Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus
A CHORUS OF BELONGING
The Eugene Gay Men’s Chorus is a community of gay men and friends who seek to uplift and create LGBTQ+ visibility, community, and celebration through choral singing and the musical arts.
Thank you to our incredible sponsor!
Next Performance!
Dear December
The Eugene Gay Men's Chorus presents Dear December, our 8th Annual Holiday Concert featuring breathtaking music written for tenor and bass voices. Experience heartfelt stories, the signature EGMC hilarity you love, and surprise appearances by extraordinary performers you won't want to miss!
Celebrate the season's joy, complexity, and hope with us. Get your tickets now and make this December unforgettable!
EUGENE
Date
Saturday, December 13 | 7:30PM
Place
First United Methodist Church
1376 Olive St, Eugene, OR 97401
CORVALLIS
Date
Sunday, December 14 | 5PM
Place
First United Methodist Church
1165 NW Monroe Ave, Corvallis, OR 97330
We Sing for Love
From our first notes, EGMC has been about creating community through music. Our performances spread messages of inclusion and acceptance while building meaningful connections between our members and with our audiences.
The strength of our chorus is our community – the deeper you participate, the stronger those bonds become.
Our Growing Family
What began in a living room with a handful of passionate singers has blossomed into a chorus of 50 members plus musicians and volunteers. Today’s EGMC reflects the diversity and strength of our LGBTQ+ community.
We celebrate our collective joys, acknowledge our struggles, and use the power of music to ensure we never return to the shadows. Through every performance, we invite others to join their voices with ours in celebration of our authentic lives.
“You don’t have to live in Eugene, you don’t have to be gay, and you don’t have to be a man – you just have to be able to sing in the Tenor-Bass range.”
— Evan Miles – EGMC Artistic Director
All Voices Welcome
Our chorus embraces people of all backgrounds and life experiences. Whether you identify as gay, bisexual, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer, agender, ace, questioning, or ally – if you can sing in the tenor, baritone, or bass range, you belong here.
Our Legacy of Pride
Gay men’s choruses emerged in the early 1980s during the HIV/AIDS crisis as spaces of belonging when many lost families, friends, and loved ones. These choruses performed at funerals, celebrations, and Pride events – declaring through song that we are here, queer, and proud.
From those beginnings, choruses like ours have grown to embrace the full spectrum of our diverse community.