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SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS DECEMBER 9, 2016 8:00 P.M. DECEMBER 10, 2016 2:30 P.M. 8:00 P.M. PROGRAMS | 2016.12 Inspire For 38 years SFGMC has inspired audiences with extraordinary musical experiences. Their festive holiday shows are always a joyful celebration! When I work with my clients I strive to make their real estate experiences truly joyful. Let me inspire you to make your dreams of buying or selling your home an extraordinary reality. Steve Gallagher 415-‐250-‐3779 www.sfsteve.com 2355 Market Street San Francisco CA 94114 SAN FRANCISCO GAY MEN'S CHORUS DR. TIMOTHY SEELIG, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR SEASON 39 PRESENTED BY DECEMBER 9, 2016 • 8:00 P.M. DECEMBER 10, 2016 • 2:30 P.M. + 8:00 P.M. Sonoma Wine Country Be YouH. ere. Healdsburg | 707-433-0300 Sonoma | 707-938-9200 Each Best Western® branded hotel is independently owned and operated. WELCOME TO JOYLAND! Dear friends and family, 526 Castro Street If ever we needed an extra sprinkle of sparkle it is this year! San Francisco, CA 94114 So that is exactly what we plan to give you. Hopefully, for the next 415.865.3650 two hours, you will sit back and allow the music to whisk you away 415.865.3655 • fax from any worry and trouble. [email protected] This past year has been challenging and has taken a toll on all of us. During this holiday season, we are reminded of what is truly important in our lives: friends, family, community, freedom BOARD OF and, of course, music. DIRECTORS As you probably know, the Chorus made a decision to kick off its Steve Huffines 40th season next fall by taking a tour of six states in the South chair where our brothers and sisters do not have the amazing support Deborah Boccuzzi and basic freedoms we have here in the Bay Area. We are taking vice chair this opportunity to marshal our mosaic of powerful, positive voices to empower our fellow LGBTQ+ Americans, especially our LGBTQ+ Sal Baglieri secretary youth. We hope to be a force for all that is good and beautiful in our community. We need your support, though, to make this tour Skip Schneider a reality. We hope you’ll join us. Please watch for updates on next treasurer October's Lavender Pen Tour! Glenn DeSandre For now, just sit back and allow yourself to be immersed in the chorus president beautiful music and entertained by the antics! We are here to Mike Bernard serenade you with some of your very favorite holiday songs and Steve Burton surprise you with some new ones. Most of all, we just want to wrap Eric Chau our voices around you in a huge holiday hug! Peter Drake Thank you for being here, Dave Earl André Farris Sean Livingston Gregory Marks Paul Saccone Dr. Timothy Seelig John Ybarra artistic director CHORUS LEADERSHIP TEAM Chris Verdugo Glenn DeSandre executive director membership president Kevin Koerner membership vice president Michael Tate performance advisory committee chair Rylan Carpena Raymond Mark Gonzales Gregory J. Gorman Alejandro Magyaroff Tom Paulino Brian E. Weart 2016.12 • BAYSTAGES.COM | 3 SPONSORS SFGMC STAFF Dr. Timothy Seelig SEASON 39 PRESENTED BY artistic director Christopher Verdugo executive director Peter Zimmerman associate director of marketing Wil Wright interim production manager SEASON PARTNERS Lynden Bair artistic coordinator Ryan Nunez interim administrative coordinator Tony McIntosh merchandise coordinator ENSEMBLE MUSIC DIRECTORS Eric J. Carlson The Lollipop Guild Carl Pantle Vocal Minority THE OFFICIAL AIRLINE OF SFGMC Sanford Smith SWAG Mitch Galli HomoPhonics SPONSORS sfgmc @sfgmc sfgmc sfgmcvideo 2016.12 • BAYSTAGES.COM | 5 Save the Date! RITZ-CARLTON SAN FRANCISCO sunday, march 12 — 5pm After a decade, our signature brunch is growing into a full-fledged gala. Join us for an evening bursting with fabulous — from a very special celebrity host to champagne, cocktails, must-have auction items and dancing. Don’t miss a single moment! SEASON 39 PRESENTED BY LEADERSHIP BIOGRAPHIES TIM SEELIG is a conductor, singer, teacher and motivational speaker. In addition to artistic director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, he continues a busy guest-conducting schedule throughout the U.S. and across the globe. He is conductor emeritus of the Turtle Creek Chorale, which he conducted for twenty years, co-founded The Women’s Chorus of Dallas and taught on the faculty at Southern Methodist University for fourteen years. Dr. Seelig holds four degrees, including the doctor of musical arts and the diploma from the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. He has authored seven books and DVDs on choral technique. Recordings have been on the Billboard Top Ten and iTunes Top Ten classical charts. The PBS documentary about the Turtle Creek Chorale received the national Emmy award for best documentary. Dr. Seelig has conducted regularly at Carnegie Hall for the last twenty-five years, as well as at Lincoln Center and image: chris turner the Southbank