About the CGMC

About the Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus

The Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus, now in its twenty-second season, was named "Best Vocal Group in Connecticut" in a recent Connecticut Magazine Readers' Poll.

CGMC audiences expect the unexpected, and the CGMC's tremendous growth has been fueled by the exceptional variety, quality and humor of its shows. Last season, the CGMC presented North Pole Idol, a spoof of the popular TV show American Idol, and The Dazzling Dollar Store Divas.

	About the Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus
	The Connecticut Gay Men's Chorus, now in its twenty-second season, was named "Best Vocal Group in Connecticut" in a recent Connecticut Magazine Readers' Poll.
			The CGMC presents two fully-staged and costumed sets of concert events each season (in December and March/April) in locations throughout Connecticut including the Shubert Theater in New Haven, the Bushnell in Hartford, Norwalk Concert Hall, and the Ridgefield Playhouse. The annual CGMC audience is over 10,000. The CGMC also produces special events, including a monthly BingoMania! event hosted by screen legend "Joan Crawford", and a Spring/Summer Cabaret Gala featuring a different guest artist each season.
	In addition, the CGMC is a regular guest artist at many other venues, including Provincetown, MA as a guest of the Provincetown Business Guild, the Ivoryton Playhouse, the Little Theatre of Manchester, the University of Connecticut at Storrs and the Garde Arts Center, New London. Community Outreach is a central part of the CGMC's mission, and recent events have benefited organizations such as Spirit of Life, Search for a Cure, the Hartford Stage, the Connecticut Aids Residence Coalition, Project 100, New Ways Ministries, Love Makes a Family, and Alliance For Living.
	CGMC audiences expect the unexpected, and the CGMC's tremendous growth has been fueled by the exceptional variety, quality and humor of its shows. Last season, the CGMC presented *North Pole Idol,* a spoof of the popular TV show American Idol, and The Dazzling Dollar Store Divas.
	Other examples of shows the CGMC has performed in recent years include: • Thoroughly Wicked Hairspray—a send-up of the current Broadway scene • Twenty & Hot!—an over-the-top salute to 20 years of CGMC greatest hits • Queer Eye for the Magi—three unusual kingsgo on a fanciful holiday mission • Hot For Hollywood—great egos of the silver screen get just what they deserve The CGMC has received extensive media coverage throughout its history, including feature stories in the New York Times, the New Haven Register, Connecticut magazine, the Connecticut Post, the Hartford Courant, the Danbury News-Times, the Day of New London, the Shoreline Times and the New Haven and Hartford Advocates, as well television stations WTNH, WVIT, FOX-61 and radio stations including WQUN, WTIC, WPKN, and NPR stations. Charter Oak Performing Arts, Inc. (COPA) is the corporate parent of the CGMC. CGMC/COPA is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation whose concert schedule is made possible in part by the generous support of corporations and individual donors. Corporate Partners include Platinum Sponsors Blades Salon of Old Wethersfield and 168 York Street Café of New Haven, and Bronze Partners MetLife Business Advisory Group of New Haven, Citizens Bank and Rimagé Salon & Spa of New Haven.