The 38th season of the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus (2019–20) was unlike any in our history.
In December we presented A Super Gay Christmas, with record breaking ticket sales. In February our cabaret Another Opening was very successful.
In March we were excited to present the world premiere of A Peacock Among Pigeons by Broadway composer John Bucchino based on the award-winning children’s book by Tyler Curry and illustrated by Clarione Gutierrez. On March 5 approx. 100 members went to Wood Hills Middle School in Andover where an abridged version of the concert was presented. 80 youngsters took to the stage with BGMC and sang “Everything Possible.”
COVID-19 became a reality for all of us days later. The loss of our ability to gather and sing through the pandemic has been difficult and frustrating. The resurgence of racial injustice reminds us of the importance of our role in social change. It is, however, fitting that our last public performance before the shut-down was singing about the power of finding yourself and becoming the person you’re meant to be; to a full house of middle school students and their parents in the suburbs.
We will sing again. We will be guided by the science and the delivery of a vaccine. We are more than 200 voices strong on stage. We perform to audiences in the thousands who have a shared experience. When it is safe to return we will. In the meantime, we sing online. (See p. 5.)
There are many remarkable things in 2020. This Annual Report is one of them. Each and every name listed here has made the Chorus viable and sustainable. We are incredibly grateful.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Izzy Berdan
Tyler Brewer, MSC Co-chair
Stephen M. Conner
Shawn DeVeau
Nicholas Everage
John K. Ferguson
Mark Fitzforry
Joshua Foster
Ken Hirschkind, Vice President
Jeffrey Hovis, Clerk
Theresa Murray
Alfred O’Connell, President
Kerry Patterson, Treasurer
Jake Pitochelli, MSC Co-chair
Monika Wirtz
ADVISORY BOARD
Rev. Kim Crawford-Harvie
Peter J. Crosby
Laura DeVeau
Jeffrey Fatchaline
Al Ingram
Michelle Wu
John Strumwasser, President Emeritus
ARTISTIC
Music Director
Reuben M. Reynolds, III
Principal Accompanist / Assistant Music Director
Chad Weirick
Stage Director / Choreographer
Michelle Chassé
American Sign Language
Interpreter
Dr. Lewana Clark
Vocal Coach / Executive
Producer
Bill Casey
Diction Coach
Courtney Furno
Lighting
Anne Dresbach
Costumes
Rebecca Shannon Butler
Guest Stage Director / Choreographer
Larry Sousa
Craig Coogan Executive Director Producer
Director of Video
Michael Willer
Production
Photographer
A Priori Photography
Risers
Fall Hill Productions
ADMINISTRATIVE
Executive Director
Craig Coogan
Customer Engagement
Manager
Sarah Shoffner
Chorus Coordinator
Shalyn Ward
New Member Coordinator
Joel E. Friedman
Administrative Assistant
Alex Jay Barskey
Communictions
Susan Ryan-Vollmar
Influence Consulting
Graphics
Barbara Gottlieb
Copyeditor / Proofreader
Michael J. Leclerc
Legal Counsel
Alfred Gordon O’connell
Pyle Rome Ehrenberg Pc
Ticketing & Crm Technology
Patron Technology
Archives
Northeastern University
Giordana Mecani, Archivist
CONSTITUENTS to AUDIENCE
The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus serves a well-educated, gender-balanced and economically diverse population.
INCOME
(Information gathered from Axiom consumer data, based on ticket purchases 2009–2020.)
COMMITTEES
The BGMC thrives thanks to the volunteers who make up the Committees and the Board of Directors.
BOARD DEVELOPMENT
Nicholas Everage, Chair
Shawn DeVeau
Joel Friedman
George Hines
Michael J. Leclerc
Abraham Leon, Jr.
Donald Medor
Alfred O’Connell
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Izzy Berdan, Co-Chair
Mark Fitzforry, Co-Chair
Tyler Brewer
Christopher Cobb
Jude Erondu
Manuel Esquivel
Jason Goldman
George Henry Hastie
Jeffrey Hovis
Robert S. Hubbard
Jermaine Joynes
Paul Lang
Joseph Lee
Abraham Leon Jr.
Juan Manuel Mendoza
James Newman
Alfred O’Connell
Jake Pitochelli
Carl Seglem
James Sims
Carl Seglem
Jeffrey Albert Swartzel
Luis Valdez
EXECUTIVE
Alfred O’Connell, Chair
Nicholas Everage
Ken Hirschkind
Jeffrey Hovis
Kerry Patterson
FINANCE
Kerry Patterson, Chair
Stephen M. Conner
Jeffrey Fatchaline
John K. Ferguson
Joshua Foster
Samuel Linden
Alfred O’Connell
We launched the BGMC Online portal in May of 2020 to showcase the diverse video content that the Chorus produces.
