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What happens when a 50-year feminist tradition meets four decades of gospel liberation? You get Unstoppable: Fierce and Free — an electric collaboration between two choirs that have spent their histories proving that music is resistance, community is power, and joy is a radical act.
ANNA Crusis Feminist Choir, the longest-running feminist choir in the United States, has been inspiring social change and building community through song since 1975. Rooted in intersectional feminist values, ANNA is a community of women, transgender, and non-binary singers led by Artistic Director Miriam Davidson — dedicated to musical excellence, the celebration of diversity, and the ongoing struggle for justice and equity.
Lavender Light Gospel Choir, founded in 1985 in New York City, is an independent, Black-led, mixed-voice, intergenerational chorus that was the world’s first lesbian and gay gospel choir. Under Artistic Director Eric Williamson, Lavender Light creates space for LGBTQIA+ people to sing the Black gospel tradition — music born of survival, faith, and joy — as their fully expressed, authentic selves. With a special ministry to the Black queer community, they have performed at venues from Carnegie Hall to the United Nations and World Pride 2025.
Both choirs are members of GALA Choruses, the world’s largest association serving the LGBTQ+ choral community.
The Concert
Each choir will perform selections from their own repertoire, showcasing the distinct musical identities that have defined their movements. Then they come together for collaborative songs — a shared stage where feminist anthem meets gospel fire, and the cathedral rings with the combined power of both ensembles.
Set in the magnificent Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral, with its soaring Romanesque architecture and storied stained glass, Unstoppable: Fierce and Free is more than a concert — it’s a declaration. In a moment when the forces working against our communities grow louder, these two choirs answer with something stronger: music, solidarity, and the fierce, unshakable freedom of singing together.
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