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| ACCO: A Chorus Celebrating Women | Founded in 1992, the chorus numbers approximately 14 members. |
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| 250 East Mosser Street |
| Allentown, PA 18109 |
| 610.434.5074 (voice) |
| ACCOCHORUS@EARTHLINK.NET |
| www.accochorus.org |
| Meg Deak, Artistic Director |
| ACCO is a non-profit choral organization welcoming women from diverse backgrounds. The mission of the group is to discover and celebrate women's artistic culture and create community through the power and passion of music. Dedicated to musical excellence and the celebration of women's lives, we present music created by women, about women's stories, ability, power and uniqueness; and music inspired by diverse cultures and spiritual beliefs. We seek to celebrate women's lives by singing, playing and drumming, and to celebrate the possibilities of a world that encourages diversity and tolerance. |
| Amasong: C-U's Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus | Founded in 1991, the chorus numbers approximately 45 members. |
| PO Box 902 |
| Urbana, IL 61803 |
| 217-328-6828 (voice) |
| AMASONG@PRAIRIENET.ORG |
| www.amasong.org |
| Meagan Johnson Smith, Music Director |
| Amasong is an award-winning amateur chorus with an enthusiastic local following. We perform folkloric, women-oriented, and classical music. We were founded in 1991. Amasong provides an opportunity for lesbians and feminist women to gather together in the pursuit of choral excellence. Amasong's repertoire draws most heavily upon folk music from various world traditions, music written by women, and other music reflecting women's experience. Amasong accepts women at varying levels of experience and ability. Our director is Meagan Johnson Smith. Amasong is supported by a board of directors. Our chorus' full name is "Amasong: Champaign-Urbana's Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus". |
| Antietam Women's Ensemble | Founded in 2004, the chorus numbers approximately 25 members. |
| PO Bx 336 |
| Sharpsburg, MD 21782 |
| 301-432-6964 (voice) |
| SINGINAWE@AOL.COM |
| www.antietamwomensensemble.org |
| Dr. Georgiann H. Toole, Director |
| Arizona Women in Tune | Founded in 1993, the chorus numbers approximately 50 members. |
| P. O. Box 34464 |
| Phoenix, AZ 85067-4464 |
| 602-487-1940 (voice) |
| 480-921-2545 (fax) |
| EXECDIRECTOR@AZWIT.COM |
| www.azwit.com |
| Kimilee D. McCreary, Artistic Director |
| Arizona Women in Tune is a women's community chorus with an emerging presence in the greater Phoenix arts scene and is an an active part of the national LGBT choral movement. Singers are diverse in age, ethnicity, race, physical ability, sexual orientation, and economic and life experience. Singers commit to a rigorous rehearsal and performance schedule. We do not require auditions; interested singers attend a rehearsal and then meet with the Artistic Director to discuss their musical goals and experience. Mission statement: Arizona Women in Tune is committed to enhanced lesbian visibility, celebrations of the contributions of women in music, and the passionate pursuit of artistic excellence. |
| Arizona Women in Tune | Founded in 1993, the chorus numbers approximately 50 members. |
| 1212 W. 9th Street |
| Tempe, AZ 85281 |
| Phoenix, AZ |
| 602-487-1940 (voice) |
| SANDIPMAC@YAHOO.COM |
| www.azwit.com |
| Kimilee D. McCreary, Artisitic Director |
| Arizona Women in Tune is committed to enhanced lesbian visibility, celebrations of the contributions of women in music, and the passionate pursuit of artistic excellence. |
| Artemis Singers | Founded in 1980, the chorus numbers approximately 20 members. |
| PO Box 578296 |
| Chicago, IL 60657- |
| 773-764-4465 (voice) |
| INFO@ARTEMISSINGERS.ORG |
| www.artemissingers.org |
| Midge Stocker, Loraine Edwalds, Katy Clusen, Multiple Member Directors |
