Note: event has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. My piece Listen, commissioned by Dean Genth and Gary Swenson to address the issue of bullying, will be performed by the Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus Chamber Singers. This will be the Iowa premiere of the TTBB voicing. RSVP on Facebook In February of 2016, the Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus (TCGMC) sang as part of a worship service at First Congregational United Church of Christ in Mason City as part of their annual retreat. Although the sign in front of the church was vandalized after the chorus visited, the Pastor and congregation of First Church chose to offer words of reconciliation and healing rather than condemnation, while at the same time throwing their full-fledged support behind the LGBTQ community. TCGMC will return to Mason City to perform a concert with all proceeds and contributions to benefit One Iowa North’s Craig W. Hickok Memorial Scholarship which was established to acknowledge Craig’s lifelong commitment to inclusion, education, support and equality in creating appropriate educational settings that are safe and individualized to meet student needs. “The opportunity to confront homophobia and intolerance to affect positive social change in our region is critical […]