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History
The Stonewall Chorale originated in December 1977 as the Gotham Male Chorus, and specialized in Gregorian Chant and Renaissance music. In 1979, women joined the chorus for the first time, and the name was changed to Stonewall Chorale, the nation's first Lesbian and Gay chorus.

In 1983 at Lincoln Center, the Chorale opened the first national festival organized and sponsored by GALA (the Gay and Lesbian Association of Choruses), now an international organization with more than 150 member choruses.

In 1996, the Chorale received a $5,000 Community Arts Project Award from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. These grants are awarded annually to nine community performing arts organizations based on their quality of musical performance, program creativity, and ongoing commitment to professionalism.

The Stonewall Chorale was the first openly homosexual organization to receive a CAP award. This grant subsidized a concert at Alice Tully Hall on February 22, 1997 which honored the music and pedagogy of Nadia Boulanger. The program also resulted in a generous grant of $2,000 received from the Florence Gould Foundation whose purpose is to promote French culture in the United States.

In 2002 the Chorale bid a fond farewell to its artistic director of 11 years, Nancy Vang. Cynthia Powell began her first year as artistic director in the 2002-2003 season.

“This photograph displayed with the kind permission of the photographer Hank O’Neal.  The picture was taken from “Gay Day – The Golden Age of Christopher Street” - Photographs by Hank O’Neal, Captions by Allen Ginsberg, Preface by William S. Burroughs, Essay by Neil Miller from Abrams Image New York.”