The Turtle Creek Chorale performance at Carnegie Hall on July 9. (Photo courtesy Suzanne Taffet) Dallas’ Turtle Creek Chorale, Denise Lee, and Philly’s Gay Men’s Chorus wow audience at NYC’s Carnegie Hall David Taffet | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com Wowing a New York audience isn’t easy.
But when the Turtle Creek Chorale performed to a packed house at Carnegie Hall on Saturday, July 9, they received standing ovations throughout the show.
TCC’s Artistic Director Sean Baugh assured the audience he wasn’t a bit nervous while reminding himself that Carnegie Hall is “just another room.” But the chorale, along with about 30 members of the Philadelphia Gay Men’s Chorus, came through with a stellar performance.
Four numbers opened the show featuring a variety of Black voices from the Chorale and the Chorus, including the TCC staple “Lift Every Voice and Sing.” The four soloists — Gregory Perry Jr., Brian Dixon, Rickey Douglas and David Burney — set the right tone to let the audience know without a doubt that this was going to be something special.