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Saturday, April 25 at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 26 at 3 p.m. The Jewish Community Center of Palm Springs psgmc.com PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Welcome Our 88-member Palm Springs Gay Major Donor Dinner, The Mayor’s Race Men’s Chorus, the same number as the and Wellness Festival, Palm Desert keys on the piano, is celebrating its 16th Community Center Concert Series, PSNIC season as the premiere gay men’s chorus 10th Anniversary (One Palm Springs), in the Coachella Valley. Cathedral City LGBT Days and the Since 2012 we’ve doubled our Alzheimer’s Walk. The chorus also took a membership, expanded our audience and very active role in “Read Across America we are presenting a new, unified, unique Day” by reading to students in grades K-5 and diverse face to the Palm Springs at Vista Del Monte Elementary School in community. Our board is comprised of Palm Springs. seven singing members and eight non- Providing grants to anti-bullying singing members. Each chairs or supports campaigns to the gay-straight alliances a working committee. These hard working throughout the Palm Springs and Desert and dedicated volunteers donate countless Sands Unified School Districts is an hours to ensure that our concerts and initiative that PSGMC felt strongly about membership functions are supported. supporting. This year, we added two new incredible Tickets will go on sale soon for ensembles to enable us to do a wide-array the 2015-2016 season. Visit www. of community events and private functions. PSGMC.com for program information, Vocal Harmonics, 16-voices strong are dates and best available seating! directed by Mark Austin performing On behalf of the Palm Springs Gay everything from Bill Joel to 16th century Men’s Chorus Board of Directors, we madrigals. In fact, their next performance are ecstatic that you here to join us for will be Saturday, May 16, 7:00p.m. at “ExtrABBAganza.” Sit back, relax and Alibi Azul. The Arrangement, directed by don’t be shy about singing along to your Bruce Kenyon, sings traditional barbershop favorite ABBA song. harmonies “Hello Mary Lou” and “Dream a Little Dream” for example. If you would like to hire either one of the small ensembles, David A. Sanchez please call us at 760-219-2077. President Beyond making music, the Palm Palm Springs Springs Gay Men’s Chorus is also a major Gay Men’s Chorus community “voice” having sung for a number of large-scale events: McCallum Join Our Family! Theatre Annual Gala, The Living Desert 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. PALM SPRINGS GAY MEN’S CHORUS P.O. Box 4082, Palm Springs, CA 92263 • 760-219-2077 • psgmc.com PSGMC is recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. PALM SPRINGS GAY MEN’S CHORUS MEMBERS Douglas C. Wilson, Artistic Director desertoutlook.com Tenor 1 Al Meritt * Richard Weldon magazine | website | newsletter Steve Baker Tom Reinberg John Whearty Andy Barborak Rob Thomas Mark Ziemann Rick Beanes Vince Urbani # Paul Brawner Bass Bruce Chartier * Baritone Jack Alexander James Clossin # Neil Badham Brett Austin Simeon Den # David Baellow Mark Austin Art Healey Bob Bielenberg Andy Brown Zechariah Holt Paul D. Cain + # Jason Duncan Alan McPhail + Iain Campbell Craig Ferrier # David Sanchez Chuck Comeaux Doug Foss Darr Sandberg Terry Coogan Dave Gooding # Ernie Santora # Vincent D’Anna Scott Griffin Kyle Taylor # Steve Fenske Robert Henry Teddy Zzenia Jon Fernald Paul Kowal Simon Fraser Russ Learn Tenor 2 Dr. Lawrence Frost Oleg Liebowitz Matt Burkholz Robert Hazelton # Todd A. Lobato-Wright Bill Butler Bob Hogg Roger Martin Jerry Chism Kurt Jacobowitz-Cain Chuck Marx # Joe Dahman # Michael Malfavon # David Murdock Winston Gieseke Jessay Martin John O’Carroll Jeff Hocker Dale Matlock John Ohrenstein # Bruce Kenyon + Charles McClendon Ray Rosenberg Danny Kopelson Don O’loghlin Robert Rotman Skip Lang Earl Parica Tom Shannon # Jim Lawrence Steve Rappaport * Hal Stradley Phil Martin Amarin Ratanarat # Raul Valenzuela Rick Mauery Antonio Rico Ron Wheeler Robert McCourry Nick Tancredi Douglas Wong * Our digital edition is now available in Michael McKeehen J. Stegar Thompson # our weekend newsletter. Subscribe at desertoutlook.com * Section Manager + Section Leader # Leave of Absence In Memoriam We fondly remember our friends who once made beautiful music with us. Doug Bedard David Fisher Tom Nichols Terry Tsaikis Bruce Berg Bill Johns Joe Reichel Michael Tyree John Bethel Dick Kubic Chads Skinner Gordon Wolf Lawrence Chandler Ron McFerrin Irv Stierle Steven Woodkin Follow us on Twitter @desertoutlook Joe Falkner Jack Merker Bob Stone Geary Zamira Like us at Facebook.com/DesertOutlook BIOGRAPHIES Don’t Miss The Douglas Wilson Joel Baker Artistic Director PSGMC Accompanist Douglas C. Wilson Joel Baker is earned a Bachelor’s delighted to mark Second Annual Degree in Choral his second season as Music at Michigan accompanist for The