San Diego Women's Chorus

Welcome back! On Sunday we held our first rehearsal of the season, and we are so excited for what's ahead. We had a wonderful time singing together, and after rehearsal we bonded over food and drinks as we got a chance to socialize with new members and returning members.

Please help us welcome back SO MANY of our current and past members, and welcome our NEW members! It's going to be a great season! 🎶

SDWC is excited to announce that we have filled up our New Member Orientation spots for this season! Wow! We've had so much response from the community, and we are excited to meet so many new people on Thursday.

Unfortunately that means we're unable to accommodate any additional potential new members at this session, so if you were interested in joining us and have not sent an RSVP, mark your calendars for January 26th, 2025, when our next New Member Orientation is scheduled.

Thank you for your interest and support!! 🧡💜

We're winding down our summer and getting ready to kick off the fall season, so here's another look back at our MANY summer singing events. The opportunity to sing at GALA Festival 2024 was really beyond words for a lot of our members. For some it was their first time attending. Others have been several times. And many of our members had planned to attend in 2020. Nothing compares to gathering with our singing siblings from all over the world for a week of music and fellowship. We can't wait to do it again in 2028!

Taking a moment to share a pic from our set at the San Diego Gay Men's Chorus concert, "Let's Get Loud" earlier this month. The Balboa Theater was filled to the brim with the energy of an enthusiastic audience who showed so much love for all three choruses that performed. It was an honor to sing with our singing siblings, SDGMC, and new friends, Coro Diversidad Tijuana.

San Diego Women's Chorus will be welcoming new members this fall! SDWC is a le***an-identified, feminist chorus that welcomes treble singers (soprano and alto range) from the vastly diverse LGBTQ & straight ally communities.

San Diego Women’s Chorus, a non-profit community chorus, strives to entertain and inspire audiences with music that speaks to issues as diverse as human rights, love, world peace, religion freedom, environmental harmony, inclusion, and cultural diversity. SDWC supports and affirms the music of women, LGBTQ+, feminist, and BIPOC composers and arrangers.

Learn more about SDWC, what it takes to be a member, and our New Member Orientation over on our website at https://www.sdwc.org/join-sdwc/. If you're interested in attending, information about how to contact us is on that page. We hope to see you there!

It's Friday, and we'd love to hear your feedback! We've had such a busy summer performing at community events, local sports events, our annual Pride Concert, San Diego Pride, GALA Choruses Festival 2024, and San Diego Gay Men's Chorus's "Let's Get Loud" concert. Now we're taking a couple of weeks to regroup and prepare for our next season.

As we look ahead, we invite you to think about your experiences with SDWC and provide us some feedback through our short 4-question survey. Your responses will help us as we advertise our organization to both a new audience and our current supporters, and as we seek funding through grants and private donations.

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Take a look these fabulous photos from "Let's Get Loud" with San Diego Gay Men's Chorus and Coro Diversidad Tijuana!

📷 credit: Eric Carroll - Ghost Light Photography

Album Link: https://www.facebook.com/media/set?vanity=SanDiegoWomensChorus&set=a.926039109565168

We had a fabulous time performing with San Diego Gay Men's Chorusand Coro Diversidad Tijuana last weekend! Let’s do it again soon!

Not sure about you, but we are Feelin' Good after this weekend's performances with SDGMC and Coro Diversidad Tijuana!

Here's a video of this classic song from our In Harmony concert in May. We hope it makes you feel good as a new dawn, a new day, and a new week begins. 🎺

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🎶 Did you see us perform this summer and wonder what it would be like to share your voice with an amazing community? San Diego Women's Chorus will be welcoming new members this fall! Learn more about SDWC, what it takes to be a member, and our New Member Orientation over on our website at https://www.sdwc.org/join-sdwc/. If you're interested in attending, information about how to contact us is on that page. We hope to see you there

A fantastic and inspiring weekend with our sibling chorus San Diego Gay Men's Chorus and new friends, Coro Diversidad Tijuana! What a wonderful show.

Can you feel the energy?? Getting ready for this weekend’s shows with San Diego Gay Men’s Chorus and Coro Diversidad Tijuana!

What a fantastic rehearsal last night with San Diego Gay Men's Chorus and Coro Diversidad Tijuana as we prepare for this weekend’s concert! Get your tickets to Let’s Get Loud today and join us for an incredible night of music and celebration!

Tickets are available here: https://sdgmc.org/event/lets-get-loud-singing-for-change-2/

Lots of SDWC goodies coming up! We have more Pride celebrations, videos from In Harmony to share, and photos and videos from our Pride Concert. Here’s one to kick things off.

