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After forty years, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus is spilling the tea - so pour yourself a cup and settle in for our podcast, Voices of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.

Join our hosts for a conversation with Patrick and Patrick, a married couple lovingly known in the chorus as “The Patricks.” First hearing a TCGMC performance following the passing of Minnesota’s marriage legislation in 2013, “The Patricks” share their experience as relatively new members of the organization, and why a chorus like TCGMC is still relevant for them.

“The things that we choose to sing about and spread a message about as a gay men’s chorus are important, and we’re not just doing it for the sake of dragging people through history, but it’s because we’re still struggling with this stuff.” –Patrick Puckett

Hear TCGMC’s performance of a modern reframing of “The House of the Rising Sun,” arranged by Joshua Shank, paying tribute to the victims of a 1973 fire in New Orleans at a gay bar called the Upstairs Lounge in which 32 people died.

After forty years, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus is spilling the tea - so pour yourself a cup and settle in for our podcast, Voices of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.

This episode, hosted by Steffi and Glenn, features two leaders in the organization who have both done so much to support TCGMC’s transformative work, John Azbill-Salisbury and David Fey. Singers join TCGMC for a wide variety of reasons. Hear the specific moment our guests realized that reason from a personal standpoint. And hear “I Want More Life” by Michael Shaieb, lyrics taken from Angels in America: Part II: Perestroika, Scene 5 by Tony Kushner.  Recorded in live performance March 2010 under the baton of Dr. Stan Hill.

After forty years, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus is spilling the tea - so pour yourself a cup and settle in for our podcast, Voices of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.

Join our host, Steffie, for a conversation with two of TCGMC’s singer-leaders. Erin Bernier has twice joined the Chorus during different phases of his life journey and is just wrapping up a term as a member of the Board of Directors. Carlos Saldaña has been the Tenor 1 section admin and is now stepping into the role of Membership President for season 41! Hear the unique roles TCGMC has played in their respective lives, and some of the projects that have had an impact on them over the years. This episode features a snippet from “Two Boys Kissing” by Joshua Shank, commissioned by TCGMC and premiered in 2016 .

After forty years, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus is spilling the tea - so pour yourself a cup and settle in for our podcast, Voices of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.

"It's not just pretty music, there's a whole experience [audiences] take home with them. And that's what keeps them coming back!" -Russell Toscano, TCGMC Baritone. 

Join our host, Steffie, for a conversation with longtime TCGMC singer and former New Yorker, Russell Toscano, and the man with a made-for-radio voice who hosted 2019's Stiletto Squares: The Divas Edition, Glen Arvin. In this episode you'll hear Russell's solo in "Miss Marmelstein" from TCGMC's 1995 performance at Ted Mann Concert Hall. 

After forty years, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus is spilling the tea - so pour yourself a cup and settle in for our podcast, Voices of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.

Join this episode's host, Steffie, for a heartfelt conversation with Matt Hudson, aka Anastacia C. Principle and Tyler Lanam, aka Michelle Cassandra Rawr, who discuss their time in the chorus and how it has intersected with their drag artistry. Hear TCGMC perform “And I Believe” composed by Dr. Gerald Gurss performed at the 2018 Holiday concert, and the impression that specific song had for Matt. Learn how adventures in drag, and singing in a gay chorus, have impacted Tyler’s life and relationships, coming from a conservative background in South Dakota.

After forty years, Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus is spilling the tea - so pour yourself a cup and settle in for our podcast, Voices of the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus.

Who do we sing for and why? Our hosts pose this important question to Kenny and Patrick, two members of the Tenor 2 section, who connect their personal “why” to their formative years and where they come from. Patrick talks about TCGMC as a social statement and Kenny shares his deeply personal connection to the community that is built through TCGMC. Hear Movement IV from “Seven Last Words of the Unarmed” composed by Joel Thompson and performed by TCGMC in March 2018 in Minneapolis.