About RCC
Our Mission
The Renaissance City Choir affirms and celebrates LGBTQIA+ identity through the unifying power of music.
RCC is western Pennsylvania’s only LGBTQIA+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual) and allies choral group. We strive to promote a positive image of the LGBTQIA+ community and to be a leading contributor to the cultural life of the tri-state area. We seek to build bridges both within the LGBTQIA+ community and with the community at large. Our programming blends challenging contemporary music, commissions of new works, an ambitious traditional repertoire, and music from various world cultures.
We seek to educate, challenge and enlighten both our audiences and our singing membership. We continue to affirm, by example and through song, the worth and dignity of those in our community. Music that is queer-positive and openly supports issues related to human equality and justice is represented at all concerts.
The Renaissance City Choir is a proud member of GALA Choruses.
RCC In the News
- Renaissance City Choir finds strength in community (Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council, 6/22/23)
- Pittsburgh’s LGBTQ+ community remembers Pulse nightmare (Pittsburgh Union Progress, 6/13/23)
- Western Pennsylvania’s only LGBTQIA choir prepares for weekend concert (WTAE, 6/9/23)
- Faces & Places: Renaissance City Choir Holiday Concert 2022 (QBurgh, 12/6/22)
- Live music and conversation with Renaissance City Choir (Saturday Light Brigade, 11/19/22)
- Interview: Renaissance City Choir, Morgan Hawkins (Saturday Light Brigade, 6/26/22)
- Pride Month kicks off in Pittsburgh, drawing thousands to two major events (Pittsburgh City Paper, 6/6/22)
- RAD Interview – S.C. Toe (WQED-FM, 9/9/19)
- Finale for Renaissance City Choir artistic director Jeffry Blake Johnson (TribLive, 5/27/19)
- Renaissance City Choir: Hope Through Music (QueerPGH, 12/4/16)
- Top 10 Things to Do in Pittsburgh in December (Pittsburgh Magazine, 11/28/16)
- Pittsburgh religious leaders, advocates call for peace and united action in wake of Orlando massacre (Pittsburgh City Paper, 6/14/16)
- Pittsburgh Celebrates Pride In Wake Of Orlando Shooting (90.5 WESA, 6/12/16)
- Pittsburgh Film Office hosts Oscar party at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2/29/16)
- Gay Straight Alliance hopes Washington County concert will be ‘positive experience’ (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 5/29/15)
- ‘We can lead today,’ says Pennsylvania’s new governor Tom Wolf (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 1/20/15)
- Renaissance City Choirs Make the Yuletide Gay at Dec. 9 Concert (Imagine Pittsburgh, 12/5/2012)
- Renaissance City Choirs Celebrate 25 Years (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 4/15/2010)
Press Inquiries: president@rccpittsburgh.com