We hoped you enjoyed our first Choral Collage, a series featuring great quotes from some our favorite LGBTQ musicians. This next one is from a genuine gay icon. Pulitzer Prize winning composer and diarist Ned Rorem has been a shining light for all of his 96 years. We were honored to sing his moving AIDS elegy, “Home,” a couple of years ago.

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