“The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus: Celebrating 35 Years of Activism Through Song” will foreground the musical advocacy of the group. Drawing on comprehensive archives that the chorus donated to the GLBT Historical Society, the exhibition will feature posters, artifacts, photographs, video and sound to portray the contributions of the chorus at key moments in contemporary GLBT history, from the memorial march following the assassinations of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk in 1978 to public celebrations of marriage equality this year.
“The chorus isn’t just about making music,” notes lead curator Tom Burtch. “Our performances have always been about making social change, too. Our singing has supported our community in its calls for equality, its hours of grief, its expressions of love and its celebrations of triumph. The exhibition doesn’t just tell the story of the chorus; it also highlights the remarkable history of more than three decades of the movement for GLBT equality.”
Burtch and assistant curator Fred Baumer are archives and museum volunteers at the GLBT Historical Society and are longtime members of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. The exhibition will include a touch-screen display created by multimedia producer John Raines.
An opening reception will be held Thursday, September 19, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. The exhibit runs through Jan. 15, 2014.The museum is open Monday through Saturday 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Sunday, noon – 5:00 p.m. Admission is $5.00 (regular); $3.00 (California students); free for GLBT Historical Society members. For more information, visit www.glbthistorymuseum.org.
ABOUT THE GLBT HISTORY MUSEUM
The museum is a project of the GLBT Historical Society, a research center and archives that collects, preserves and interprets the history of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people and the communities that support them. Founded in 1985, the society maintains one of the world’s largest collections of GLBT historical materials. For more information, visit www.glbthistory.org.
ABOUT THE SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN’S CHORUS
The San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus is a voluntary organization that brings together 300 gay men to perform choral music. The group has put it stamp on such American songbook classics as “We Kiss in the Shadow” and “The Man I Love” and has commissioned music to address such issues as the AIDS epidemic and bullying in schools. In 2012, the chorus traveled to Laramie, Wyo., to sing at special tribute to Matthew Shepard and in 2013 commissioned “I Am Harvey Milk” to bring home Milk’s message of visibility. The group has raised money to support such causes as breast cancer awareness, homeless youth services and music in the schools. For more information, visit www.sfgmc.org.
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