The pandemic doesn’t allow the Chorus to gather and make music, so we are utilizing the digital platform to share our music and our message of love and acceptance.
We produced 9 videos from March to August in a wide variety of styles covering many vital subjects.
Free to Stream
COMMITTEES
FUNDRAISING/ ENGAGEMENT
Alfred O’Connell, Chair
Joshua Foster
Jeffrey Hovis
Theresa Murray
GOVERNANCE
Ken Hirschkind, Chair
Shawn DeVeau
Alfred O’Connell
Monika Wirtz
MEMBERSHIP SERVICES
Tyler Brewer, Co-chair
Jake Pitochelli, Co-chair
PERSONNEL
Alfred O’Connell, Chair
Stephen M. Conner
Nicolas Everage
Mark Fitzforry
Ken Hirschkind
Kerry Patterson
CHORUS
List represents members who participated in the December 2019 and March 2020 concert cycles.
TENOR 1
Jonier Amaral Antunes
Michael Barber
Bruce G. Barrett
Alain Bouchard
Miguel Bray
Jeremy Franz Brendle
Kyle Cabral
Andy Chau
Enrique Claudio
Kevin Corsini
Giuseppe Delisi
Scott Desrosiers
Andrew Doucette
Dave Eaton
Jude Erondu
Nicholas Everage
Kyle Hawk
Brian Hone
Gary Jackson
Gerald B. James
Andrew Jeske
Brian Kisiel
Peter Kokoszka
Devan Lalas
Anthony Lawson
Michael Lombo
Matt Magrath
Matthew Medina
Edmund Metzold
Neil Meyer
Ryan C. Miller
Christopher Murray
Jeffrey Nagengast
Johnny Nichols Jr.
Christopher Nuss
Michael Nuss
Ryne Paez
Malik Peacock
Myron Pic
Jake Pitochelli
Kevin D. Rice
Bradford Robinson
Kevin Rovelli
David L. Simpson
Anand Sitaram
Loren Sylvester
Shawn Thomas
Joseph Valadez
Kenneth Vennard
John Vento
Adrian Verspyck
Nathan Wass
Walker Weatherly
Zachary Williams
TENOR 2
Bruce Bausk
Jonathan Beebe
Nathanael Beisiegel
Keith Bell
Frederick Brown
Bill Casey
William Cattey
Sam Chinoy
Paul Consoli
Adam Corcoran
Sean Crookes
Joseph da Fonseca
Bryan Daley
Marcel D’Anjou
Tod Davis
Lucas De BuenosAires
Alverson de Souza
Guy DeAngelis
Thomas Denize
Samuel Dennis
Ryan Dusenbury
Manuel Esquivel
Edgar Farfan
Mark Fitzforry
Courtney Furno
Johnny Gall
Adam C. Harrington
Shan Huang
Alex Kapitan
Nick LaPete
Michael J. Leclerc
Jackson Lee
Samuel Linden
Christopher Ludwig
Lenny Lunderman
Jesse Medina
Michael Melfi
John F. Moran
Matthew Moura
Luke T. Murphy
Joel M. Nolan
Joel Nosek
Jevon Jurray Oliver
Nick Panagiotou
Jim Peary-Freiman
Josh Peary-Freiman
Alejandro Pironti
Nicholas Poché
Felix Ramirez
Carlos Ramos
Tim Rogers
Santiago
Kevin Schattenkirk
T.J. Sheehan
Bill Spera
Michael Spertus
Douglas St. Lawrence
Alan Tran
Stephen Trumble
Thomas Yewcic
BARITONE
Dana Albertelli
Charles R. Anderson, Jr.
Jim Anderson
Michael Appell
John N. Beaudreau
Izzy Berdan
Bryan Bishop
Brian Blancke
Kevin R. Bleyle
Tyler Brewer
Andrew Brooks
Jim Buckley
Paul Cady
Galvin Chow
Nicholas Cloutier
Thomas L. Collins, III
Jasen Coole
Andrew Scott Coon
Bruce Cramer
Kyle Crand
Curtis Creekmore
Eric Crumrine
Nathan Cruz
Robert Delmonte
Tim Dreher
David Dyson
Jeffrey Fatchaline
William Ford
Joshua Foster
David Friedler
Paul Gabrys
Joseph Germanos
Christian Grenier
Travis Hasley
George Henry Hastie
George Hinds
Matthew Robert Honeycutt
Alan H. Ingram
Terrence Kenealy
Paul Lang
Joseph Lee
Abraham Leon Jr.