| Artemis Singers is a lesbian feminist chorus comprised of women with diverse backgrounds who are dedicated to performing music written or arranged by women. The chorus works to effect positive change in cultural attitudes toward women and women artists, as well as to increase the visibility of lesbian feminists. Our goal in selecting and performing music is to provide an emotionally moving, spiritually and aesthetically uplifting, and politically motivating experience to our audience. We want to entertain, amuse, and educate; to highlight historical, political, and personal events and experiences common to women; and most of all, to share a sense of community with our audience. Membership is open to all women singers, regardless of musical background. No audition is required. We are a self-directed chorus; we have no paid director. Women who choose to direct Artemis Singers may direct one or many songs, and we may have six or more different directors during the course of any single performance. Our music is selected at meetings open to any member who chooses to participate. |
| Boston Women's Rainbow Chorus | Founded in 1997, the chorus numbers approximately 20 members. |
| PO Box 1002 |
| Jamaica Plain, MA 02130 |
| 617-522-7270 (voice) |
| HEIDILIN03@MSN.COM |
| www.boswrc.org |
| Rachel Hassinger, Artistic Director |
| The Boston Women’s Rainbow Chorus seeks to give voice to the diverse experience of women throughout history and across cultures worldwide. As lesbians and bisexual women, together with our female allies, we seek to represent the unrecorded legacy of today’s women for the women of tomorrow. As a group, we constantly aim to resolve the inherent tensions between artistic excellence and political integrity by promoting pride, appreciation, and acknowledgement of our diverse individualism. Through the performance of a broad spectrum of choral music, we tirelessly rise to dispel the myths that divide us from our power, from ourselves, and from one another. The Boston Women’s Rainbow Chorus ventures to facilitate the integration of our community with the larger world community through our musical contributions and in the shared celebration of our ideals and beliefs. |
| Brattleboro Women's Chorus | Founded in 1996, the chorus numbers approximately 60 members. |
| 120 Guilford Street |
| Brattleboro, VT 05301 |
| BWCHORUS@GMAIL.COM |
| brattleborowomenschorus.org |
| Becky Graber |
| The Brattleboro Women's Chorus is a multi-generational community chorus for women and girls, ages 10 and up, of all backgrounds and levels of musical experience. We are mothers, daughters, students, teachers, business women, laborers, caregivers, and artists from all walks of life who enjoy making music and harmonizing together. Founded in the fall of 1996 by conductor Becky Graber, the chorus was incorporated in the state of Vermont in January of 2002 and recognized as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in April of 2003. Since its founding, the chorus has grown to a group of 50 - 100 Brattleboro area women and girls who sing together Wednesday nights and present two annual concerts. Chorus members also deliver Singing Valentines, participate in sing-alongs at area nursing homes, and sing in occasional local events. In spring 2008 the chorus sang as a part of our local "Take Back the Night" gathering, and was featured in "A Celebration of Women in Agriculture", an event that kicked off Brattleboro's annual Strolling of the Heifers weekend. |
| Bread and Roses Feminist Singers | Founded in 1978, the chorus numbers approximately 17 members. |
| 1327 Webster St NE |
| Washington, DC 20017 |
| 202-265-8845 (voice) |
| 202-628-8419 (fax) |
| ADMIN@DCBREADANDROSES.ORG |
| www.dcbreadandroses.org |
| Peer led, No conductor |
| Bread and Roses Feminist Singers formed in 1978 as the DC Area Feminist Chorus. We are a non-audition chorus open to all sopranos and altos at any level of musical experience.
