Kennedy Center performance featuring Gay Men's Chorus of Washington is canceled
An event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., and the National Symphony Orchestra has been canceled, the choral group said.
An event at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts featuring the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C., and the National Symphony Orchestra has been canceled, the choral group said.
It's the latest performance that has been canceled since President Donald Trump purged the arts organization's Board of Trustees and appointed himself its chairman this month.
The concert was set to take place in late May to kick off national Pride Month celebrations as Washington prepares to host the WorldPride 2025 festival. The performance was removed from the center’s programming schedule and replaced with a National Symphony Orchestra rendition of “The Wizard of Oz” movie score.
“We are deeply disappointed with the news that our upcoming Pride performance with the National Symphony Orchestra (NSO) has been canceled,” the choral group said in a statement Tuesday on Instagram. The chorus was planning to debut a pride piece titled “A Peacock Among Pigeons,” it said, saying it had been excited to collaborate with the orchestra on the national stage.
“We believe in the power of music to educate and uplift, to foster love, understanding, and community, and we regret that this opportunity has been taken away,” the chorus said in the statement amid an outpouring of reactions to the cancellation from choral members and the arts community,
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