Our People

James J. Morehead is the 3rd-ever Artistic Director of the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus. He is also co-artistic director for VOX3, www.vox3.org, and music director at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Evanston, Illinois. He primarily works as a coach, accompanist and music director in the city of Chicago. He previously taught at the Theater Conservatory of Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University, where he has also served as Adjunct Professor of Music Theory/History and German Diction. James received his MM in Piano Performance and Music Theory from Roosevelt University and his BM from Duquesne University.

As a Music Director, James has worked on the Non-Equity Jeffs Award Ceremony, See What I Wanna See in the Steppenwolf Garage series 2013 and has also done The Wiz (Jeff Nominated: Music Direction), Dessa Rose (Jeff Nominated: Music Direction), bare (Jeff Nominated: Music Direction), Passing Strange (Jeff Nominated: Music Direction), AIDA, Jerry Springer- the Opera, Trouble in Tahiti, The Rainbow Connection, the Mikado, The Impresario, Barber of Seville, The Old Maid and the Thief, Two Gentlemen of Verona, Sondheim in the Park, The Wandering Scholar, The Bear, Reagan’s Children, Something Schwartz, The Way We War, Copacabana, Cupid and Psyche, Promises, Promises Screwed Up People, Flaherty and Ahrens On and Off and The Tony Goes To, The Tony Goes II, and Once, Twice, Three Times a Tony among many others.

Classically, James has performed at the Auditorium Theater, Chicago Cultural Center, Rockefeller Chapel, Chicago’s Gospel Fest 2012, Ravinia, and Harold Washington Theater among many others. He has collaborated and performed with the Juliani Ensemble, the Grande Prairie Choral Arts Singers, Anaphora, Lyric Opera Kids and ChiArts, He has also appeared as a featured pianist at the Green Mill, Mary’s Attic, the Tavern, Gentry on Halsted, Spin Nightclub, Davenport’s, the 410 Club, the Spot, the Casino, The Rockwell in L.A., and 54 Below in New York City.

Ken is loving every moment playing for CGMC. Besides accompanying the chorus, he is also a music director for many musicals, cabarets and tribute bands. Ken has had the pleasure working at Theatre At The Center, Drury Lane Oakbrook, Metropolis Performing Arts Center, Davenports and numerous other professional theaters in the Chicago area. He is also the music director and pianist of Close To You: Music of the Carpenters, which is a highly successful tribute band that tours all over the country. Ken is the principal pianist at the Lincolnshire Academy of Dance, has his own jazz quartet and teaches piano in Evanston. He currently resides in Palatine with his wife and puppy.

Beth joined CGMC as Production Manager for 2018’s Holliday Hullabaloo. After ten additional CGMC productions, she is excited to expand her role as PM for the full 41^st Season.  Since completing her BA in Theatre from Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio, Beth has worked extensively in theatrical, event, museum, and music production in Chicago and nationally in lighting, sets, and production management since 2005. 

Beth is also a founding member of mind-warming, heart-blowing, theatre collective ShowParty! as a writer, performer, designer, and teaching artist since 2012.  Also in 2012, her solo show Welcome to My Living Room was produced by Right Brain Project. 

Recently Beth had the spectacular opportunity to befriend an ice puppet in France. As a part of the American company of Anywhere for the Chicago International Puppet Festival in conjunction with Théâtre de l’Entrouvert of Apt, France.  She is looking forward to additional hangout time with her cool marionette friend. 

Favorite Performance Credits include: NYE1, Science Fair, Never Look Away (ShowParty!); Tea Partier in Alice (Upended Productions ‘14&’18); Vulcan Narrator in Klingon Christmas Carol (Commedia Beauregard), and teaching for the VA Thespian Conference since 2015 – 2019. Favorite Production Credits include:  Anywhere (Chicago Intl Puppet Festival), Bel Canto, Science of Pixar, First Division Museum at Cantigny (Ravenswood Studios), The Masrayana (Rasaka).

Kevin joined the CGMC staff in February 2015 and has worked for the chorus in various capacities including Production Assistant, Marketing & Administrative Assistant, and Director of Operations. He has a background in nonprofit theatre administration and management, front of house management and operations, and audience services. In Chicago, Kevin worked for The Music Conservatory at Roosevelt University, TimeLine Theatre Company, Actors’ Equity Association, and American Theater Company. Kevin holds an MA in Performance Practices and Research from The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama (London, UK) and a BA in Theatre from Berea College. In London Kevin was employed by Ambassador Theatre Group as part of the Front of House Team at the Donmar Warehouse and in several West End theatres. He began his career in theatre as the Assistant to the Producing Artistic Director at the Arundel Barn Playhouse, a summer stock theatre in Arundel, Maine. Kevin has also performed and directed theatre and live performance, including directing two nights of the Festival of Storytelling (2016 & 2017) for the side project theatre in Chicago. He also co-created and performed in Scream Coach (2011-2015) at Links Hall THAW 2015, Latitude Festival & The Cut Bar at the Young Vic (London, UK).

Email: kevincorbett@cgmc.org

Andrew is a nonprofit consultant with extensive experience in nonprofit leadership, programming, and development. Andrew provides strategic support, and extensive development and grant writing services to his clients.

Previously, Andrew was the Executive Director of the Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC), the premiere management and board consulting firm for Chicago’s small-and mid-sized arts organizations. In that role he oversaw an organizational evolution in program design, delivery and measured impact, setting national standards for pro-bono consulting for the arts.

Andrew has also been an active member of the arts community as an actor and writer, appearing in over 40 productions and original solo works throughout Chicago and New York. His original work for the stage, “Train of Thought,” a mystery, was produced at American Theatre Company.

Andrew has a BS in Marketing from Indiana University and an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia College. He has taught creative writing and arts administration at Columbia College.