LVGMC
Our organization began on August 9, 1994 when 10 men gathered to form the Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus. Under the initial direction of Robert Roush and Steven Olofson, our feet first touched a stage in a Holiday concert in December of that year, in the Moose Lounge in Allentown, PA.
Under former direction of Beverly Morgan, and Jay Kawarsky, and the current direction of J. Clinton Miller, LVGMC continues to push the envelope in the Valley and surrounding area. From our performance of “Sing For The Cure” for the national conference in Washington, D.C. of the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer research in 2002 to the organization of a candlelight vigil in honor of Matthew Shepard, to being the first all LGBT group to perform at the MayFair Arts festival, performances at First Night Bethlehem Celebration, F.A.C.T. (Fighting AIDS Continuously Together) Summer Games, Freedom to Marry celebrations, local church services, and our performance of our "Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me". LVGMC is making a difference in Lehigh Valley and the US, musically and socially. "Alec Baldwin Doesn't Love Me", our first CD was released in June of 2000 and our second CD, "Slices" was released in the summer of 2004.
We are a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation, and have been named ‘Best Musical Group’ in the Philadelphia Pride Parade. We have performed with Opera Diva Marilyn Horne, the Moravian Wind Ensemble, ACCO (a Chorus Celebrating Women), the Concord Chamber Singers of Bethlehem, PA, the Chamber Choir of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington DC, Another Octave (a Connecticut Women's Chorus) and many other choruses and individuals. A special Judy Garland birthday party concert was held in June of 2000 with New York City's Tommy Femia bringing his highly acclaimed 'Judy' to Bethlehem. We performed at GALA 2000 Music Festival, San Jose CA. and the GALA International Conference in Montreal Canada in August of 2004.
The Lehigh Valley Gay Men’s Chorus performs a wide variety of music encompassing many styles, periods, and subjects.
Accompanist
Thomas Molessa performs throughout the Poconos, the Lehigh Valley, New Jersey, and New York City. He has performed in Tokyo, Vienna, Salzburg, Bratislava, Montreal, and Paris. While attending Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey, Thoams was the Staff Accompanist, a vocal coach and accompanied the Westminster Singers conducted by Allen Crowell. He has also performed with conductors Joseph Flummerfelt, Riccardo Muti, Leonard Bernstein, Kurt Masur, Constantina Tsolainou, Robert Page, and Robert Shaw. He has also held positions as Church Organist and Cocktail Pianist. Thomas also holds an MBA degree Marketing and Computers and Information Systems as well as a Bachelor of Business degree in Actuary Science.
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