Presents: GALA15
CELEBRATING 15 YEARS
Saturday May 17, 2014
Featuring: Emmy® Award-winning Actor and Comedian Leslie Jordan in “Show Pony”
Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
Welcome Our 70-member Palm Springs Gay Men’s debut performance at our December Holiday Chorus celebrates its fifteenth season as the concert, and performed for our spring concert premiere gay men’s chorus in the Coachella “Optimistic Voices.” Kudos to Mark for his vision Valley. Since 2012 we have increased our and direction of this ensemble. The members of The Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus, membership, expanded our audience, improved In Season have performed all over the Coachella our financial stability and increased our musical Valley since January and are available for special quality. Our priorities are to move forward by functions. We would like to thank them for their looking back at our very significant past, taking commitment and dedication in representing the the best practices of those who organized this Palm Spring Gay Men’s Chorus. Kurt Jordan is group, and presenting a new, unified, unique the accompanist for In Season and a graduate Artistic Staff, and Board of Directors and diverse face to the Palm Springs community. of Azusa Pacific University with a BA in Music internally, we have addressed the need to Theory and Composition. diversify our fifteen member board of directors. We are excited to be celebrating our 15th Our board is comprised of 7 singing members musical season as a chorus. So much has and 8 non-singing members. Each of our happened in those 15 years to get us to where extend our deepest gratitude board members chairs and supports a working we are today. Our chorus is a very vibrant, committee. These hard working and dedicated talented, community-giving group of men who to the volunteers donate countless hours to ensure that enjoy their passion for singing and sharing it our concerts and membership functions are with friends and family in the Coachella Valley. supported. We still have members of the chorus who have We’re fortunate to have Doug Wilson as our been with us from the very beginning, and Artistic Director. Doug is a graduate of Michigan to them we say Thank You for creating this State University with a degree in Choral Music, wonderful organization and for making it a Grace Helen Spearman Charitable Foundation, and a Masters in Music Performance (Organ) chorus like no other. from Arizona State University. He is a retired Your presence at our GALA 15 is greatly elementary school principal and educator from appreciated and we hope that you will continue the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, to support your Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus Nevada. He is an accomplished bell ringer and by attending one or all of our upcoming concerts Steven Tobin, CEO and Director, church organist and is active in musical theater for 2014-15. in the Coachella Valley. as the our accompanist Joel Baker hails from David A. Sanchez Seattle. Joel has been in the desert since President 2003. He is a graduate from the University of Washington School of Music and started his Palm Springs career as a pianist for Nordstrom in Seattle. Gay Men’s Chorus Currently he is the principal accompanist for the Diamond Presenting Sponsor of Gala 15! vocal department at College of the Desert. in Season, a special ensemble of the chorus under the direction of Mark Duebner, made its Celebrating 15 Years of Musical Magic!
Thank you Mission Statement To be a chorus of gay men, who through musical excellence, community outreach, and civic responsibility, are dedicated to entertaining, inspiring, and educating the culturally diverse community in which we live.
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Leslie Jordan In addition to and the current Stories I Can’t Tell JANNEY, MARY STEENBURGEN, stepped off a acting, Mr. Mama. This past holiday season, CECILY TYSON and BRYCE DALLAS Greyhound bus Jordan is also he rolled out his latest creation Deck HOWARD. In January 2012 Jordan in 1982 from the an author and Them Halls Y’All, a holiday themed premiered his most recent one man hills of Tennessee, writer. His book piece created with the intended as show FRUIT FLY to unanimous rave said “hello” “My Trip Down a seasonal perennial. Mr. Jordan’s reviews. A national tour of FRUIT FLY to Hollywood the Pink Carpet” play Hysterical Blindness and Other is occurring throughout 2013 –14. and has never for Simon and Southern Tragedies That Have looked back. Schuster formed Plagued My Life Thus Far ran to Summer 2013 marked the debut With hundreds the basis of a sold-out houses in Los Angeles and of Jordan’s latest stand up show of television 90-minute one- enjoyed a seven month run Off- aptly titled “SHOW PONY”, an shows, films and man show, which Broadway at the Playhouse on Van update of the anecdotal, bizarre commercials to had a 45 city Dam in New York. His screenplay and thus hilarious experiences his credit, he book-signing/ Lost in the Pershing Point Hotel Jordan religiously chronicles in his has become a performance tour won the Los Angeles Independent daily diaries. Jordan spent a month familiar face on and a successful Film Festival’s on location in New the entertainment twelve-week Off- Production Grant Orleans filming a 3 scene. Jordan is Broadway run in Award, winning the episode arc creating the 2006 Emmy 2010. A DVD of competition from yet another indelible Award Winner for Outstanding the show shot during performances over 600 other character from his Guest Actor in a Comedy Series in Atlanta is now available. scripts. Subsequently, ever growing list of for his delicious portrayal of it was made into an off kilter individuals “Beverley Leslie” on “Will and Pink Carpet also enjoyed a ten independent feature with his appearance Grace.” Television audiences will week engagement at the Apollo film distributed as QUENTIN, the also remember him for his recurring Theater in London. Jordan’s other by Northern Arts best selling author roles on “Boston Legal,” “Ugly autobiographical stage turns include Entertainment. who just happens to Betty,” “Reba.” and most recently, Like a Dog on Linoleum, Full of Gin be a 300 year old “Desperate Housewives”. Feature and Regret, From Whence I Came Recent projects warlock. The cult film audiences will recognize Jordan include an off- success original FX from his performance as “Brother Broadway run series AMERICAN Boy” in Del Shores’ adaptation of of the Nashville- HORROR STORY, just his play “Sordid Lives’” with Olivia musical romp LUCKY completed it’s 3rd Newton-John, Delta Burke and Beau GUY (Spring 2011) co-starring season featuring Academy Award Bridges. He continued the role in drag sensation VARLA JEAN winners JESSICA LANGE and KATHY “Sordid Lives… the Series” for the MERMAN and a supporting role BATES, Oscar nominees ANGELA cable network Logo, which starred in the Academy Award winning BASSETT and Sidibe Gabourey Rue McClanahan, Caroline Rhea blockbuster film version of the New and Emmy Award winning actress and Bonnie Bedelia. On stage, Mr. York Times Best Seller sensation THE FRANCIS CONROY. At press time, Jordan won the Ovation Award, The HELP produced by Steven Spielberg. Jordan just returned from a 2 week Garland Award and The Los Angeles Jordan shared the screen with an all- shoot in Spain as the special guest Drama Critics Circle Award for his star line up of film greats, past and star on the long running British portrayal of “Preston Leroy,” the present including EMMA STONE, sitcom BENIDORM which ended its aging, sodden barfly in Del Shores OCTAVIA SPENCER, JESSICA final season with the guest star spot hit play Southern Baptist Sissies. Photos by Kelly S mith CHASTAIN, VIOLA DAVIS, ALLISON written specifically for Mr. Jordan. …in memory of Proud to Support musical greatness Supporting the Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA PSGMC with graphics, marketing and public relations
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