James Lesui
Michael Lewis-Swanson
Magdiel Lorenzo
Rohan Raoul Manohar
Keith March Mistler
Jacob McVey
Paul Mills
Joshua Montanaro
Benjamin Muller
Joe Pahl Williams Muller
William Neely
Samuel Nolting
Thomas Novak
Alfred O’Connell
Michael James Pahls
Carl Palme
Jay Philomena
Don Picard
Noah Robert Pimentel
Russell P. Plato
Daniel Pollak
Kelvin Powell
Rafael Quintanar
Charles Daniel Redmond
Joseph Rios
Ron Riso
Carl Seglem
James Sims
Jim Slayton
Nicholas Solimini
Sam Stone
Jeffrey Albert Swartzel
Derek Ternullo
Robert P. Tetirick
Gary Thies
Zachary Tripsas
Luis Valdez
Tom Weisend
Michael Chase Whalen
Jason Williams
Benjamin Zavisza
BASS
John Abbott
Jason Barrera
Jimmie Bucci
Kurt R. Buffington
Eric Bullen
Jeff Candiello
Michael Capparelli
Paul Carreiro
Andrew Childs
Richard Cincotta
Kelvin Close-Kung
Christopher Cobb
Charles Conley
Mark Daggett
Ross W. Dekle
Dixon Delaware
Paul J. DeLorey
Kodo Elder-Groebe
Cristian Escalante
Timothy B. Flatt
Charles Fortunato
Emil Frank
Joel E. Friedman
James Glavin
Jason Goldman
Ken Golner
Kyriakos Grammatikos
Julius Green
James Griffin
Joseph Andrew Hanak, MD
Timothy Helbig
DJ Hoare-Travaglini
Jeffrey Hovis
Jermaine Joynes
George Alexander King, Jr.
Jacob L. Leatherberry
Andrew Levine
CHORUS
Joshua Levine
Nick Lewis
Wayne Malloy
James Martin
Loren McCready
Hunter Parker McLaren
Juan Manuel Mendoza
Jeff Morrissey
Rodolfo Munoz, Jr
Edward Nardell
James Newman
Lucas Edward O’Connell
Christopher Phillips
Rocco Pigneri
Yusheng Qin
Peter A. Ray
Rick Redmond
Roland W. Roy
Drew Seyl
David Shaffer
Shawn Solaas
Rob Stone
John Strumwasser
Michael Sullivan
Mark A. Taylor
Peter Vos
Andy Weter
David Wickenden
FIFTH SECTION
Joseph Amrhein
David L. Baldwin
Thomas J. Choinski
Jonathan Curtis
Matthew Doherty
Neil Dugas
David Grossman-Ponemon
Abdelkrim Hadir
Donald Medor
Ian Rollins
Robert L. “Rab” Sherman
Michael W. Tobey
n Membership Services Co-Chair n Section Representative
IN MEMORIAM
n Musical Section Representative
We remember and honor our brothers who have passed on. From our very beginning to today, we have lost many members too soon, including our founder Joseph Bevins. We lost our first member to AIDS in 1987. This started a continual stream of singing at memorial services. The list of members who have passed on is available at https://www.bgmc.org/in-memoriam/. All those named are forever part of our chorus family. They are in our hearts and memories.
The generosity of individuals, corporate sponsors, and foundations provides nearly half of the BGMC’s annual revenue.
The Ovation Society recognizes those donors who have contributed $500 or more Sept. 1 to Aug 31, made a Planned Gift or given directly to our Endowment.
Members of The Ovation Society receive an exclusive and unique opportunity to secure their favorite seats on the dates of their choosing for the new BGMC concert season before anybody else. Members of The Ovation Society are invited to select exclusive BGMC events throughout the year.
If you work for a company that matches employee gifts to cultural organizations, please send in your matching gift form or call the Chorus office at 617-542-7464. To see if your company matches, ask your HR department or visit the website matchinggift.com.
The following list represents cumulative gifts 9/1/2019–8/31/2020. Gifts include all cash and in-kind donations, purchases of event tickets and amounts paid for winning auction items. Donations of auction items are not included. We’ve made every effort to accurately represent the gifts. In the event of an error or omission, please contact the office so we can remedy it.
PLANNED GIFTS
Scott J. Batey & Stephen M. Conley
Jay Baer
Frederick Baumer Living Trust
Edward & Caleb E. Broach
Christoper A. Chouinard
Craig B. Coogan Living Trust
Revocable Living Trust of Jeremy Patrick Hayes
Alan H. Ingram
Stanton Kilpatrick
ENDOWMENT FUNDS
The Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
Bequest of John Bryant
Bequest of Wayne P. Drake
Stephen M. Kelley
Edward J. LeMay Trust
Albert D. Lovata
Andrew Maggiore
John Moran
Reuben M. Reynolds, III
David Rosenthal
Robert L. “Rab” Sherman
James Mitchell Slayton
Scott E. Squillace
Please contact us if you have included the BGMC in your estate plans so that we may add you to this list.