Centre in London. His groups have commissioned choral works for a variety of amazing organizations including amfAR DR. TIMOTHY SEELIG (The American Foundation for AIDS Research), the Susan G. Komen artistic director Breast Cancer Foundation featuring Dr. Maya Angelou, and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital featuring Marlo Thomas. Recent commissions with the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus include Tyler’s Suite for the Tyler Clementi Foundation, I Am Harvey Milk by Andrew Lippa and #twitterlieder. Dr. Seelig’s first career was as a singer. He made his European operatic debut at the Staatsoper in St. Gallen, Switzerland and solo recital debut at Carnegie Hall. He appeared as soloist in world premieres of composers including John Corigliano, Conrad Susa and Peter Schickele (P.D.Q. Bach). Interesting facts include conducting the Longest Choral Concert (Guinness Book of World Records) and carrying the Olympic torch in 1996 as a community hero. He has not run since. He is married to Dan England and is the proud grandfather of the amazing Clara Skye and Eden Mae. CHRISTOPHER VERDUGO had his first introduction to the gay choral movement at the age of eighteen when he joined the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida. Three years later, he became artistic director of Paragon Productions, choreographing, directing and producing CHRISTOPHER VERDUGO theatrical productions for cruise lines and hotels throughout the executive director world. In 1999, he combined his event production background with his fundraising skills, working with the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, Miami Beach’s Winter Party Music Festival, Communion Foundation and sat on the board of directors of the South Beach Gay Men’s Chorus. Upon moving to Los Angeles in 2003, he was selected as one of two choreographers for the Miss Universe Pageant. Soon after, he left his artistic roots to focus on LGBT and social justice issues working with various LGBT nonprofits including the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Equality California, the Human Rights Campaign and GLAAD. He also produced Queer Lounge at Sundance. In 2006, he joined the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles as a singer and five years later was named executive director and chief executive officer. Under Verdugo, the Chorus built an international reputation for musical excellence and doubled its operating budget. It experienced massive expansion that included television and film appearances including the Academy Awards, expanded local education programs in Los Angeles high schools, as well as the launched a nationwide tour - It Gets Better - to combat LGBT teen bullying and suicide in rural American towns. He moved to San Francisco in September to assume the role of executive director of the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus. 2016.12 • BAYSTAGES.COM | 7 BBB_SFGMC_120116.indd 1 11/29/16 12:53 PM ARTISTIC BIOGRAPHIES CARL PANTLE is a vocal coach, accompanist, and singer who frequently works with San Francisco Opera, West Bay Opera, Opera San Jose and the Bay Area Summer Opera Theatre Institute. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious Merola Program at the San Francisco Opera Center. Carl studied voice and choral conducting at Brigham Young University and soon after returned to the Bay Area to pursue vocal coaching and accompanying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. Carl has appeared as a vocalist with SFGMC on numerous occasions and appeared at Lincoln Center as accompanist for Dr. Seelig in The Wisdom of Old Turtle in 2011. Carl has collaborated with some of the finest talents Broadway has to offer, including Daniel Reichard, Keala Settle, Julia Murney, Alysha Umphress and Laura Benanti. image: devlin shand LYNDEN BAIR recently celebrated twenty years as a resident of San Francisco, the last seven of which he has been with SFGMC. Originally CARL PANTLE from a small town in Northern Utah, Lynden attended the University principal accompanist of Northern Colorado where he majored in musical theatre and ensemble director, vocal minority studied acting, piano and voice. He has worked professionally as an actor, singer, pianist, vocal coach and dog walker. Companies he has worked for include American Conservatory Theater, Bay Area Musicals, Boxcar Theatre and Woodminster Summer Musicals. During his tenure with SFGMC, he has added choral arranger to his resumé, providing several original arrangements, some of which were heard at this year’s quadrennial GALA Festival in Denver. In addition to being the associate accompanist, Lynden has been a featured vocal soloist with the chorus at Davies Symphony Hall, the Castro Theatre and on tour. In 2014 he was the recipient of the Jon Reed Sims Award for Artistic Excellence. American soprano MARNIE BRECKENRIDGE is captivating international audiences with her pure and supple voice in roles ranging from the Baroque to modern.