[Magdalen] A great sadness

[Jay Weigel]

Never assume anything, Scott. I haven't heard anything out of the Chicago
group, but I've heard a lot of serious stuff out of the New York, LA, and
SF Gay Men's choruses. They probably have sub-groups, as M has suggested.
You might look on YouTube. I bet there is stuff posted.


On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 11:43 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Isn't there also a Chicago Gay Men's Chorus? Most big cities have one,
> and
> > they're usually pretty darn good, also very welcoming.
>
> We've got one, but I really can't imagine myself doing showtunes or
> drag spoofs.
>
> I'd have to go to a couple of concerts first.
>
> Probably the group I'd look at is the William Ferris Chorale. Their
> director once hired me to sing the part of Jesus, in Latin, in the
> Good Friday passion at Our Lady of Mount Carmel. Never sang Latin so
> fast in my life. The Evangelista set a breakneck pace and made up some
> words, I think. Paid well, though.
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>