What is it about a DJ that allows them to have a lengthy and successful career? Aside from being a turntable master, knowing how to read and work a room and keep people dancing from sunset to sunrise, or being a top-notch remixer.

There was dancing, there was eating, and, of course, there was singing. The Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida (GMCSF) hit a high note with its first gala. The event, called Chic & Unique, hosted a crowd of chorus members and fellow music lovers.

Florida Grand Opera (FGO), in its 82nd continuous season, features three of the lyric stage’s most popular titles. United by the universal appeal of their very different scores, grounded in the lives of real people, and steeped in romance both gritty and glittery, this trio takes audiences from the elite salons of Paris to dusty Sicilian towns before returning to Paris’ chilly garrets.

The South Florida Symphony Orchestra (SFSO), led by Maestra Sebrina María Alfonso, is offering a season featuring five classical Masterworks concerts and Handel’s glorious holiday masterpiece Messiah, as well as SFSO premieres by trailblazing female composers Florence Price, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich and Jessie Montgomery. SFSO will also host a 200th anniversary celebration of Beethoven's magnificent Symphony No. 9.

The South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble, the region’s LGBT and allies concert band, has an exciting season planned, including the return of the landmark Youth Pride Band, an opportunity for talented high school musicians to perform together in a safe environment for all.

Chic & Unique. The theme of the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida (GMCSF) sets the tone, and lays down high expectations, for the newest high-profile event on the LGBTQ social schedule.