Our performances include community events, women's cultural activities, lesbian and gay pride celebrations, political gatherings, and other opportunities to facilitate understanding, acceptance, and cooperation among people of diverse lifestyles through the medium of music. Our music is women-oriented, much of it written or arranged by women and some of it original within the group. Our repertoire includes political songs, popular and folk songs, satires, love songs, and madrigals.To promote awareness of the issues facing women and other oppressed peoples, we select music from many different perspectives and cultures |
| Cantigas Women's Choir | Founded in 2002, the chorus numbers approximately 44 members. |
| 82 Essex Street |
| Jersey City, NJ 07302 |
| 201-435-5380 (voice) |
| JOANLITMAN@COMCAST.NET |
| Joan Isaacs Litman, Musical Director |
| Cantigas Women's Choir brings women of the community together to explore the rich tradition of women singing and to perform a broad spectrum of music, ancient and contemporary; sacred and secular. The Cantigas Women's Choir advocates through song for those whose hearts need to be uplifted and whose voices need to be heard. We perform regularly with the women of the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton, NJ. Cantigas rehearses weekly in Hoboken, N.J., fifteen minutes from New York City. |
| Changing Woman Chorus | Founded in 1977, the chorus numbers approximately 12 members. |
| 3343 NE 18th |
| Portland, OR 97212 |
| 503 313 8495 (voice) |
| NARFIE13@COMCAST.NET |
| Chris Carol, director |
| Changing Woman Chorus who founded in 1977 to perform music which celebrates woman's beauty, dignity, strength and pride. We perform concerts and Celtic earth mysteries performances to inspire people to nurture and restore mother earth and our communities, and to benefit local non profit organisations. |
| Columbus Women's Chorus | Founded in 1989, the chorus numbers approximately 60 members. |
| Columbus, OH 43119 |
| WEINTURV@CORE.COM |
| www.cwchorus.org |
| O'Toole, Artistic Director |
| DIVA: Saucy Women Singing With a Queer Sensibility | Founded in 1999, the chorus numbers approximately 7 members. |
| 542 Sherman Rd |
| Springfield, PA 19064 |
| 610-328-6455 (voice) |
| DIVAJ@MAC.COM |
| www.DivaPhilly.net |
| Philadelphia area |
| Grand Rapids Women's Chorus | Founded in 1996, the chorus numbers approximately 35 members. |
| P.O. Box 68486 |
| Grand Rapids, MI 49516 |
| 616-459-2655 (voice) |
| 231-972-8846 (fax) |
| KARMA00@CENTURYTEL.NET |
| www.grwc.org |
| Lori Tennenhouse, Artistic Director |
| The Grand Rapids Women's Chorus is dedicated to singing culturally diverse music that promotes appreciation of women composers and arrangers. Established for the education, enjoyment, and enrichment of its members and its audience, the organization seeks to create and inspire meaningful experience through musical expression. We welcome your comments, suggestions, compliments, questions and tax deductible donations. Please feel free to contact us. Grand Rapids Women's Chorus P.O. Box 68486 Grand Rapids, MI 49516 email: info@grwc.org |
| Juneau Pride Chorus | Founded in 1997, the chorus numbers approximately 30 members. |
| 8445 Kimberly St. |
| Juneau, AK 99801 |
| 907-789-6167 (voice) |
| 907-789-6176 (fax) |
| MBUCK@ALASKA.NET |
| Ms. Leslie Wood, Music Director |
| We are a women's chorus sponsored by PFLAG Juneau – a chorus of mothers, daughters, sisters, lovers, and grandmothers whose common bond is a love of singing and a desire to celebrate our diversity. |
| Marmalade | Founded in 2000, the chorus numbers approximately 5 members. |
| 27 Rhema Court |
| Elizabethtown, PA 17022 |
| 717-367-8030 (voice) |
| IMAMEZZO@AOL.COM |
| www.marmaladies.com |
| Alissa Plant, Founder/Director |
| Marmalade is a five-voice women's a cappella ensemble in Central PA. We sing jazz, folk, pop, classical, broadway, spirituals, a little of everything - all a cappella. |
| MUSE Cincinnati's Women's Choir | Founded in 1984, the chorus numbers approximately 50 members. |
| PO Box 23292 |
| Cincinnati, OH 45223 |
| 513-221-1118 (voice) |
| 513-981-4008 (fax) |
| MUSE@MUSECHOIR.ORG |
| www.musechoir.org |
| Catherine Roma, Artistic Director |