The OvaTiOn SOcieTy
Thank you to our donors who have been financially supporting the organization for 10 years or longer
$10,000 AND UP
Richard Babson
Bank of America
Charles R. Anderson and William D. Cattey
Paul A. Consoli
Robert K. Duby
$5,000-$9,999
Biogen Idec Foundation
Boston IVF
David Brillhart and Steve Kleinman
William and Rebecca Casey
City of Boston
Steve Conner and John Strumwasser
Eastern Bank Charitable Foundation
Joshua Foster and Robert Harris
$1,000-$4,999
Jim Anderson
Anonymous (4) Apple, Inc.
Jay Baer and Leland Monk
Keith Bell and Brian Shannon
Brian Blancke
Kevin R. Bleyle and Jasen W. Coole
Tyler Brewer
Bill Briggs and Keith Perron
Thomas Choinski and Stephen Jewett
LeWana Clark and B.J. Wood
Thomas L. Collins III
Gary Conboy
Charles R. Conley
Craig Coogan
Shawn and Laura De Veau
Susan and Rich Doll
Amanda Droste
George Emmons in memory of Jane
Nicholas Everage
Eversource
Facebook
Jeffrey P. Fatchaline
John K. Ferguson
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Samuel S. Pang M.D. and Andrew S. Pang
Paul and Edith Babson Foundation
Reuben M. Reynolds III and Bill Casey
SBA/CARES Act
Ken Hirschkind
jetBlue
John F. Moran and Michael S. Wood
James O. Newman
Nathaniel, Alfred, and Edward O’Connell
Product Genesis Inc.
The Susan A. and Donald P. Babson Charitable Foundation
Mark and Kevin Fitzforry
Emil Frank
David Friedler
William E. Gannon, Jr, MD, and K. David
Weidner, Ph.D.
Devorah J. Hauss and Ann E. Cooney
Mike Hillwig-Shea
Jeffrey Hovis
Alan H. Ingram
Ilene and Richard Jacobs
Jean E. Jonah
Stephen M. Kelley
James Keusch and Bernie Cox
Sylvia Lewis
Keith Macdonald
Kevin A. Mihal
Ryan C. Miller
Edward Nardell
National Grid
Steve Nelson-Marrufo and Joe Sasso
Christopher Nuss
Bill Spera and Joe Onofrietti
Kerry and Craig Patterson
Ernest Pusateri
Roland W. Roy and Bruce McCarthy
Elbert Ruff and Jeff Mulliken
William C. Sano and Paul V. Hillson
Leonard Sapienza and Luis Javier Perez
In memory of Arlyn Baker Schneider
David Shaffer and Jason Barrera
TJ Sheehan
From the parents of Zander, Nicholas and Oliver Slayton
$500-$999
Rufus Allyn and Roy Bohlander
Anonymous (3)
John Beaudreau
Edward Boesel
Rachael Bradley
Kevin Butler and Jim McPhee
Jeff Candiello
Thomas L. Collins
Mary N. Coogan
Trudy and Joanne Creedon
Guy R. Croteau LICSW CGP
Marilyn Davillier and Ed Tronick
Paul Davis
Donald and Anna Ducharme
Zach Durant-Emmons and Willis Emmons
Lois Ferraresso
Maryclare Forry
Dr. Joel E. Friedman
Cynthia Gates
Joseph Germanos
Michael Gillespie and Paul Braswell
David Glattly
Google
Charles C. Hefling Jr.
In memory of our daughter, Deborah J.
Hoare from her parents Shirley and
William J. Hoare, III
Sharman Howe and Eduardo Moura
Illinois Tool Works Foundation
Janine Dowling Design, Inc.
Ken and Jean Jones
Vicki L. Karns
Dr George Alexander King Jr
The OvaTiOn SOcieTy
Starbucks Coffee Company
Sun Life Financial Community Relations
United Health Group
Tom Weisend and Daniel Faucher
Michael Willer
Zachary Williams
Monika Wirtz
David Wolverton and Donald Bridges
Kathy Kingston
Ruth Leah Kline
Charlotte Knox
Peter A. Kokoszka
Larry and Pat Grenier
Christopher Ludwig
Jim Martin
Pat McCarthy and Nick Miller
Andrew McLeod and Greg Reiser
Paul and Kelly Messier
Theresa C. Murray
Thomas Novak
Mike Nuss and Steven Isom
Bob Patcha
Mike Pellerin and Matt Full
Jay Philomena
Rocco Pigneri
Theresa and Randy Pinto
Pyle Rome Ehrenberg PC
Peter A. Ray
Rick Redmond
David Riccioni and Montrell Henderson
Susan Ryan-Vollmar and Linda Croteau
Wendy Sheehan and Rebecca Barbrow
Robert “Rab” Sherman
Steven F. Smith and Eugene Montano
Craig Sorensen and Michael White
Robert Tetirick and Howard Mayberry
Steven Vacca and Fernando Albertorio
Scott Von Rhee
Lee Vorderer and Bob Bass
Emily and Jon Welch
Andrew Wilkins
FINANCIAL: BALANCE SHEET
The organization is in a strong and stable financial condition.
