
• Choir Boys - Joel Hoekstra, Mpls St. Paul Magazine, July 2004
• The Straight Story from the Gay Men's Chorus - Rachel Hutton, Minnesota Monthly, March 2004
• Found In Translation: A Musical Biography of the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus - Michael Davis, Lavender Magazine, March 2004
• Something Ventured, Much Gained - William Randall Beard, Star Tribune, March 21, 2004
• Singing What They Know - Michael Anthony, Star Tribune, March 19, 2004
• I'm Coming Out - Caroline Palmer, City Pages, March 17, 2004
• Gay Men's Chorus Chimes in With Handbells in Holiday Concert - Michael Anthony, Star Tribune, December 11, 2003