A statement on our planned performances of Perfect Day at Cadogan Hall

Due to the government’s decision to delay the relaxation of lockdown conditions, that would have seen concert venues able to accommodate full capacity audiences, we are moving our planned performances of ‘Perfect Day’ from 9-10 July to 13-14 August.  All tickets will automatically move to the new dates. If you’re unable to make these new […]

A statement on our forthcoming performances of Homo Alone and Perfect Day

The London Gay Men’s Chorus (LGMC) is pleased to confirm that our Ensemble’s performances of Homo Alone on Sunday 20 June at the Clapham Grand and the Chorus’s performances of Perfect Day on 9-10 July at Cadogan Hall are going ahead as planned. While members of the LGMC are not professional singers, we are following […]

Could you be one of our first external trustees?

For the first time since our inception in 1991, the LGMC is looking for three external trustees to join a newly-formed Board from June 2021. As we approach our 30th anniversary at the end of 2021, and prepare ourselves for the next 30 years, we have embarked on a truly ambitious programme of transformational change […]

An Open Letter to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Rt Hon Oliver Dowden MPSecretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport 100 Parliament StreetLondonSW1A 2BQ 13 July 2020 Dear Secretary of State, I am the Chair of the London Gay Men’s Chorus (LGMC) – Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ choir and one of the country’s largest male voice choirs. We have a membership of approximately […]

COVID-19 update for Proud

As you would expect, we have been monitoring the ongoing Coronavirus situation. With the health and wellbeing of our members at the forefront of our minds, we took the decision to cancel rehearsals at the end of last week. Following the recent Government announcements we don’t know when it will be safe for us to […]

LGMC & Wac Arts Launch New LGBT+ Youth Singing and Songwriting Project

We’re excited to be launching an LGBT+ Youth Singing & Songwriting Project with Wac Arts and Sing Out UK. Held at Wac Arts for 5 Thursday evenings over June and July 2019, the project will be inviting 13-19 year old LGBT+ young people to find their voices. The group will learn to sing as a choir, try out […]

LGMC return to the West London Synagogue to commemorate World AIDS Day

We’re delighted to be returning to the West London Synagogue on Sunday 3rd December for another service and concert to commemorate World AIDS Day. Rabbi David Mitchell had this to say about the event: “I am immensely proud that our Synagogue will, once again, be hosting the exceptional LGMC for an annual concert which always […]

50 years since the decriminalisation of homosexuality? Actually, no.

You’re no doubt already aware that 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Sexual Offences Act 1967 – the legislation that came as a result of the Wolfenden Report which was published 10 years before. Often, 1967 is therefore cited as the year that homosexuality was decriminalised in the UK. In reality, however, the 1967 […]

Get fit with the LGMC!

After the success of last year’s Fitness Fundraiser to raise funds for our Silver Jubilee, we’re pleased to announce that the Fitness Fundraiser is back! Join our very own John D. Carrion and Steven Whyte for another Fitness Fundraiser on Sunday 26th March! They’ll teach Body Attack and Body Pump from the LesMills fitness programme, to help raise money […]

When London went to Amsterdam to perform…Together!

Last weekend, we travelled to the Netherlands to perform a special concert, Together, with the Amsterdam Gay Men’s Chorus (AMSGMC). Back in 2015, Gerald Eijt (the chairman of the AMSGMC) reached out to ask if he could meet and find out more about how the LGMC works. The AMSGMC was only a few months old […]