| MUSE is a women's choir dedicated to musical excellence and social change. In keeping with our belief that diversity is strength, we are feminist women of varied ages, races, and ethnicities with a range of musical abilities, political interests, and life experiences. We are women loving women; we are heterosexual, lesbian and bisexual women united in song. We commission and seek out music composed by women, pieces written to enhance the sound of women's voices, and songs that honor the enduring spirit of all peoples. In performing, we strive for a concert experience that entertains, inspires, motivates, heals, and creates a feeling of community with our audience. |
| Profile Show Chorus | Founded in 1985, the chorus numbers approximately 30 members. |
| 83 Hanover St |
| Manchester, NH 03101 |
| 603-548-1553 (voice) |
| TERRIEBARI@YAHOO.COM |
| www.profilechorus.org |
| Terry Neill, Director |
| Women's a cappella show chorus. |
| Rainbow Women's Chorus | Founded in 1996, the chorus numbers approximately 25 members. |
| P.O. Box 32346 |
| San Jose, CA 95152 |
| 408-374-5228 (voice) |
| none (fax) |
| RAINBOW@BLUENEPTUNE.COM |
| www.rainbowwomen.org |
| Ruth Huber & Betsy Wagner, Co-Directors |
| The Rainbow Women's Chorus works together to develop musical excellence in an atmosphere of mutual support and respect. We perform publicly for the entertainment, education, and cultural enrichment of our audiences and community. We sing to enhance the esteem of all women, to celebrate diversity, to promote peace and freedom, and to touch people's hearts and lives. |
| Reniassance City Women's Choir | Founded in 1995, the chorus numbers approximately 35 members. |
| 116 South Highland Avenue |
| Pittsburgh, PA 15206 |
| 412-362-9484 (voice) |
| None (fax) |
| RCCPITTSBURGH@EARTHLINK.NET |
| www.rccpittsburgh.org |
| Susan Haugh, Artistic Director |
| The Renaissance City Women's Choir was born in January 1995. A tremendous turnout of over 60 women responded to the first audition call, and 10 of the choir's current members (including one mother-daughter duo) sang in the inaugural season. Our membership includes women from many professions, avocations, and musical backgrounds. Susan R. Haugh has directed the choir from our very first rehearsal (at St. Andrew's Lutheran Church) to our current home at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. |
| Resonance Women's Chorus of Boulder | Founded in 2002, the chorus numbers approximately 110 members. |
| 2525 Arapahoe Ave., Suite E4-186 |
| Boulder, CO 80302 |
| 303-473-8337 (voice) |
| RESONANCE_CHORUS@YAHOO.COM |
| www.resonancechorus.org |
| Sue Coffee, Artistic Director |
| Founded in 2002 with the intention of creating an opportunity for women to sing together, and based on the premise that there can never be too much singing, Resonance Women's Chorus of Boulder is a 100+ voice chorus singing contemporary women's choral music. With an emphasis on songs of social awareness, Resonance is a collective voice of women's strength, wisdom, and beauty. |
| San Diego Women's Chorus | Founded in 1987, the chorus numbers approximately 40 members. |
| P.O. Box 632794 |
| San Diego, CA 92163 |
| 619-291-3366 (voice) |
| 619-299-5909 (fax) |
| HEATHYDOG@COX.NET |
| www.sdwc.net |
| Christopher Allen, Artistic Director |
| San Diego Women's Chorus is a non-audition community chorus. The members of SDWC are people with a strong sense of social conscience who work to entertain and educate the LGBT community and the San Diego community at large. The music of SDWC speaks to issues as diverse as human rights, love, world peace, religious freedom, environmental harmony, inclusion and cultural diversity. SDWC supports and affirms the music of women, and Lesbian and Gay composers and arrangers. |
| Seattle Women's Chorus | Founded in 2002, the chorus numbers approximately 163 members. |
| P.O. Box 20146 |
| Seattle, WA 98102-1146 |
| 206-323-0750 (voice) |
| 206-323-9425 (fax) |
| DENNIS@THENANTUCKET.COM |
| www.seattlewomenschorus.org |
| Dennis Coleman, Artistic Director |
| Seattle Women's Chorus and Seattle Men's Chorus entertain, enlighten, unify and heal our audience and members, using the power of words and music to recognize the value of gay and straight people and their relationships. |
| Sistrum-The Lansing Women's Chorus | Founded in 1986, the chorus numbers approximately 30 members. |
