MISSION

To lead by creating extraordinary music and experiences that build community, inspire activism, and foster compassion at home and around the world.

VISION

We envision a world inspired and unified by the music we create.

VALUES

We believe in the transformative power of music to heal, to enlighten and to foster unity.

We embrace the life affirming changes we create within and beyond our chorus community.

We evolve society’s views toward LGBTQ people through our commitment to excellence.

We honor all who came before us and whose sacrifices made it possible for us to raise our voices.

Artistic Directors & Conductors

Jon Reed Sims (October - December 1978) Founder

Dick Kramer (December 1978 - January 1982)

Ernie Veniegas (June 1982– December 1985)

Gregg Tallman (August 1985 - June 1989)

Dr. Stan Hill (July 1989 - July 2000). Conductor Laureate, July 2012

Dr. Kathleen McGuire (August 2000 - December 2010). Conductor Laureate, January 2011.

Dr. Timothy Seelig (Guest Conductor February - June 2009, Artistic Director January 2011 - July 2022)

Jacob Stensberg (August 2022 - Present)

Discography

  • Tours America '81 (Golden Gate Records LP 1981, CD 1992)

  • How Fair This Place (1991)

  • Brahms, Bernstein, & the Boys! (1993)

  • Our Gay Apparel (September 1995, December 2003)

  • NakedMan (July 1996)

  • ExtrABBAganza! (April 1997)

  • Q (1998)

  • Our Boys Will Shine (1998)

  • Misbehavin' with Nell Carter (May 1999)

  • Sing Me to Heaven (July 2000)

  • Exile (June 2000)

  • Best of SFGMC (June 2001)

  • I Dream of a Time (November 2001)

  • SFGMC Does Queen (June 2002)

  • Closer Than Ever, 25th Anniversary Concert (May 2004)

  • Oh, Happy Day! (July 2004)

  • Home for the Holidays - Live at the Castro Theatre (June 2005)

  • Divas' Revenge: Opera & Broadway Our Way (November 2005)

  • Cowboys, Boas and Bears! Oh, My! (June 2006)

  • Why We Sing (DVD June 2007)

  • USS Metaphor (DVD, May 2008)

  • Creating Harmony: 30th Season Highlights and New World Waking (double CD, Dec. 2008)

  • A Few Licks (February 2009)

  • Tune In, Turn Up, Sing Out (June 2009)

  • California Freedom Tour 2010 (May 2010)

  • Words (April 2011)

  • Testimony (DVD March 2012)

  • Enchantingly Wicked (June 2012)

  • I Am Harvey Milk (October 2013)

  • Illuminate: Live at 35 (July 2014)

  • Passion: Songs of Love and Life (July 2016)

  • Festive!: Four Years of Favorites (October 2015)

  • 40 (October 2017)

  • Unbreakable (Original Cast Recording) (June 2018)

  • Songs of the Phoenix (Original Cast Recording) (April 2022)