NOTE: Figures are final 2019–20 internal numbers submitted to the auditors. The audit is expected to be completed by November 30, 2020, with the tax return filed on time without an extension in December.
FINANCIAL: OPERATIONS
The Chorus ended the fiscal year with a surplus (“in the black”) for the eighth consecutive year. The FY20 surplus has been designated to underwrite FY21 operations during the pandemic.
NOTE: Figures are final 2019–20 internal numbers submitted to the auditors. The audit is expected to be completed by November 30, 2020, with the tax return filed on time without an extension in December.
Contributed Income Detail:
Earned Income Detail:
$100-$499
Melissa Abbott
Marilyn Jackson Adams and Bill Adams
Lesley E. Adkison
John Affuso
AHI Leadership LLC
Raoul Ajamil
Ronald Akie
Ann Aldrich
Joseph C. Alexander
AmazonSmile Foundation
Joshua D Anderson
Anonymous (12)
Michael M. Appell and Guy Ronen
Evert Asbridge
James Aurelio
Deborah E. Babson
Jordan Bacon
Sandra and John Baehrend
Edward Balmelli and Michael Horgan
Martha Barbone
Beverly and Richard Barrett
Bruce G. Barrett
Frederick Baumer
Scott R. Beach and John M. Hills
Jeanne Beaudreau
Nathanael Beisiegel
Hannah Bend
Izzy Berdan
Leslie Perry and Robert P. Blank
Kristin Bonnie
Spencer, Martha, Ella and Joshua Bonnie in honor of Al Ingram
Thomas A. Bonnie
Daniel Borges
Alain Bouchard
James P. Bouldoukian
Miguel Bray
Kerry Brennan
Denise Brewer
Hanley Brite
Terri Broderick
Bob Brown
Virginia Brown
Patrick Bryant and Brenda Divelbliss
John Bucchino
David Buckle
Kurt R. Buffington
Eric Bullen
Jan Burgess and Christopher Rudel
Ann Burkhardt
Yoshi Campbell
Christine Canavan
Alex Carlock
Paul Carreiro and Christopher Blank
Barbara Cattey
Kurt and Mary Cerulli
Andy Chau
David Chen and Peter J. Crosby
Christopher Chouinard and Harold Rodriguez
Galvin Chow
Gloria Gwenyee Chow
Christopher Cobb
Teresa Coffman
Jennifer Cohen-Peary
Paula E. Collins
Bruce Connelly and John Callihan
Mark Conner
Adam Corcoran
Catherine M. Couture
Bruce Cramer
David Cruikshank
Peter Cruikshank
Mike Cummings
Jonathan G. Curtis
Bryan Daley
Marcel D’Anjou
Dr. Philip R. Daoust
Tod Davis
Lucas De BuenosAires
Diane Deacon and Brian Hlavaty
Ross Dekle
The Delisi Family
Caleb Dempsey
Earl E. Dimaculangan
Tom Divan
Joanne Dolan
Robert Dube
Timothy R. Dullea
Julie E. Dunn
Robert Edmunds
Elizabeth Ennen and Randall Ganiban
Selena D. Evans
Allan J Eyden
Fenway Health
Trevor Findlay
Paul W. Finnegan
Ben Fishman
David B. Fitzgerald III
Robert and Mary Fitzgerald
Janice M. Forsstrom
Chuck Fortunato
Matthew Fox
Peter Frame
Jessica Lynn Fry
Pamela Furnace
Paul Gabrys
GAP Inc. Giving Campaign
Robert Gill and Theodore Blackler
Brian A. Gillis
Richard A. Gioiosa and Simon S. Jones Ph.D.
Lewis Goldman
Ken Golner and David Sowerbutts
Margaret Graham
Beth Grampetro
Robert C. Grant: in memory of Richard Salvatore
Ellie and Dick Greenberg
Nydjie Grimes
Michael Gritz
David Maroon and Christopher Guard
Michael Gustafson
Jenepher Hajian
Sara Hakkoum
Robert H. Hale
Thatcher Harvey
Travis Hasley
Timothy Helbig
George Henry Hastie
Colleen Henschke
Patricia Hicks
George Hinds
Jeffrey Hodgdon
Joyce Hogan
Austin Horowitz and Mark Vigorito
Beth Hurley
ICF
Improv Asylum/Laugh Boston
Norman and Irene Jacobs
Gerald Benedict James
John Hancock Financial Services, Inc.
