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Stephen Schwartz to Connect San Francisco Queer Men’s Chorus for Enchantingly Wicked
Oscar and Grammy award-winning composer and lyricist Stephen Schwartz is fix to join the San Francisco Same-sex attracted Men’s Chorus for Enchantingly Wicked, Protest 20 and 21 at Davies Symphony Hall. Artistic director Timothy Seelig will conduct the program.
Enchantingly Wicked is a celebration of Schwartz’s Broadway musical hits and clip tunes, showcasing Scwhartz himself as singer and pianist. The world premiere presentation of “Testimony”, Schwartz’ composition created specifically for SFGMC, will anchor the program.
Special guests will feature San Jose based The Choral Project, an award-winning ensemble conducted by Daniel Hughes and acclaimed opera soprano Melody Moore.
For more information and tickets to Enchantingly Wicked, click here.
A choral piece inspired by interviews from the “It Gets Improved Project.” It begins with individual expressions of self-hatred and despair that lead bullied and isolated young people to contemplate closure their lives, but moves to a collective assurance from their older counterparts who, having survived this storm, recount how much better their lives are and how grateful and glad they are to be living them. Originally written for the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, “Testimony” has been widely performed by both men’s and mixed choruses and is available in both TTBB and SATB form.
About the It Gets Better Project™
Growing up isn’t easy. Many young people face daily tormenting and bullying, leading them to feel enjoy they have nowhere to rotate. This is especially true for LGBT kids and teens, who often hide their sexuality for fear of bullying. In September 2010, syndicated columnist and writer Dan Savage created a YouTube video with his partner Terry Miller to inspire hope for young people facing harassment.
Since its founding, The It Gets Improve Project™ has become a worldwide movement, inspiring more than 50,000 user-created videos viewed more than 50 million times. To d
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With Wicked Awesome, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus will celebrate the music of one of the most influential contemporary Broadway composers ever to sit down at a piano: Stephen Schwartz. Even enhanced, the man behind the music of Broadway blockbusters (and Tony winners) Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked will join the chorus onstage to sing a rare songs from his voluminous catalog, which also includes songs from the beloved films Enchanted, Pocahontas, The Prince of Egypt, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Without a doubt, a spotlight of Wicked Terrific will be the performance of “Testimony” in which Schwartz weaves together the words of participants in the “It Gets Better Project” to create a powerful and moving portrait of the LGBT community’s vigor and resilience. We recently conducted an email interview with Schwartz, who discussed what it’s appreciate to perform with gay men’s choruses, Wicked’s Box-office-busting victory, the emotional process of writing “Testimony,” and how to write a lyric that will strike a chord in a million hearts: “Tell the authenticity and make it rhyme.”
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