Harrisburg Gay Men's Chorus
A Queer & Gender-Expansive Choir
Founded in 1987 as The Harrisburg Men’s Chorus, HGMC entertains the South-Central Pennsylvania region with a musical message of acceptance and joy. HGMC is a TTBB chorus that welcomes everyone who can sing in the tenor, baritone, or bass ranges.
In its decades long existence, the chorus has performed in places as diverse as local parks and Carnegie Hall in New York City while providing its members with a safe space to grow and build a community.
Check our concert or events page and come see one of our free concerts. Or click below to learn more about how to join us!
Dillon Beede, MM, EdD, is Director of Choral Activities and Chair of Music at Wilson College in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, and Artistic Director of Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus. He is also a former artist in residence with Barbara Ingram School for the Arts and currently teaches voice through the Cumberland Valley School of Music. Dillon has served as a guest clinician and conductor and taught vocal master classes in schools across Nebraska, Arizona, South Dakota, Maryland, and Pennsylvania.
Dillon earned a Bachelor of Music degree in Voice Performance from Hastings College in 2011 and continued his education at Westminster Choir College in Princeton, New Jersey. While at Westminster, Dillon performed with the Westminster Symphonic Chorus under the batons of Yannick Nezet-Seguin (Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra), Sir Simon Rattle (Berlin Philharmonic), Jacques Lacombe (NJ Symphony Orchestra), James Jordan (Westminster Choir College), Amanda Quist (Westminster Choir College) and Joe Miller (Westminster Choir College). During his time at Westminster he also studied voice with the late Julian Rodescu and Christopher Arneson and further studied with Matthew Anchel after graduation.
His graduate voice research studied the effects of musical exercises in combination with Stemple’s vocal function exercises for voice feminization. He completed his graduate recital studying with Dr. Christopher Arneson performing works by Ravel, Rorem, Mozart, Dørumsgaard and Rossini. Upon completion of his Master of Music in Voice Performance and Vocal Pedagogy, he held a private voice studio in the Princeton community teaching students of all skill levels as well as specializing in transgender voice modification.
He completed the Doctor of Education in Music and Music Education at Teachers College, Columbia University, where his scholarship explored the intersections of identity, policy, pedagogy, and community in trans and gender-expansive choirs. Across his artistic and scholarly work, he brings together a love of choral music, a commitment to thoughtful pedagogy, and a strong belief in the power of music to foster connection and belonging.
His professional memberships include the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), National Association for Music Education (NAfME), Pennsylvania Music Educators Association (PMEA) American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), Pennsylvania Choral Directors Association (ACDA-PA), The College Music Society, Omicron Delta Kap pa (ODK), Alpha Psi Omega (APO), and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia (PMA).
Pianist Aaron Hungerford maintains a busy schedule of collaborative performances. Based in York, PA, he can frequently be found supporting area university students and faculty in recitals and other events. Aaron is equally at home playing with vocalists and instrumentalists and finds pure joy in sharing the stage with others. In 2025 Aaron began performing with the Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus, and often plays for other local school and community choirs. He has given numerous concerto performances, including as a featured soloist with the Newark Symphony Orchestra in 2024. Aaron also assists and performs in theatrical productions with schools, community organizations, and regional theaters. In addition to his performing career, he currently serves in positions in Ephrata Area School District as a middle grades music teacher, and at Asbury United Methodist Church as the contemporary worship leader.
Dan Snyder, who also goes by Griffin, has been interested Audio Production since the age of 10 and has been proficient in Computers and Technology for even longer. They’ve been doing Live Sound since 2017 and received a Music Audio & Recording Technology Diploma from HACC in Winter of 2019.
Dan can frequently be found at vineyards, breweries, churches, and other musical venues in Central PA running sound for a host of local groups including Crossing Abbey Road, Ella’s Choice, and of course, HGMC. They’ve run sound for events at venues such as The Rose Lehrman Arts Center, Theatre Harrisburg, Hershey Med Center, Italian Lake, The Mt. Gretna Tabernacle, various High Schools, and countless churches.
Dan has been the Audio/Visual Tech for Tree of Life Lutheran Church in Harrisburg since 2021 and has built customized systems to be able to run both audio and video for the Church remotely from anywhere in the world.
Dan’s skillset includes; Live Sound, Studio Recording, On-Location Recording & Livestreaming, Narration & Character acting, Audiobook editing & mastering, Photography, Videography, and audio consulting.
Dan was introduced to HGMC via a mentor in 2021 when the Chorus was looking to record and Livestream a virtual concert. HGMC asked Dan to come back again in 2022, and now Dan can’t stay away.
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