THE GAY CHORUS:

NO TIME AT ALL

Sound installation by Matthew Leifheit

New York City AIDS Memorial
76 Greenwich Avenue, NYC

Track Listing:

Matthew Leifheit
The Gay Chorus: No Time at All
New York City AIDS Memorial Sound Installation
75 minute loop, 10 AM — 10 PM, June 1—30, 2025

  1. Curtain
    “Swellegant Elegance” Rehearsal, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
    November 16, 1994
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  2. Entrance (Applause)
    “North and South,” San Francisco and Los Angeles Gay Men’s Choruses
    April 22, 1995
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  3. Organ Introduction
    “Tidings Of Joy,” Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C.
    December 6, 1990
    Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC Archives/George Washington University

  4. It’s Raining Men
    “Pops Goes the Chorus,” Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, D.C.
    June 15, 1985
    Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC Archives/Courtesy of Chuck Willett

  5. Not a Day Goes By
    Denver Gay Men’s Chorus
    March 22nd 1986
    Denver Public Library Special Collections

  6. No Time at All
    “Black Tie Dinner, Dallas,” The Turtle Creek Chorale
    1992
    University of North Texas Special Collections

  7. Old Friend
    “My Kind of Town,” Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC and the Windy City Gay Men’s Chorus
    April 16, 1988
    Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC Archives/Courtesy of Chuck Willett

  8. Harp Interlude 
    “Home for the Holidays,” Grady High School
    1992

  9. Hodie Christus Natus Est
    “Let Us Rejoice Together,” Atlanta Gay Men’s Chorus
    1984
    Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University

  10. Title Unknown
    Tex Mex Holiday, San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
    1990
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  11. 10th Anniversary
    News segment from homemade compilation “SFGMC Highlights by Larry G”
    1988
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  12. Oh Jonathan
    “GALA Festival, (Denver)” San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
    1993
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  13. Title Unknown (Light Break Now)
    “North and South,” San Francisco and Los Angeles Gay Men’s Choruses
    April 22, 1995
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  14. Oh Shenandoah
    “North and South,” San Francisco and Los Angeles Gay Men’s Choruses
    April 22, 1995
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  15. All There Is, Is Love
    “North and South,” San Francisco and Los Angeles Gay Men’s Choruses
    April 22, 1995
    San Francisco GLBT Historical Society Archives

  16. Give us a Death Undiminished
    “Hidden Legacies,” New York City Gay Men’s Chorus, Chicago
    June 19, 1993
    Courtesy of NYCGMC/Jim Vivyan

  17. Silent Night (American Sign Language Version)
    Windy City Gay Chorus
    C. 1990

Credits:

Audio Engineering by John Michael Swartz
Production & Installation by Jeremy Gender
Production Support by Powerhouse Arts
Research assistance in San Francisco provided by Raquel Taylor

Artist Thank Yous:

Thank you to Jim Vivyan of the New York City Gay Men’s Chorus and to Chuck Willett of the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC for preserving and sharing the history of their groups.

Thank you to The Corporation of Yaddo and The Watermill Center for their early support of this project. Research for this work was supported by the Dean's Faculty Research Fund at Pratt Institute and the Fund for Lesbian and Gay Studies at Yale. Thank you to Timothy Stewart-Winter and Shala Miller for engaging with the work through texts.

If you have any additional information about these performances or have recordings of Gay Men’s Chorus on VHS that you would like to have digitized, please contact info@nycaidsmemorial.org.