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Heartland Men’s Chorus Returns to Eureka Springs

OARS is proud to announce that Heartland Men’s Chorus of Kansas City, Missouri, will be returning to Eureka Springs to perform a benefit concert for Ozarks AIDS Resources & Services (OARS) on Saturday, November, 23, 2013, 7 pm, at The Auditorium.  As stated in reviews from Pitch and The Kansas City Star:  Heartland Men’s Chorus […]

Heartland Men’s Chorus Announces Season Marked by Growth and Change

Heartland Men’s Chorus has announced its 28th season: a series of programs notable for its scope and variety. It will also be the last season programmed by outgoing artistic director, Dr. Joseph Nadeau. Nadeau will conduct the chorus for its holiday concert in December, and then join the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles as […]

Heart and soul to spare

Kristin Shafel Omiccioli | KCMetropolis.org Heartland Men’s Chorus transported its full-house Folly audience back to the early days of doo-wop and rock n’ roll last weekend with its 27th season finale, “Heart and Soul: Music of the 1950s.” Bespectacled in iconic black plastic Buddy Holly frames, the gentlemen of Heartland Men’s Chorus opened the concert […]

Heartland Men’s Chorus end the season with an outstanding show

Steve Wilson | Examiner.com The Folly Theater in downtown Kansas City, Mo. came to life Saturday June 8 with the summer concert of the Heartland Men’s Chorus. The program titled Heart and Soul, Music of the 50’s closes out the 2012-2013 season. This was yet another fantastic performance by the members of the Heartland Men’s […]

Gay choir’s OU concert could open hearts, minds, dialogue

Jeanny Sharp, editor and publisher | Ottawa Herald It’s easy to have an opinion when the issue doesn’t require you to be informed or have a personal investment. When it hits closer to home, however, maintaining a staunchly black-and-white opinion gets far more difficult. Republican U.S. Sen. Portman learned that the hard way. The Ohio […]

Gay men’s chorus bringing message to OU campus

Bobby Burch | Ottawa Herald Upcoming choral performance at Ottawa University is expected to help fight bullying and teen suicide. Sponsored by OU’s Student Welcoming and Affirming Network, the Heartland Men’s Chorus plans to perform its “When I Knew” concert, focusing on members’ personal stories of when they realized they were gay. The free concert […]

Love’s boundaries in 1920s and 30s Berlin

Anthony Rodgers | KC Metropolis.org Time travel is no easy task—perhaps even impossible!—but the Heartland Men’s Chorus went back to pre-WWII Berlin, performing various numbers from the period and Cabaret and taking the audience of the Folly Theater with them. The group also gave the regional premiere of For a Look or a Touch by […]

The Holocaust is remembered in “Falling In Love Again”

Steve Wilson | Examiner.com A blanket of fresh snow made the Heartland Men’s ChorusSpring Show seem more like a winter show. The harsh winter weather was not able to halt the production of a strong, moving performance by the chorus. “Falling In Love Again” ran on the stage of the Folly Theater, in downtown Kansas […]

KC chorus tackles Nazi persecution of gay people

Maria Sudekum | Associated Press The lives of gay men in Germany in the early 20th century — from their freedom in Berlin’s rowdy nightclubs in the 1920s to their persecution under the Nazis a decade later — are the focus of an upcoming production by the Heartland Men’s Chorus. “It’s an important chapter in […]