Andrew P. Johnson
Peter Jones
James Kantor
Carol Katz
Todd Katzman and Marc LaCasse
Kathy Kaufmann
Karen Kemp
Gary Koller
Suzanne and Michael Kosten
Wendy Weisend Kuran
Jo LaFalce Perry
L. Joy Lalas
Bob Lamoy and Bob Thompson
Christopher Lawrence and Philip White
Dr. Jasper Lawson
Michael J. Leclerc
Joshua Levine
Fielding and Betsy Lewis
James Liddell
Richard Lindeman
Christopher and Julie Lovell
LPL Financial
Joanna Lu
Bruce MacDonald
Ana Paula Machado
Ian C Mackenzie
Victor and Maureen Maher
Heidi and Ross Mair
Wayne Malloy
Maura Maloy and Denine Dost
Karlene Valente
Kerry Marshall and Steve Vorenberg
Andrew Martinez
Elizabeth B McCarthy
Dennis McCrum
J Cooper McDonald
James L. McDonnel
Edward R. Mcdonough And Guru Swamy
Deborah Mcgrath
Thomas McNulty
Anna Mcreynolds
Matt and Jesse Medina
Donald Medor
Robert and Ginger Melfi
George Mercier Jr.
The Millers
Paul Mills
David Monahan and Lindsey Monahan
Stephen E. Monk and Paul L. Breiner
Henry Morgan
Matthew Moura
Charles Murphy
Luke T. Murphy
Christopher Murray
Jeffrey Nagengast
John and Abigail Neely
Paul D. Nelson
Maureen Nelting
Beth A. Niernberg
Joel M. Nolan
Tom Norris
Joel Nosek
Anne and David Nuss
Leslie Nye
Jean O’Leary
David C. Olsen and Leonard J. Flood
Susan Olsen Walton and Richard Walton
Marni Orlove
Dr. Kenneth H. Orth and George Paolucci
Thomas O’Toole
Carl Palme
Joanne Palmer
Nicholas Panagiotou
Valorie Parent
Catherine Parshley
Jim and Josh Peary-Freiman
Heather Pence
Randolph Perkins and Viktor Sreckovic
Dotty Peterson and Kelly Sullivan
Elyse Phelan
Alejandro Pironti
Jake Pitochelli
Russell P. Plato
Nicholas Poché
Tom Portagallo and Bill Wade
Jimmy and Patti Pransky
Athens C. Pullias Jr. and
Raymond V. Filburn Jr.
Charles Wilder Contero-Puls
Michael Quinlan
Jose and Jane Quintanar
Vincent and Nina Rauscher
Paula Reveliotis
Judy Rice and John Ahonen
Lee Ridgway
Melinda Riego De Dios
Stefano Robasto
Diana Roberts and Robert Bray
Bradford Robinson
Mark Roderick
Rev. Timothy Rogers
Linda Rowley
Gregory D. Ruffer
Sanofi US Services, Inc.
Philip A. Sbaratta and Brian J. Murphy
Tim Scerba
Robert and Katherine Schneider
Monte Scott and Mike Gentile
Nancy A. Scott
Stephanie Seacord
Carl Seglem
Seglem Family
Ellie and Steve Shaer
Sarah Sharpe
Nancy Sherman
Marc Showstack
Mark Fitzforry
Hugh Simons
James Sims
Philip Smith
Kenneth Sole
David Sowerbutts
Douglas P. St. Lawrence
Martha St. Lawrence
Eileen St. Onge
William D Stanton
Ellen Stein
Wendy Stewart
David Story
Michael Sullivan
Frank Sutter and Michael Sherrin
Linda Swerling
Andrew Talbot
Cigdem Talgar
Jeffrey Taliaferro
Charli Tate
Kobi Tate
Taylor House Bed and Breakfast
The Schneider Electric North AmericaFoundation
Beverly F. Thompson
Michael Worthen Tobey
Barbara Tornow
Rachel Tripsas
Tufts Health Plan
Hank Tufts
Joseph Valadez
DONORS
Luis John Valdez Jr.