State University and Palm Springs Gay a Masters in Music Men’s Chorus. Joel is Performance (Organ) a native of the Seattle from Arizona State area, and earned University. Mr. Wilson is retired from the his B.A. degree from the University of Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Washington School Of Music, where he Nevada, where he was an Elementary studied with internationally acclaimed Music Specialist and an Elementary School pianist Robin McCabe. While in Seattle, Principal for 30 years. Doug also served Joel was a pianist for Nordstrom for as church musician/organist at Community fifteen years. Moving to the desert in For All The Party Animals to Kick off The Lutheran Church, Las Vegas for more 2003, Joel began playing in various Greater Palm Springs Pride Weekend than 26 years. He has performed organ venues around town, and can currently recitals in California, Arizona, Nevada and be found at Streetbar, Three Sixty North, Michigan. He was accompanist/assistant Wally’s Desert Turtle, and The Purple Wednesday, November 4 director of the Las Vegas Master Singers Room, where he plays for “The Judy and Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society. Show,” starring Michael Holmes. He 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. Doug continues to share his musical serves on the faculty of the Midsummer skills as an accompanist for musical Musical Retreat in Walla Walla, WA • Night Tours of Zoo • Food • Drink theater at Desert Rose Playhouse and and is a staff accompanist at College Of John Glen Middle School. He is also the The Desert. This last fall, Joel served as • Dancing Under The Stars • Raffle & Prizes Children’s Choir and Bell Choir Director music director for “The Who’s ‘Tommy’” Discount Memberships Available at The Party at Hope Lutheran Church, Palm Desert. at Palm Canyon Theater. He lives in In May 2014, he was named permanent Palm Springs with his husband, Don. Artistic Director of the Palm Springs For more fun facts, please visit Joel’s $50 per Ticket • Reserve Online at Gay Men’s Chorus. website at www.misterpiano.com. LivingDesert.org Using Coupon Code PRIDE2 for $40 Tickets Martin Coogan as assisting in direction and producing. Through 09/01 Sign Language When he stepped into the signing world Register Online for Party Bus Reservations Interpreter in 1995, in the beginning, Martin would Martin has been involved watch performance interpreters and be in in music and theater, awe and think, that was not possible for a Benefiting The Living Desert and Greater Palm Springs Pride in some fashion, since person whose second language is ASL. All his youth as a dancer/ that changed, when he moved to the valley 47900 Portola Ave. choreographer. His from Seattle, nearly ten years ago. “It is a talents include being a DJ, costume privilege and an honor to be the signer for Palm Desert/Indian Wells designer, hair and make-up artist, as well the Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus, Pah!” (760) 346-5694 LivingDesert.org BIOGRAPHIES Mark C. Austin Bruce Kenyon Director, Vocal Harmonics Director, The Arrangement Originally hailing At age 16, Bruce Executive Board of Directors Section 5 Volunteers from Portland Kenyon became the David A. Sanchez, President David S. Bagg Jeff Joseph Maine, Mark holds youngest member Dr. Louis Coloia, Vice President/Development Larry Broering Joseph Keller degrees in computer ever to be selected to Steve Baker, Treasurer Colin Brown Scott Kenson science and music sing with the Oakland Bill Butler, Secretary/Safety David Bouchard Ron King education. He earned Symphony Chorus. Alex Contino Loyd Newman a Master of Music He was introduced Board of Directors Dennis Daniels Maurice Pacini degree from New to Barbershop music Carole Bailey, Community Outreach Co-Chair Mike Elhofer Ferguson Porter England Conservatory, at the U.S. Naval Alan Bowley, Production Chair Johathan Goldman Skip Sidoti Patrick Harper Tom Topp with doctoral level study in voice and Academy, where he sang Tenor in Jason Duncan, Membership Chair David Hird Don Vasconcelos choral conducting at the Eastman the USNA Quartet for all four years. Craig Ferrier, Community Outreach/Development School of Music. Mark taught music at Highlights included performances at Joseph C. Jackson, Development Chair the Elementary, Secondary and Post- the White House, and with the Atlanta Phil Martin, Volunteer Chair Instrumentalists Secondary level, was formerly Director Symphony Orchestra. The high point of Dave Murdock, Marketing Chair of Choral Music at Providence College, his vocal achievement was competing Piano - Joel Baker Bill Taylor, Community Outreach Co-Chair Keyboard - Kurt Jordan and has been a regular guest lecturer at the Barbershop Harmony Society’s Chris Wiley, Development Bass - Michael Menduno at Stanford University, University of International Championship competition, Mike Ziskind, Scheduling/Advance Chair Drums - Douglas Dean California, and Cornell University.