| P.O. Box 6555 |
| East Lansing, MI 48826 |
| none (voice) |
| INFO@SISTRUM.ORG |
| www.sistrum.org |
| Meredith Bowen, Artistic Director |
| Small Difference Women's Choral Ensemble | Founded in 2007, the chorus numbers approximately 12 members. |
| C/O 3140 X Street |
| Sacramento, CA 95817 |
| 916-747-6789 (voice) |
| ASMALLDIFFERENCE@AOL.COM |
| hometown.aol.com/ASmallDifference |
| Sage Brown, Conductor |
| Small Difference Women's Choral Ensemble is a small group of women who are dedicated to performing music that has a message. It is one way the members have channelled their activism to change this world for the better. We sing songs for peace & justice, lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender equality, women's liberation, the environment, and human rights for all. What makes this group different is its structure. This chorus is smaller, tighter, and more “holistically” run. There is no board, we all make decisions about the group and whenever possible, by consensus. While there is a conductor we are ALL the artistic directors. Our music has a very definite political focus and we are also interested in singing some international music, especially tunes that are significant for women around the world. We took our name from the song “Small Difference” which has been performed by many women's choruses around the world. We are creating a group where everyone is nurtured by everyone else, where we can develop a special connection – spiritual for some, humanistic for all. We are all committed to dealing with any issues that come up between us in a loving, open, and honest way in our best effort to avoid the politics and petty personal issues that so often put a drag on women’s and queer choruses. |
| Sound Circle | Founded in 1994, the chorus numbers approximately 24 members. |
| 7943 Lefthand Canyon Dr. |
| Jamestown, CO 80455 |
| 303-473-4525 (voice) |
| SCOFFEE@ECENTRAL.COM |
| soundcircleboulder.org |
| Artistic Director, Sue Coffee |
| The women of Sound Circle, a 24-voice a cappella women’s vocal ensemble, have come together to experience the deep joy of making music and to share that joy with our audiences. The music we sing connects us to the voices, sounds, and rhythms of our own lives. We seek out music that speaks of women’s experiences and music by women composers. Founded in 1994, based in Boulder, CO, and a member of GALA Choruses as well as Sister Singers, Sound Circle is committed to the creation of new music that is relevant to our lives, musically innovative, and of the highest quality. Sound Circle has commissioned many new works, developed percussive improvisational movement pieces, performed original music by members of the ensemble, and created new arrangements of many works. |
| Spices: A Women's Ensemble | Founded in 1995, the chorus numbers approximately 5 members. |
| 4048 Pleasant Ave. S. |
| Minneapolis, MN 55409 |
| 612-824-4719 (voice) |
| 6128221850 (fax) |
| VWYOGA@YAHOO.COM |
| Sarah M. Greer, Director |
| Spices is a multicultural, woman-identified, a cappella ensemble. We sing for fun, spiritual renewal and to change the world. |
| SpiralSong Feminist Vocal Ensemble | Founded in 2002, the chorus numbers approximately 6 members. |
| Philadelphia, PA |
| SMORGANAPPEL@HOTMAIL.COM |
| SpiralSong Feminist Vocal Ensemble specializes in music that reflects women’s spiritual experiences. SpiralSong members come from a variety of musical backgrounds and have experience in a range of musical settings – including the woods, women’s circles, madrigals, gospel, gardens, church choirs, the New Wave Singers of Baltimore, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, Anna Crusis Women’s Choir... and the shower. Our diverse spiritual backgrounds include Agnosticism, Atheism, Buddhism, Catholicism, Goddess spirituality, Judaism, Nature-based, Paganism, Quakerism, Witchcraft, Wicca, and more. We share a joy in singing with each other, and a commitment to social justice, that unite us. Founder Stasa Morgan-Appel has been active in music ministry since 1986, and is the co-author, with Julie Forest Middleton, of the 2002 release _A Winter Solstice Singing Ritual_ book and compact disc. For information on SpiralSong's upcoming concerts, please see http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SpiralSong_list or email smorganappel@hotmail.com. |