Patricia Valencia
Stephen Vasconcellos
Michael R. Vaughan and George Dudley
Peter Vos
Cathy L. Walker
Kendall P. Watts and Robert Derry
Robin Weinberger
UP TO $99
Jeanette Abad
Jennifer Adams
Dana Albertelli
Anonymous (17)
Christopher Arrington and Jonathan McCarey
Robert Babineau
Bank of America Matching Gifts Program
Beverly J. Barbell
Elizabeth Battey
Paul Beason
Beth Benoit
David M. Berti
Lillian Bicchieri
Robert Bienkowski
Donald Bigwood
Becca Bleich
Richard and Mary Bleyle
Robert D. Blum and Brian Haines
Kelsey Brait
Jeremy Franz Brendle
Joan Broderick
Mark Brown and Kraig Kissinger
Jimmie Bucci
Carol L. Buckingham and Michael T Ferrer
Kristi Burkholder
Patrick Byrne
Maria Cabral
John Cadden
Cambridge School of Culinary Arts
Craig D. Capone
Henry Carrey
Mike Cartledge
Daniel Castaldy
Kenneth Caulfield
Maryann Chaisson and Janet M. Lawn
Kent and Karina Chapman
Dr. Benjamin Weinstein and Jennifer Westfall
Becky Whitmore
Maida B. Williams
Troy Wood
Albert Wu
Cristina Yordan
Bernd Zetsche
Chris Chedrawi
Andrew Childs
Nancy Ching
Susan M Clawson
Tyler Clydesdale
Dean and Sue Cobb
Sean Coleman
William Concannon
Rory Connell
Priscilla Connors
Kathryn Coons
Moira Coons
Carlos Covarrubias
Lyle and Jan Cramer
Nancy Crowley
Kathleen Cruickshank
Jack Cunniff
Brian Curley
Arthur Dahl
Kim and Chris Dahlberg
Marc Davino
Barry and Barbara Davis
Alverson de Souza
Bill Dean
Guy DeAngelis
Giuseppe Delisi
Anne Dilley
Lucas Dispoto
Trung Doan
Paul Dobson
Jeannine Driscoll
Linda R. Druwing
G.Dunlop and V.Volansky
Tim Eagan and Brian Salvaggio
Kathleen Egan
Ellen Esteban
Jeff Etzler
Elena Fernandez
Christian Fischoeder
Richard Fitol
Roberto Font and Steven Mullen
Jennifer Forand
Diane and David Freed
Jennifer Friesen
Barry A. Friswold and Carlos Colon
Jenna Froriep
M Joyce Gallagher
Tom Galluzzo
Timothy M. Garvey
Laurie Geminiani
Courtney Gervais
Lisa Gibbons, Rn
Arthur L. Gilman
David Glass
James Glavin
Samuel J. Gloyd
Jessica Going
Jason Goldman
Jennifer Goldstein
Marjorie Goode
Harriet Goodwin
Clive Grainger
Bradford J Greer
Leslie Griffin
David W. Ham
Kathleen F Harrigan
Adam Harrington
Christopher Hartley
Lucy Hatch
Maxwell Heath
William Henry
Rob Henthorn
Cole and Tyler Hilaire-Dubreuil
Dana Hoare-Travaglini and Michael Travaglini-Hoare
Melanie Hom
Brian Hone
Maureen Huber
Emily Hunt
David and Steve Iannaccone
Shiori
Sarah James
Bill Jameson
Griselle Jimenez Ruiz
Thomas Jones and Robert Curtis
Shreya Joseph
Ann Marie Joyce
Cynthia M Joyce
Stacie Justice
Christopher Kadin
Alex Kapitan
Anastasia Karimova
Jim Keating
Anne Kelly
Rick Kier
Andrea Kilroy
MaryBeth Kim
Paul R. Kingston
Vincent Laino
Carolyn Lalas
Devan Lalas
Thomas Lane
Nick LaPete
Jeri Lardy
Jacob Leatherberry
Kelly Leblanc
Jackson Lee
Ernest F. Lessa
Alex Lewis-O’Rourke
Michael Lewis-Swanson
Steve Lilly-Weber
Samuel Linden
Marie Longo
Robert Lorenz and Michael Savage
Joe Lorenzen
Viana Lucchesi
Alyson M Magliozzi
Stephen M. Mahoney
Sharyn A Malnati
Rohan Raoul Manohar
Ellen Mapplebeck
Wiley McCarthy
Robert McCoul
Helen McDermott
Patti and John Mcdonough
Alycia McGoldrick
Robert McKinstry and Mindy Rosow
Dennis McLeod
Laurie McTeague
Kelly McVey
Edwin Medrano
Peter Mellett
Gil Mello
Jerry C. Merson and David Collins
Edmund Metzold
Anna Mezheritskaya
Mary Michaels
Mindy Milberg and Phil Benjamin
Joanne Mistler
Roger Moffat and Lisa Christensen
Helen M Moore
Dr. Patricia Moore
Linda Morrison
Andrew Moura
Sandy Ray Muller
Rodolfo Munoz, Jr
NedInnBoston
William Neely
Samantha Nelson and Lars Andresen
Paul F. Neumann
Charlie and Christine Nichols
Jon Nosek
Not Your Average Joe’s
Charles Nuss
Frederick Oconnor
John O’Dea
Linda O’Leary
Susan H. O’Leary
Jevon Jurray Oliver
Steven J. Oyangen and Brian O’Neill
Lois Parker
PayPal Giving Fund
Natasha Peacock
Erin Peltzman
John D. Peters
Stacey Peterson
Gizelle Petit
Chris Phillips
Monika Pichler
Abba Dabba
William F. Powers
Chuck Provancher and David Lenoir
Susan L Raisbeck
Janis Randall
Bojana Rasic
Jennifer Rich
Richard R. Rivard
Holly Robinson Cookson
Diane Rogers
Gail Rogers
Elizabeth Rohrer
Robyn Rusignuolo
Matthew Russell
Nancy Russo-Slaga and Thomas A. Slaga
Dana Sage
Maria Santoro
Esther Santos
Nancy Scanlan
Sam Schafer
Mary Scott
Pete Screnci
Erik Sechler
Kim Selwitz
Sephora USA, Inc.
