During their history-making 11-day tour of South Africa, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus met South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa, led the first-ever LGBTQ Pride Parade in George, South Africa, and raised nearly $40,000 from proceeds from their concerts in Soweto, Johannesburg and Cape Town for community-based organizations serving LGBTQ South Africans. BGMC Music Director Rueben Reynolds III—who has led all three of the Chorus’ international tours (Eastern Europe in 2005, the Middle East in 2015 and South Africa in 2018)—said that the chorus tours to celebrate difference and learn from others: “Music is a universal language. We share our stories through song and find common ground with others.”