| The Phoenix: Women's Voices Rising | Founded in 2003, the chorus numbers approximately 16 members. |
| PO Box 272986 |
| Tampa, FL 33688-2986 |
| 813-968-9093 (voice) |
| 813-936-3217 (fax) |
| PHOENIXVOICES@AOL.COM |
| www.phoenixvoices.org |
| Kathie Michael, Music Director |
| Tucson Women's Chorus | Founded in 2002, the chorus numbers approximately 50 members. |
| 5141 N. Blue Bonnet Rd. |
| Tucson, AZ 85745 |
| 520 743-0991 (voice) |
| RAVENWOODK@MAC.COM |
| Karleena Ravenwood, Director |
| We are an acappella multigenerational group singing chants, rounds and short songs from many countries and cultures around the world, including songs from various spiritual traditions and activist movements. No auditions or sight-reading of music is required. We are open to all women and girls from age ten and up who wish to sing. (Girls need to be accompanied by a singing adult.) Visitors are always welcome to sit in on a rehearsal to experience what we do and who we are. (By arrangement with the director.) |
| Voices Rising | Founded in 2004, the chorus numbers approximately 35 members. |
| P.O. Box 3386 |
| Jamaica Plain, MA 02131 |
| Greater Boston, MA 02130 |
| 617-524-9309 (voice) |
| BLBRADEN@MSN.COM |
| www.voicesrising.org |
| Leora Zimmer, Artistic Director |
| Voices Rising is a women's chorus, founded upon feminist principles of community, inclusivity, activism and education. We sing together to give voice to our lives, identities and beliefs, and to celebrate the diverse lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered and women's communities in and around Boston. Raising our voices in joy and solidarity, we contribute to the growing tradition of the women's choral movement. Through our music, we strengthen ourselves and serve our community's history, present needs and future possibilities. |
| Vox Femina Los Angeles | Founded in 1997, the chorus numbers approximately 25 members. |
| 3341 Caroline Avenue |
| Culver City, CA 90232 |
| 310-391-2402 (voice) |
| 310-391-2402 (fax) |
| VFLA@VOXFEMINALA.ORG |
| www.voxfeminala.org |
| Dr. Iris S. Levine, Artistic Director |
| Vox Femina Los Angeles is a women's choral ensemble dedicated to the performance of quality choral literature with an emphasis on music by women composers. VFLA is a family of diverse women who are lesbian, bisexual and heterosexual. Through music VFLA celebrates women and builds bridges within and beyond the lesbian and gay communities. VFLA's most recent recording, "Simply... Vox Femina Los Angeles" was the recipient for the 2003 OUTMUSIC Award for "Best New Choral Recording" |
| Windsong: Cleveland's Feminist Chorus | Founded in 1979, the chorus numbers approximately 15 members. |
| P.O. Box 609534 |
| Cleveland, OH 44109 |
| 216-739-1928 (voice) |
| 216-739-9668 (fax) |
| S.MARRELL@EXCITE.COM |
| www.geocities.com/windsongchorus/ |
| Sharon Marrell, Artistic Director |
| Windsong has been around in one form or another since 1979. Sharon Marrell has been their director since 1996. Its founding member still sings with us today. Our mission is to empower women through their participation in the preformance of music. Through the performance of music we effect social change that supports women and women composers, fosters diversity, and encourages environmental responsibility. Another important aspect is to build community and provide education through partnerships with organizations which support our mission. |
| Womansong of Asheville | Founded in 1987, the chorus numbers approximately 50 members. |
| 6 Edwin Place |
| Asheville, NC 28801 |
| 8282740307 (voice) |
| 8282742001 (fax) |
| NORDEENI@BELLSOUTH.NET |
| womansong.org |
| Debbie Nordeen, Artistic Director |
| Community chorus open to all women who can carry a tune. We have our own percussion ensemble and like to feature original songs by members of our chorus and well as perform an eclectic variety of songs that celebrate diversity, women's issues, the earth, humor. |
| Jill Waters |
| Joined SSN in 2005 |
| tealsea@aol.com |
| Sang with San Diego Women's Chorus since 1990. Temporarily living in Southwestern Arizona. Am a member of SDWC volunteer group, "Accents." |
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