The Stories We Tell…Spring Concert!

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Our spring concert brings you stories of struggles and dreams, despair and hope, and the promise of rebirth through family, shared history and community. The choruses will sing separately and together. Featured will be a local preview of songs from our trips to perform at Carnegie Hall (Boise Women’s Chorus’s in June) and at the GALA Festival in Minneapolis (Boise Gay Men’s Chorus in July).  

Our concert also offers you an opportunity to support the chorus through the annual Wall of Wine raffle with several great prizes, including Broadway show tickets, gift cards, and of course, wine! Join us in celebrating the Stories We Tell!

Details: (2 shows available!)
Date: Saturday, April 20th, 2024
Times:    2PM Concert – Doors Open 1:30PM, Concert starts 2:00PM
               7:30PM Concert – Doors Open 7:00PM, Concert starts 7:30PM

Location: First Presbyterian Church at 950 W State St, Boise, ID 83702

Tickets (Prices & Description):

$25 Reserved Seating  (limited number in front & center location)
$15 General Admission
$10 Student/Senior General Admission
  *Children 5 and under are free

(No physical tickets will be mailed out. Tickets are all will call, available at the event entrance by purchaser name)
Note: Boise Gay Men’s Chorus and Boise Women’s Chorus are are performing two shows on April 20th. They are the same concert, performed at 2PM and 7:30PM. Tickets are sold separately to each and can be chosen when buying online.

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Thanks for Joining Us!

The Boise Gay Men’s Chorus anniversary concert was a huge success. We’d like to thank our special guest Ava ZaStar for sharing her talents with us on stage. We hope to see more of you in the future! Also, many thanks for everyone that came and shared the night with us. We look forward to rolling out the rest of the season in January. Have a safe and wonderful holiday season Boise!


X-mas: Celebrating 10 years of Boise Gay Men’s Chorus. Genuine holiday spirit is a rare bird, but one that will soar at this year’s performance. Ten years ago, Boise Gay Men’s Chorus burst on to the scene with Idaho’s first Gay Men’s Chorus concert. Join us in reliving our greatest holiday hits while we celebrate ten years of BGMC!


Wintering: A Season to Gather and Rest with Boise High Orchestra. Many thanks to everyone that came to share in music and community. We look forward to sharing more performances with you in April and June next year. Have a wonderful and safe holiday season!


It’s Time to Get DoJiggy, All December Long!

In 2024, our choruses are singing at Carnegie Hall in NYC and performing at the GALA Festival in Minneapolis. To help with singers’ travel and accommodations, we are challenging 30 people to donate $30 over 30 days. This covers much of the cost for registration, flight, and hotel of one individual singer. Giving is safe and easy and you can even individualize who receives your donation if available. We are almost halfway to our goal of $9,000 and need our community’s assistance to get there!

DoJiggy is the online crowdfunding platform we use to raise funds for both trips. All donations are tax deductible as we are a 501c3 nonprofit. To accept our challenge, click HERE


Our Summer Roadtrip Playlist was a hit! Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate with us. Have a great summer and we’ll have new information about next season soon!


Cabernet & Cabaret was a huge success!

Many thanks to everyone that came and made our cabaret events memorable! As a big fundraiser, it helps us fund chorus scholarships, purchase sheet music, and keep us singing throughout the year. We look forward to seeing everyone at our spring concert Saturday, April 15th 7:30PM at Cathedral of the Rockies. Details to come very soon!


Boise Women’s Chorus Director, Lindsay Whittig!              Boise Gay Men’s Chorus  Director, David Burton!
Lindsay grew up singing at Meridian Gospel Tabernacle, where her father was choir director. She continued musical activities throughout high school, pursuing chorus, marching band, drum major, musical theater and all-state choirs, leading to her performing arts degree in voice at the College of Idaho. She joined the Seattle Opera Chorus and took on solo roles, including Susanna in the Marriage of Figaro.


Returning to the Treasure Valley, she received her certification in music education and took teaching positions at Lakevue Elementary School in Nampa (K-5) and Centennial High School in Boise where, over a period of five years, she grew the choir from 45 to 213 voices. She also teaches music theater at XPressions Dance Academy in Nampa and codirects Inicio, a semi-professional chorus in Caldwell and Nampa.

Lindsay helped found Boise Women’s Chorus in 2016, working in conjunction with Boise Gay Men’s Chorus to create a more comprehensive community and choral sound. After taking time off to raise her daughter, she returned as artistic director in August 2022. In addition to her musical pursuits, she is a stay-at-home mom and wife and shares a farm with her husband, raising alpacas, goats, chickens, rabbits and cows.


David has been a choral director in public schools for 17 years. He has taught in Las Vegas and Caldwell, Idaho, and is choral director at Boise High School. He was named Teacher of the Year for Caldwell High School (2012-13), Caldwell School District (2012-13) and District III Music Educators Association (2021). Also serving as Chancel Choir Director at Boise First Congregational United Church of Christ for the past nine years, he joined Boise Gay Men’s Chorus in August 2023. He received his Bachelor of Music from Idaho State University.


David has taken choirs to Carnegie Hall (2016) and the Idaho Music Educators Association Inservice Conference (2016). He has served as guest conductor for the District V Treble and District III SWIMS honor choirs and is a frequent adjudicator for choral festivals areawide. Selected one of 12 Choral Directors of Note in the January/February 2014 issue of Choral Director magazine, he also contributed to a three-part series, “Notes for Success: Advice for the First-Year Choral Teacher,” published in Choral Journal.

In addition to his passion for choral music, David enjoys the many outdoor activities in Southwest Idaho and is an avid woodworker with his own custom woodworking business.