LGCSF's Board, hard at work on retreat, September 7, 2008
The Lesbian/Gay Chorus of SF invites community members to celebrate its 30th season and help usher in the next 30 years by serving on the LGCSF Board of Directors.
The Chorus enriches and inspires the greater LGBT community to live lives filled with laughter, joy and authenticity through music. The Chorus seeks individuals from San Francisco's music, philanthropy, business, and arts communities as candidates for its board of directors. The board includes singing chorus members and supporting members.
Basic responsibilities of the board include participation in a monthly meeting, working within committees, and seeking financial support from events, sponsorships, grants and donations. The LGCSF chorus is an independent 501c3 non-profit organization. Contact board member Dale Danley at dale987@gmail.com or 415-563-2219 to learn more.
LGCSF has a seven to fifteen member Board of Directors who are elected by the chorus membership. Board members serve two-year terms with half of the board up for re-election each year.
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Dale Danley, President
Dale sings in the bass section of LGCSF. He serves on the production committee and joined the board of directors in 2009. Before finding a musical home at LGCSF, Dale sang with choruses at local churches, Buddhist sanghas, and pagan festivals. Dale is passionate about restoring native habitats in our natural areas of the Bay Area, and organizes the community in the North of Panhandle neighborhood to improve the neighborhood park. From 2000 to 2005, he was on the board of directors of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition. He studied Public Health at UC Berkeley, and has worked in university-based clinical research and as a grantmaker for a health care foundation.
Alyssa Stone, Vice President
Northern California native Alyssa Stone performs regularly in the San Francisco Cabaret scene, doing shows at Martuni’s, Rrazz Room in Hotel Nikko, Café du Nord, Eureka Theater, and many other local spots. Her captivating Cabaret style is a combination of operatic coloratura, musical theatre faux-belting, and awkwardness. She completed her Post Graduate Degree in Voice at San Francisco Conservatory studying with Catherine Cook after receiving her Bachelor of Music from Illinois Wesleyan University while also Minoring in Theatre Dance, and her Master of Music from New England Conservatory. Currently, Alyssa has her hands all over Arts Education in San Francisco as the Education Outreach Coordinator at Stern Grove Festival, Artist in Residence for San Francisco Arts Education Project, Project Assistant and Teaching Artist for the San Francisco Opera, and voice teacher. Performing since she was 8 years old, Alyssa was most recently seen as Sophie de Palma in the extended hit run of Master Class at New Conservatory Theatre Center. Alyssa has also performed as La Fée in Cendrillon (Massenet), Lucia in The Rape of Lucretia, Clorinde in Cendrillon (Isouard), Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Madame Goldentrill in The Impresario, The Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Despina in Così fan tutte, Frasquita in Carmen, Mariane in Tartuffe, Nanetta in Falstaff, and Tytania in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the Soprano Soloist in Handel's Messiah, Peppermint Patty in You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown, Soupy Sue/Mrs. Millenium in Urinetown, Carrie in Carosel, Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, and a Fairy in Iolanthe. At New England Conservatory, Alyssa was awarded a Fellowship Grant to perform recitals around the Boston area and had the opportunity to direct along side the Opera Faculty for a number of scene productions. She also acted as the Assistant Director for Boston Opera Collaborative's production of Don Giovanni. www.alyssaystone.com
Nathan Marken, Treasurer
NATHANIEL MARKEN is honored to serve on the Board of Directors for the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. Nathaniel brings a diverse musical background and unique aesthetic that comes from jaunting in new operatic ventures, most recently with Goat Hall Productions, bringing to life a variety of characters including the title role in George [W.] Bush: The Last Hundred Days and Mr. Hale in the World Premier of Trifles during the 2010 Fresh Voices X. Nathaniel previously debuted as Pope John Paul II and Ronald Reagan in the U.S. Premier of Solidarity in the Fall of 2009 as Wagner with San Francisco Parlor Opera's Faust in the Spring of 2009. Nathaniel has sung such 20th century pieces as Ben in Menotti's The Telephone, Snug in Britten's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Gideon in Mark Adamo's Little Women and the role of Phagita in the 2007 premier of Lou Harrison's Young Caesar with Ensemble Parallèle. Nathaniel was in the closing cast of Insignificant Others, the only-in-San-Francisco-musical at Pier 39 during the fall of 2008. He also co-directed and -produced of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2008 prior to completing his Masters in Voice Performance at the Conservatory. Nathaniel has also sung with Bay Area ensembles including Soli Deo Gloria and the Mission Dolores Basilica Choir.
Liz Kennedy, Secretary
Liz is a singing member of LGCSF in the soprano section as well as the Secretary on the Board. Previously, she was on the Board of the Metropolitan Community Foundation. She has worked for several non-profit organizations providing services for at-risk kids as well as kids and adults living with HIV/AIDS. Currently, she is a Licensed & Certified Massage Therapist in the process of starting her own practice. She happily resides in S.F. with her wife Shelley, their two cats and puppy!
Tom McElroy
Bio coming soon!
Jim Oerther
Jim is a singing member of LGCSF as well as serving on the board. Jim sings in the bass section. Jim loves being a part of LGCSF. Jim has an extensive singing background with various vocal groups in the Bay Area and the Midwest, and taught chant at the Graduate Theological Union. Jim also plays keyboards, trumpet, and French horn. Professionally, Jim works as the Compliance Manager for a mutual fund investment advisor firm. He has a background working with both non-profit and for-profit organizations in various industries: securities, mortgage lending, insurance, and religion.
Rick Babich
Bio coming soon!
Kristen Brown , Chorus Manager
A native of Abilene, Texas, Kristen is a Master’s student in Vocal Performance at the San Francisco Conservatory and a recent graduate of Hofstra University in New York. After credits such as the title role in Carmen, Dialogues of the Carmelites (Mother Marie), and Falstaff (Mistress Quickly), Kristen is now excited to be exploring soprano repertoire from Mozart and Weber to Rachmaninoff and Menotti. A recent winner of the East Bay Opera League Competition, Kristen can be heard on various opera and recital stages around the Bay Area. In addition to her position as Chorus Manager with the Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco, Kristen sings with Volti, San Francisco’s new-music chamber choir, and is a Choral Scholar in the Choeur Paroissial at Notre Dame des Victoires, as well as Administrator for the Bay Area Summer Opera Theater Institute.
