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Saturday, February 25, 2012, 9 p.m.
Prince Music Theater
1412 Chestnut St. Philadelphia PA 19102

For your pleasure, PGMC offers over our outstanding ensemble, Brotherly Love, a bright, bubbly, bawdy band of burly, barrel-chested, bearded balladeers and beautiful, baby-faced, bellowing bards. Come join us for this adult-themed cabaret event and let your hair down….or put your hair up….better to show off those pearls, girls! We’ll have favorites from Monty Python, such as “Every Sperm is Sacred,” as well as from Avenue Q and “The Three Fagrigals,” madrigals with a gay subtext. This concert will be a sexy, salacious show of song, skin and slinky seduction you’re sure to savor. Come on; we know you like to watch.

Tickets are $20 for all seats, both in advance and at the door. They are available in advance online through our Tickets page. There is a $2.50 surcharge per ticket.

The concert will be ASL interpreted for the hearing impaired. Please sit on the left side of the theater. When you go to select your seats, select seats in or near the yellow section on the left side of the screen. Yellow seats are also $20.

Friday, March 30, 2012, 8 p.m.
Saturday, March 31, 2012, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Prince Music Theater
1412 Chestnut St, Philadelphia, PA 19102

“If nothing ever changed, there'd be no butterflies.” -- Author Unknown

PGMC examines changes and development of gay life, and by extension, all life. We present selections from the song cycle, Changing Hearts, about how gay choruses have touched the lives of their members, which includes a humorous, tongue-in-cheek scrutiny of the gay dating scene. Also, we’ll perform “Wheels of a Dream” from Ragtime, among other tunes.

The featured work is the Philadelphia premiere of Metamorphosis, part three of the song cycle preceded by Naked Man and Exile, written by Robert Seeley and Robert Espindola. Using the stages of life as an allegory, this stunning multi-movement piece explores our journey as a gay community over the decades through self-discovery, acceptance, and ultimately triumph. Metamorphosis is an uplifting work with a universal message about the soaring of human spirit which is sure to inspire. PGMC is proud to partner with choreographer Rashaan Jackson and Zane Booker's innovative dance troupe Smoke, Lilies & Jade for this work.

Rear orchestra seats are $20 in advance; center orchestra seats are $30. Tickets are available exclusively at our Tickets page through Ticket Turtle. Tickets are $25 and $30 at the door. Tickets for our evening shows often sell out in advance, so we urge you to buy early for best availability. Check the seating chart through the “buy tickets” link for up-to-the-minute availability. VIP tickets are $50, which includes VIP seating (front orchestra) and a complimentary pre-concert reception. All seats at the Prince are individually assigned. There is a $2.50 surcharge per ticket both in advance and at the door.

The concert will be ASL interpreted for the hearing impaired. Please sit on the left side of the theater. When you go to select your seats, choose them in or near the yellow section on the left side of the screen. Yellow seats are $30.

This concert is produced with the generous support of a PNC Arts Alive grant.

Invitational Rehearsal: Wed. March 7 and 14, 2012, 7-8:30 pm
Auditions: Wed. March 21, 2012, 6-7 pm
Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion
2111 Samson St., Philadelphia

Have you ever thought about singing with the PGMC? Now's your chance! PGMC will be hosting two invitational rehearsals on Wednesday, March 7th, and Wednesday, March 14th, from 7:00 to 10:00 p.m. Rehearsals will be held at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion located at 2111 Sansom St.

Come check us out! This will be an opportunity to experience what the Chorus is all about, as well as see the work that goes into learning our voice parts and possibly dance steps ("choralography") and working under the direction of our Artistic Director, Joseph J. Buches, as we put the finishing touches on our March concert. If you like what you see (and hear!), then sign up for an audition to sing in our June concert this year, as well as perform with us at the GALA International Festival of choruses, which will be held in Denver, Colorado July 7-11 this summer. For our June concert, Legacy, PGMC performs a newly commissioned gay work to celebrate our 30th anniversary.

Auditions will be held on Wednesday, March 21st, from 6:00 - 7:00 p.m., also at the Lutheran Church of the Holy Communion. Men interested in joining us for the invitational rehearsals and/or auditioning should contact at auditions @ pgmc.org to get on the list for the invitationals so that we can welcome you to the Chorus when you arrive, or to schedule an audition time slot on March 21st.

Come sing with us!!