Windy City Performing Arts sings to inspire change, celebrate diversity, and honor the dignity of the LGBTQ+ community. Windy City Performing Arts (WCPA) was incorporated in 1983 as an independent not-for-profit umbrella organization for Windy City Gay Chorus, Aria: Windy City Women’s Ensemble (later renamed to Windy City Treble Quire), Unison: Windy City Lesbian and …
In September 2019, during Richmond’s Pride celebration, our organization officially renounced our original name of “Monument City Music” and chose to no longer connect ourselves with the many monuments throughout the city that glorified slaveholders and brought pain to members of the community. On that day, Richmond Allied Voices was born, with a rejuvenated goal …
Rev. Dr. Pauli Murray: civil rights activist, lawyer, poet and ordained priest. Pauli was born in 1910 and today would have likely identified as transgender or nonbinary. Learn more about Pauli. GALA Choruses has brought Pauli’s story to life with a 10-movement dramatic cantata by composer Steve Milloy, libretto by Kim Hines, and Jane Ramseyer Miller as dramaturg. The 10 1. …
SINGING TOGETHER FOR JOY, SOCIAL JUSTICE, & COMMUNITY
Casulana celebrates the female voice and its power to inspire and culturally enrich the lives of audience and participants through artistic and educational programs that present high-quality choral music.
Women in Harmony is a non-profit sixty-voice women’s chorus, based in Portland, Maine. Each year, the group performs four major public concerts and in addition, smaller concerts for special events. Founded in 1993, Women in Harmony’s mission is to sing for unity among women and to advocate for social, political, and economic equality. The group …