June 2019
Original music and lyrics by Michael Shaieb for 3 movements of the multi-movement choral piece commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. Written with librettist Jason Cannon and composers Ann Hampton Callaway, Julian Hornik, Our Lady J, Michael McElroy, and Jane Ramseyer Miller. Performances took place throughout the United States in 2019, marking the largest collaboration in the history of LGBTQ choruses.
The NYCGMC premiere was 6/27/19 at Carnegie Hall in New York, and the GMCLA premiere was 8/16/19 at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles.
Quiet No More was co-commissioned by the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus (Dr. Charles Beale, Artistic Director) and the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (Gavin Thrasher, Interim Artistic Director).
Credits
Gay Men’s Chorus Will Present Quiet No More: A Choral Celebration of Stonewall50 at Carnegie Hall
May 14, 2019 - playbill.com
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles concert studded with stars, Stonewall
August 6, 2019 - losangelesblade.com
History
March 24, 2019
Heartland Men’s Chorus / Choral Spectrum / Heartsong
The Folly Theater
Kansas City, MO
April 27, 2019
April 28, 2019
Palm Springs Gay Men’s Chorus
Annenberg Theater
Palm Springs, CA
Gay Men’s Chorus of Tampa Bay
The Portico
Tampa, FL
May 18, 2019
May 19, 2019
Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus
Athenaeum Theatre / North Shore Center for the Performing Arts / Beverly Arts Center
Chicago, IL
Denver Women’s Chorus / Denver Gay Men’s Chorus
First United Methodist Church
Golden, CO
San Diego Women’s Chorus
Lincoln High School
San Diego, CA
Stonewall Chorale
Church of the Holy Apostles
New York, NY
ANNA Crusis / Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus
International House
Philadelphia, PA
Common Woman Chorus / Triangle Gay Men’s Chorus
Carolina Theatre
Greensboro, NC
New York City Gay Men’s Chorus
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall
New York, NY
June 30, 2019
Resistance and Resilience
One Voice Mixed Chorus
Ordway Concert Hall
St. Paul, MN
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, CA