Welcome

The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware is non-auditioned LGBTQ+ and allies community chorus and open to all adult singers at all levels of experience. We usually perform three major concerts a year (but are planning only two in the 2025/2026 season due to staffing changes) and have an active outreach program of singing at community events. Use these links to learn more about: Outreach Events, how to request the RCD to sing at your event, how to join the Chorale, how to contact us, purchase tickets and visit our YouTube channel to see past performances.

Turn the World Around, March 21, 7pm

Save the date for our winter trimester concert Turn the World Around on March 21st at 7pm, at Covenant Community Services (formerly Presbyterian Church of the Covenant), 503 Duncan Rd, Wilmington DE.

Health Protocols for Rehearsals and Performances

The Rainbow Chorale is fully committed to live rehearsing and performance in a safe manner. These are the protocols the Board has decided on:

• We strongly encourage members who are feeling unwell to not attend rehearsal or performances as this exacerbates the member’s condition and risks spreading something communicable to other members. For rehearsals, we do our best to provide a video livestream, so that members can follow along during rehearsal.
• While we do not require vaccines, we strongly recommend that members be vaccinated, when and where appropriate, for communicable respiratory diseases, including SARS-CoV-2 (Covid), influenza (flu), RSV, pertussis (whooping cough), etc, due to the increased risk of transmission from singing in close proximity. Vaccination is an evidence-based practice shown to protect the individual as well as those around them from contracting communicable illnesses.
• Members are welcome to wear masks as they see fit. For performances specifically, if you wear a mask, it should fit the attire theme.
• Members are welcome to be socially distanced during rehearsal as they see fit.
• The Chorale does what it can to mitigate illness transmission, however the Chorale will not be held liable in the event that members, volunteers, or audience members become ill from directly related activities with the Chorale.
• If you have any concerns or questions about any part of this policy, please email membership@therainbowchorale.org

The Board monitors the situation and will adjust our safety protocols accordingly.
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Keeping an Eye on the Weather!

Check back here to see whether we need to cancel rehearsal due to winter weather. Our weather policy: If there is a winter storm or other problematic weather on a Monday, the Executive Committee in consultation with Artistic Staff will decide by 4pm (or earlier) whether we will cancel rehearsal or not. A decision to cancel will be communicated by email to the Members Google Groups list (we will also post on our Facebook page and website if possible). The decision will be based on several factors – whether our staff can make it in safely, the condition of the parking lot and streets around the church, the spread of the bad weather, and the forecast for the later evening when we leave rehearsal. Regardless of whether rehearsal is cancelled or not, if you feel that the driving conditions are unsafe where you are or along your route, please stay safely home.

Outreach Events

In addition to our major performances, we have an active outreach program where we sing short sets at events in the community. If you are interested in having the Chorale sing at your event, please use the Outreach Request Form.

Visit our Schedule page for details of what we are up to this season!

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Support the Chorale!

Please support the Chorale by donating to the Chorale’s general fund. Your donations help us grow, support our community, reach new audiences and make wonderful music.

Mission

The Rainbow Chorale of Delaware is an inclusive, non-profit community chorus that provides LGBTQ+ individuals, with their friends and allies, the opportunity to perform high-quality choral music in an affirming environment that serves as a positive force for change. In addition, the Rainbow Chorale supports other institutions and individuals who serve that community.

Love of music is common to everyone. When we sing, we hope to impart the ideals, hopes, dreams, and aspirations of our community. Our goal is that with our listening audience we will strike a chord of commonality, and bridge the differences of our life experiences.

Visit our YouTube channel to see RCD videos!
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