The Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir wants you!

The choir performing at the Chan Centre, May 20, 2006 at the Canadian Unison Festival 2006, the third Canadian Festival of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Trans-gendered, and Friends Choruses. Photo by Norman Gludovatz.

Please join us! New members are welcome to join at any time. Please note, we will not be rehearsing on February 9, 2010, because we're performing an outreach concert that night. New members are encouraged to join us on any other Tuesday, however.

Rehearsals are held at 7:30 PM on every Tuesday (but not Feb. 9) at St. Margaret's Cedar Cottage Anglican Church, 1530 East 22nd at the corner of Dumfries Street in Vancouver (close to the intersection of Knight and Kingsway). [map]

We believe that anything you don't know about singing or reading music can be learned. Don't let lack of experience or stage fright deter you. Give us a chance to prove that you aren't tone-deaf after all!

Our rehearsals are open to anyone interested in becoming an singing or non-singing member.

We are a non-auditioned choir. You don't have to read music or have any previous musical experience to sing with us.

We are accessible. Our rehearsals and concerts are held in wheelchair-accessible buildings.

We are inclusive and welcome gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and straight members.

We are secular. We honor the diversity in our members by choosing music with little or no religious content.

We welcome new members at any time of the year.

Even if you cannot join the choir this year, please consider dropping by to sing with us some evening. As a community choir, we are always looking for friends, allies, and enthusiastic audience members!

Benefits of singing with the VLGC

Voice improvement: Choral singing helps you breathe better and sound better. Did you know many opera singers have exceptionally low heart rates?

Musical education: Our Director has extensive training in music and choral direction.

Creative involvement: Choir members assist with performance plans. Members may suggest tunes to arrange, composers to commission and concert themes to pursue. Then there is the writing, illustrating and designing of the ads, the stage sets... and the list goes on.

Social identity: One never stops coming out of the closet. It might as well be in two sentences — "Which choir?" "Oh, The Vancouver Lesbian and Gay Choir."

Self knowledge: Getting to know yourself in a new way by getting to know new people in a creative way.

Other great benefits

Snacks! Someone or other always brings great snacks to rehearsal night. We are a very snack friendly group.

Make new friends! Joining the choir is a great way to meet people. Vancouver can be a difficult city for newcomers. Come join our family.

Fun and laughter! Sometimes we have just a little too much fun, but our director and accompanist are very patient and forbearing with our boisterousness.

Make magic! Singing in four part harmony feels like magic. You can feel it right down to your toes!