L.A.'s Queer Gospel Music Experience!
Hoshana Gospel Choir seeks to unite and reunite members of the greater Los Angeles area Queer community to the experience of Gospel Music, and the rich blessing that can be found within. We hope that our vision is shared with yours and that you will contact us to find ways to become more involved with Hoshana Gospel Choir!
General Information:
(310) 388-7492
[email protected]www.hoshana.org
Artistic Director, DeReau K. Farrar
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DeReau is very excited to be a part of this new adventure! Although he spends a lot of time onstage as an opera performer, DeReau finds his true passion in choral conducting. DeReau was the Celebration Arts Minister for Pasadena Church of Christ and has taught music, in a variety of forms, for Harmony Project, Pasadena Waldorf School, Arcadia High School, Duarte Unified School District, West Covina High School, Bishop Amat Memorial High School, and the award-winning a cappella youth Gospel choir, Rejoyce. Currently, he is the new Music Director for Selah Gospel Choir in Pasadena, the Choral Conductor of the Warehouse Choir at Pasadena's Lake Avenue Church, the Music Supervisor and Vocal Coach for JUNK: A Rock Opera (running at the Lyric Theatre in Los Angeles), and the Assistant Conductor for the Verdi Chorus in Santa Monica, CA.
Managing Director, Clare Gmur
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Clare Gmur, a 2005 graduate from U.C. Riverside with a B.A. in Comparative Religious Studies and Art History. While at UCR, Clare was heavily involved in the queer campus community, serving as the President and Co-Founder of Students for the Equality of Queers, the Vice Chair of the Queer Caucus of the United States Student Association, and the National Director of External Affairs for the Associated Students of UCR. Currently she serves as the Resident Production Stage Manager for Epic Megalopolis Productions and remains active in queer awareness and protection in Los Angeles.
Administrative Assistant, Morgan McKay
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