First up is the brand new song Disenfranchised, which we performed at our In Harmony concert in May. The music and words are written by Elizabeth Alexander, and the song is a witty reflection on the current frustrations of the voting experience in the US. Here’s what the composer says about the song:

“Disenfranchised calls out voter disenfranchisement for what it truly is: an insidious power game with winners and losers, ever-changing rules, and a deliberate intent to exclude. A serious subject for sure, but expect no scolds or lectures! Instead this song wields that most powerful and underutilized weapon, humor! Brace yourself for some sly nods to nursery songs, carnival music, and patriotic chestnuts. There’s also a high likelihood that singers might just add some dramatic flourishes of their own!”

Enjoy!

Disenfranchised | San Diego Women's Chorus "Disenfranchised" performed by the San Diego Women's Chorus at our In Harmony concertDirected by Kathleen HansenMusic and Words by Elizabeth Alexander (...

We're still glowing from all the joy and friendship and music that we experienced at GALA Choruses Festival 2024! If you missed it and want to see our performances, and ALL the performances that took place, you can still purchase the pass to stream every GALA Choruses Festival performance here: https://galachoruses.org/resource/livestream/

The Streaming Pass allows you to access the concerts indefinitely, so you can watch at your own pace, and enjoy the concerts again and again.

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San Diego Women's Chorus

Thank you to everyone who came out to celebrate Pride with us at our Annual Pride Concert last night! We love singing for you, with you, and telling the stories of our community.

It would help us immensely if everyone who attended last night would fill out our quick Audience Survey online. The data we collect is confidential, but helps us get to know our audience, and also helps as we apply for grants and funding.

Click here to take the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdFqicZOTrYvfqHzXKvtypaJzkT0OdCFgUgXRENkvO3XqvdQg/viewform

We wish you a wonderful San Diego Pride weekend! We'll see you at the parade tomorrow morning! 🚙🌈

SDWC is proud of our Soprano 1 member, Larissa Balzer, who will be performing "America The Beautiful" while a group of LGBTQIA+ veterans present the colors in an all-veteran honor guard at the Spirit of Stonewall Awards, taking place at 6pm on Friday, July 19th.

Learn more about this San Diego Pride event here: https://www.facebook.com/SanDiegoPride/posts/pfbid0Fu2CRAD6easPV9e2Ga3EHt9upNPpp5E9RqwGeJwDpkREt4udutfi2xatv68BTANBl

This Saturday, we'll be marching in the San Diego Pride Parade. You can join in the fun and watch from anywhere along the parade route, or NEW this year, you can also watch us on CBS 8 San Diego!

Learn more about the parade here: https://sdpride.org/parade-2024/

Learn more about the televised and streaming broadcast here: https://www.facebook.com/SanDiegoPride/posts/pfbid0tTT4AypTwt6WcD35F5Ag2QML5nZjMqJrY7RT4buhPfMaqP89YmsjDFMzZTXm1cyXl

What a happy surprise to wake up and find our chorus featured on the The San Diego Union-Tribune front page, singing at last night's Light Up the Cathedral service at St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

The celebrations continue! Please join us TONIGHT for our annual Pride Concert at 7:00 pm, at the Encore Event Center in Kearny Mesa. Tickets are still available here: https://sdwc.ticketleap.com/annual-pride-concert-2024/

We'll also be marching in the San Diego Pride Parade on Saturday. 🌈

See more photos from Light Up the Cathedral here:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/2024/07/17/photos-pride-at-st-pauls/

Last night we celebrated the "beautiful patchwork of our community" at St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral's Light up the Cathedral for PRIDE!, and it was a beautiful and uplifting event to share with the LGBTQIA+ faith community.

CBS 8 San Diego was there to report on the event. Watch their news report here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0mrRIbHNz4

Tonight! Please join San Diego Women's Chorus at St Paul's Episcopal Cathedral for Light up the Cathedral for PRIDE! Event details: https://sdpride.org/event/light-up-the-cathedral/

Learn more about the many San Diego Pride events happening this week at: https://timesofsandiego.com/arts/2024/07/15/san-diego-pride-2024-what-you-need-to-know/

Light Up the Cathedral You are invited to join LGBTQIA+ Faith Leaders and Faithful as we gather together, in person, to celebrate our faith and thrive. Join Dean Penny Bridges, LGBTQIA+ Faith Leaders and Allied Faith Leaders for an Interfaith Pride Celebration at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral. After the service, the Ca...