Dean Shaffer
Deborah Shechter
Sarah Sheehan
James C. Simpson
Andrew Smith
Judith Smith
Cynthia L Soper
Loyd Starrett
Lauren Stevenson
Alex Stroici
Richard J. and Rosalie C. Sullivan
Manabu Takasawa
Mark A. Taylor
Denice M. Thornhill
Robert Timken
Carolyn Tusinski
Janis G. Urbanek
John M. Vendetti
Wendy Verrette
Adrian Verspyck
Arden Wainwright
Dan Walinsky
Debra Walton
Nathan Wass
Stephen Watson
Margaret Weekes
Elizabeth West
Andy Weter
Michael Whalen
Richard Wheeler
Timothy Wheelock
Noah Whiddon
Jason R. Williams
Ann Woodbury
Kevin Wozniak
Xiaorui Xiong
Heather Yountz
The Member Assistance Program (MAP) provides financial support to singing members who need help with dues (which cover a small portion of music licensing costs and other rehearsal related fees), retreat fees and performance wardrobe costs. This is a restricted fund. The following donors for the 2019–20 season have enabled every member who requested support to receive it.
Charles R. Anderson and William D. Cattey
Christopher Arrington and Jonathan McCarey
Richard Babson
Bruce G. Barrett
John Beaudreau
Donald Bigwood
Miguel Bray
Tyler Brewer
Jeffrey Candiello
Paul Carreiro and Christopher Blank
Andrew Childs
Galvin Chow
Christopher Cobb
Thomas L. Collins III
Chuck Conley
Craig Coogan
Paul A. Consoli
Bruce Cramer
Lucas De BuenosAires
Alverson de Souza
Giuseppe Delisi
Earl E. Dimaculangan
Nicholas Everage
Jeffrey P. Fatchaline
David Friedler
Dr. Joel E. Friedman
Paul Gabrys
George Hinds
Ken Hirschkind
Jeffrey Hovis
Alan H. Ingram
Alex Kapitan
Nick LaPete
Jacob Leatherberry
Michael J. Leclerc
Samuel Linden
Rohan Raoul Manohar
Jim Martin
Matt and Jesse Medina
Edmund Metzold
Ryan C. Miller
Paul Mills
Matthew Moura
Rodolfo Munoz, Jr
Edward Nardell
Joel M. Nolan
Carl Palme
John Philomena
Rocco Pigneri
Russell P. Plato
Rick Redmond
Joseph Rios
Mark Roderick
Roland W. Roy and Bruce McCarthy
Carl Seglem
TJ Sheehan
Mark A. Taylor
Peter Vos
Nathan Wass
Andy Weter
Michael Whalen
Zachary Williams
REHEARSAL SPONSORS
Arts Emerson Triptych (10/23/19)
HIV Vaccine Trials Unit at Brigham and Women’s Hospital (11/13/19)
Berkshire Choral International (1/22/20)
VISIBILITY
To inspire.
PURPOSE MISSION
The Boston Gay Men’s Chorus creates musical experiences to inspire change, build community and celebrate difference.
CORE VALUES
We’re a family with a tradition of excellence
• We provide a safe and welcoming community to be ourselves.
• We make music that makes us and our audiences proud.
• We operate with integrity.
• We genuinely care for each other; bringing out the best of each other — we are at our best as a group.
• We change hearts and minds through our presence and our music.
• We are from diverse backgrounds but have a shared passion for music.
• We choose to give our time and talents — getting back more than we give.