FACT SHEET
Mission: Rocky Mountain Arts Association’s member choruses, the Denver Gay Men’s Chorus and the Denver Feminist Chorus, are committed to building community through music.
Executive Director: Michael Sattler
Repertoire: Classical, new music, show tunes, and popular music
Annual Budget: $650,000
Annual Concert Series: 3 DGMC, 3 DWC
Annual Concert Attendance: 8,500
Outreach Performances and Special Events: 15+ outreach events per year
Estimated Cumulative Live Audiences: 600,000 over last 40 years
Member: GALA Choruses, Colorado Nonprofit Association, Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, LGBTQ Chamber of Commerce, Community Shares
Non-profit status: Section 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization
Founded: 1982
Artistic Director: Johnny Nichols Jr.
Members: 140
Commissions: “I Am Harvey Milk,” “Make the Earth Your Companion,” “Loving, Tender, Present,” “Rise, ”Mountains and Rivers,” “What Do the Bells Say?,” “A Home Is More,” “Stonewall 50—Quiet No More,” “Unbreakable,” and “@QueerZ.”
Founded: 1984 as the Denver Women’s Chorus; re-branded in 2024 as the Denver Feminist Chorus
Artistic Director: Dr. Clelyn Chapin
Members: 130
Commissions: “Dancing,” “From a Woman Sung,” “From the Peak of Years,” “Mask of the Serpent,” “Aviary,” “Where I Live,” “We the People,” “Women in War,” “She Who Makes Her Meaning Clear,” “Gichigami,” “Stonewall 50—Quiet No More,” and “Lifting As We Climb.”