HELP KEEP RHYTHM THRIVING
RHYTHM brings powerful messages of inclusion, empathy, and LGBTQ+ visibility to thousands of students across Bay Area schools. Recently, we were featured on CBS and FOX News, highlighting the sad reality that the National Endowment for the Arts has pulled its funding for our RHYTHM (Reaching Youth Through Music) program. Watch the videos below.
KTVU FOX 2 – SF Gay Men’s Chorus, SFJAZZ reeling after sudden Trump administration grant cuts
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KPIX | CBS NEWS BAY AREA – Trump administration cuts NEA grant to the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus
In the news
- KTVU FOX 2, “SF Gay Men’s Chorus, SFJAZZ reeling after sudden Trump administration grant cuts” by Betty Yu, June 3, 2025. Reported the cancelled $38,000 grant that funded RHYTHM, with Jacob Stensberg and member Pete Rodway on what the loss meant. Read the original story
- CBS News Bay Area (KPIX), “Trump administration cuts NEA grant to the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus” by Max Darrow, 2025. Video report on what the cut could mean for the chorus’s youth education program. Read the original story
RHYTHM in Action
RHYTHM at Bayside Academy, March 21, 2025. Photography: Stefan Cohen.
