Freedom to Sing
Choral Festival
Each day of the World Pride Festival the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (GMCW) will present a 45-minute pop-up choral performance that include ensembles of GMCW (Potomac Fever, Rock Creek Singers, Seasons of Love, GenOUT Youth Chorus, and 17th Street Dance) and several other GALA choruses from around the country*. Venues under consideration include the Kennedy Center Millennium Stage, Epiphany Church, St Thomas Church, Live at 10th & G, National City Church, and Sixth & I. Additionally, GMCW will present their annual Pride Show Saturday, May 31 and Sunday, June 1, at a venue TBD.
Friday, May 23 – Sunday, June 8
Multiple Locations
* To date the following choruses have expressed interest in participating:
- 7th Son (Charlotte, NC)
- Asian Rainbow Chorus (New York, NY)
- Brolo (Philadelphia, PA)
- Central Maryland Rainbow Chorus (Columbia, MD)
- Cherry Blossom District (Washington, DC)
- Congressional Chorus (Washington, DC)
- DC Labor Chorus (Washington, DC)
- Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC (Washington, DC)
- GenOUT Youth Chorus (Washington, DC)
- Jabberwocks (Providence, RI)
- Jackson Reed High School Concert Choir (Washington, DC)
- Lavender Light Gospel Choir (New York, NY)
- LOVE Chorus (USA)
- Major Minors (Nashville, TN)
- National LGBTQIA+ Flute Choir (USA)
- New Wave Singers of Baltimore (Baltimore, MD)
- New York City Gay Men’s Chorus (New York, NY)
- Not What You Think (Washington, DC)
- On That Note! (Hartford, CT)
- Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus (Philadelphia, PA)
- Potomac Fever (Washington, DC)
- Richmond Allied Voices (Richmond, VA)
- Rock Creek Singers (Washington, DC),
- Sacred and Profane Chorus (Berkeley, CA)
- Seasons of Love (Washington, DC)
- Spite & Malice (Charlotte, NC)
- Tonewall (New York, NY)
- Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus (Raleigh, NC)
- Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (Minneapolis, MN)
- Vox Dominae (Charlotte, NC)