Following a year of internal strife, the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles looks for a fresh start with new music director Ernest H. Harrison.
For the Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, a Wednesday announcement represents a hopeful new chapter after a year of drama: Ernest H. Harrison has been appointed the new music director and conductor of GMCLA, one of L.A. County’s longest-running LGBTQ arts organizations.
Harrison, who is a doctoral candidate in choral conducting at USC, was selected in a nationwide search, GMCLA Executive Director Lou Spisto said. Harrison is an associate conductor for the National Children’s Chorus, conductor for the Pasadena Conservatory of Music’s Cantare Chamber Choir and assistant conductor at Beverly Hills Presbyterian Church.
He will be the first permanent music director and conductor since Joe Nadeau left as the chorus’ music director in December. Gavin Thrasher, who served as interim music director, departed in August to lead the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus. The appointment comes at the end of a difficult year for GMCLA. In February, news of a budget shortfall and
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