{"id":2393699,"date":"2026-04-28T23:52:31","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:52:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2393699"},"modified":"2026-04-28T23:52:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T23:52:31","slug":"melvin-robert-to-join-gay-mens-chorus-of-los-angeles-as-guest-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/melvin-robert-to-join-gay-mens-chorus-of-los-angeles-as-guest-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Melvin Robert to Join Gay Men&#8217;s Chorus of Los Angeles as Guest Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/melvin-robert\/\" id=\"auto-tag_melvin-robert_2\" data-tag=\"melvin-robert\">Melvin Robert<\/a> is in sync with the Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe media personality, who serves as an entertainment anchor on KTLA\u2019s popular morning news show, has been tapped to serve as a guest artist for GMCLA\u2019s spring concert, <em>And The Beat Goes On.<\/em> He joins previously announced guest soprano Nicole Heaston for the two-concert event at Beverly Hills\u2019 Saban Theatre on March 21-22.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe outing will mark a reunion for Robert. He served as a member of GMCLA from 2013-2018, during which time he showed off his talents beyond the screen by singing and dancing, longtime passions for the born and bred Los Angeles native.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tUnder the direction of music director and conductor Ernest H. Harrison, GMCLA, which is comprised of 200 members, will tackle <em>And The Beat Goes On. <\/em>The concert is being curated with a mix of gospel, R&amp;B, Motown and Broadway classics, with hits from the likes of Stevie Wonder, the Temptations, Gladys Knight, <em>Dreamgirls, The Wiz <\/em>and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFor his part, Robert said he\u2019s so excited to be \u201creturning home\u201d with GMCLA for this guest outing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Los Angeles has played such a pivotal role in my life,\u201d he said. \u201cIt gave me the wings to fly. That\u2019s the power of the experience and the music \u2014 it transforms, it inspires, it heals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAdded Lou Spisto, executive director and producer: \u201cI am truly delighted that GMCLA alum and my dear friend, Melvin Robert, is joining the chorus as guest soloist for these concerts. Before his rise to fame as a television journalist, I knew Melvin as a powerhouse musical theater performer with great vocals and the ability to tell a story through song. He now tells wonderful stories to a larger audience every day, and I\u2019m so glad he agreed to come back home to our stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tRobert\u2019s resume includes work as an actor, singer, producer and Emmy Award\u2013winning host. Prior to KTLA 5, he co-anchored <em>Good Day LA<\/em> and served as a senior correspondent and weekend host on <em\/>, with additional appearances as a special correspondent on <em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/the-jennifer-hudson-show\/\" id=\"auto-tag_the-jennifer-hudson-show_2\" data-tag=\"the-jennifer-hudson-show\">The Jennifer Hudson Show<\/a>.<\/em> Robert was part of the original talent team that launched Spectrum News 1 SoCal for which he co-anchored <em>Your Morning<\/em> on Spectrum News 1. He also hosted the arts and culture magazine show <em>The SoCal Scene.<\/em> Robert earned a broadcast journalist of the year trophy from the L.A. Press Club in 2022.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tThe graduate of Loyola High School of Los Angeles and Loyola Marymount University has been seen onscreen in <em>The Young &amp; the Restless, Hacks, LA\u2019s Finest, The Fi<\/em>x and <em>Why Him?<\/em>, and on stage in <em>Rent, Miss Saigon, West Side Story, The Wizard of Oz, The Bayou Legend, Alex in Wonderland<\/em> and <em>Karishma<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-content-image \/\/  \">\n<figure class=\"o-figure   size-large alignnone lrv-u-max-width-100p\" style=\"width:1800px\">\n<div class=\"c-lazy-image  \">\n<div class=\"lrv-a-crop-16x9\" style=\"padding-bottom:calc((1200\/1800)*100%);\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p><\/div><\/div><figcaption class=\"c-figcaption  lrv-u-padding-tb-025\">\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"a-font-secondary-s lrv-u-margin-r-025\">Melvin Robert performs on stage in this file photo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"a-font-accent-uppercase-xs lrv-u-color-grey-dark\">Courtesy of Subject<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.hollywoodreporter.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Melvin Robert is in sync with the Gay Men\u2019s Chorus of Los Angeles. The media personality, who serves as an entertainment anchor on KTLA\u2019s popular morning news show, has been tapped to serve as a guest artist for GMCLA\u2019s spring concert, And The Beat Goes On. He joins previously announced guest soprano Nicole Heaston for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2393700,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[343996,321841,406536],"class_list":["post-2393699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-extra","tag-melvin-robert","tag-the-jennifer-hudson-show"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Melvin-Robert-to-Join-Gay-Mens-Chorus-of-Los-Angeles.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2393699"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2393701,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2393699\/revisions\/2393701"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2393700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2393699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2393699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2393699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}