Coro Allegro

Coro Allegro is a classical music choral group based in Boston, Massachusetts, drawing its members from the LGBT community. It was founded in 1990.
Profile and performances.
Coro Allegro was founded specifically to be a chorus of both gay men and lesbians who share a passion for music, and it remains the only organization in Boston committed to bringing exciting classical repertoire to the GLBT community. The chorus also succeeds in bringing classical music to a wider audience. In its first twenty years, its numbers grew from just twenty singers to more than sixty.
The chorus regularly collaborates with other musical ensembles. Among its most notable collaborations have been performances of Mendelssohn’s "Elijah" in 1999 with the Boston Cecilia and the Handel and Haydn Society under the direction of Christopher Hogwood; of Robert Kapilow’s baseball cantata, a setting of "Casey at the Bat" for chorus, in 2001 with Musica Viva in collaboration choreographer Daniel Pelzig; of Brahms’ "German Requiem" in 2003 with Boston Cecilia under the baton of Donald Teeters; and of both Poulenc's "Gloria" and Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" in 2004 with Boston Cecilia.
Coro Allegro participates in the quadrennial GALA Choruses Festival. It has also traveled to participate in the following music festivals:
Premieres and commissions.
During its history Coro Allegro has presented 23 world premieres, including 14 works commissioned by or for Coro Allegro, plus three American premieres and five Boston premieres.
Pinkham Award.
Since 2008, Coro Allegro has chosen the recipient of the Daniel Pinkham Award, given annually in memory of the acclaimed and beloved Boston composer and conductor. Daniel Pinkham. The award is given annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to classical music and to the LGBTQ+ community. Award recipients are:
Collaborations.
The chorus regularly collaborates with other musical ensembles. Among its most notable collaborations have been performances of Mendelssohn’s "Elijah" in 1999 with the Boston Cecilia and the Handel and Haydn Society under the direction of Christopher Hogwood; of Robert Kapilow’s baseball cantata, a setting of "Casey at the Bat" for chorus, in 2001 with Boston Musica Viva in collaboration with choreographer Daniel Pelzig for the Celebrity Series of Boston; of Brahms’ "German Requiem" in 2003 with Boston Cecilia under the baton of Donald Teeters; of both Poulenc's "Gloria" and Bernstein's "Chichester Psalms" in 2004 with Boston Cecilia, the premiere of "Leaving Limerick in the Rain" by Pablo Ortiz with the Terezin Music Foundation at Liberation: A Concert Honoring the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Nazi Camps
in Boston Symphony Hall, two performances with The Heritage Chorale of New Haven of William Grant Still's "And They Lynched Him on a Tree," the last in 2019, and performances in Boston Common and at the Hatch Shell at the Esplanade with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. Coro Allegro has also collaborated the Back Bay Ringers, the Boston City Singers, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, Chorus Pro Musica, City on a Hill Charter School Chorus, La Donna Musicale, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, Rumbarroco, Toronto Children’s Chorus, and the United Parish Chancel Choir.
GALA Choruses festivals.
Coro Allegro participates in the quadrennial GALA Choruses festival. 