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In order to encourage collaborative sharing of ideas and experiences, GALA Symposium 2025 included a fundraising proposal competition. In this competition, small and midsize budget GALA choruses presented proposals that need financial backing. Each group was given time to propose their concept to a panel, who provided detailed feedback.
Choirs typically have exceptionally tight budgets, so getting the most bang for your buck is especially important. Here’s a sampling of tools that will make your life easier – for free! Let us know if we missed any of your favorite tools.
This document is shared with the singing membership and contains pretty much everything that they will need to know about the day of the assembly to set them up for success. It also includes reminders of protocols and expectations on how to engage with the students while on campus.
“Heavy Breathing/ Sunset Over Lake Bde Maka Ska” a poem by Andrea Jenkins performed as part of Mni Sota Confluence! in Orchestra Hall on July 10, 2024
The concept of “Asia”, particularly as a cultural signifier, has always been problematic. It assumes a high degree of commonality across what is the world’s largest continent, and has been used to homogenize and “other” what is a hugely diverse swathe of people. When Proud Voices Asia, the Asian LGBT choir network was set up, one of its greatest challenges therefore lay in trying to find coherence in this variety, not just in general terms like language or social structure, but more specifically in concepts like “queer”, “choir” and “activism”, while celebrating the multiple contexts in which they exist.
