PRIDE FOR ALL AGES
** featuring the debut of the Youth Pride Chorus **
and guest star Greg Louganis
One Night Only -- Wednesday, June 18 at 8:00pm.

On June 18th, New York City Gay Men’s Chorus will cap off its 23rd season with its annual Gay Pride concert. This year the concert is titled Pride For All Ages and will be presented Wednesday, June 18th at Carnegie Hall. It is sponsored by Fleet Bank.

Under the baton of Jeffrey Maynard, the program for Pride For All Ages will feature a choral version of Walt Whitman’s "Song of Democracy" and the New York premiere of "Oliver Button is a Star!," a musical tale of embracing differences and striving to achieve one’s dreams, narrated by actor and Olympic Gold Medalist Greg Louganis. Accompanying the Chorus for part of the program will be The Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps, New York City’s premiere gay and lesbian marching and symphonic band. The concert will also mark the eagerly anticipated debut of the Youth Pride Chorus, the first group of its kind in the U.S. The concert takes its title from an original song by David Friedman, Pride For All Ages, that the Youth Pride Chorus will sing with the NYCGMC.

Youth Pride Chorus is a joint project of NYCGMC and the Youth Enrichment Services (YES) program of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center in Manhattan (The Center). Youth Pride Chorus is comprised of 42 LGBT youth and their allies ages 14 to 21.

New York City Gay Men’s Chorus (NYCGMC) is a 200-voice male chorus dedicated to the performance of classical and contemporary choral music. In addition to a subscription series of three concerts performed on the world-renowned stages of Carnegie Hall and Lincoln center, NYCGMC performs at a variety of local and national area functions, benefits, and performances. Since its inception in 1980, the Chorus has sung with some of the world’s brightest stars including Carol Channing, Cyndi Lauper, Faith Prince, Eartha Kitt, Bebe Neuwirth, Karen Mason, and Audra McDonald. They have also performed with the Stonewall Chorale, Lavender Light Gospel Choir, Boston Gay Men's Chorus, Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C., Noot an der Mann (Amsterdam), and Schola Cantorosa (Hamburg). They have commissioned and premiered many major works, made celebrated television appearances, and sold recordings worldwide. NYCGMC also boasts two smaller ensembles: the Ambassador Chorus, the more classically oriented group, and the pop subgroup Uptown Express.

Pride For All Ages will be performed one night only -- Wednesday, June 18 at 8:00pm. Carnegie Hall is located at 154 West West 57th Street (at 7th Ave., accessible from the B,D,E at 7th Ave or the F,N,Q,R,W at 57th St.). Tickets are $30 - $80. For tickets call CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800 or visit www.carnegiehall.org.