Choruses for Change
There are hundreds of terrific choruses that have a mission of creating a better world through their music. Here is a small sample. Support their important work! Let us know more that you know of!
Here is a great article on this whole phenomena: "The Rebirth of Resistance Choirs" by Justine Kurland, in Topic issue #24, June 2019.
LABOR CHORUSES
- Charm City Labor Chorus (Baltimore MD)
- DC Labor Chorus (Wash. Post article: "DC Labor Chorus: The Musical Arm of the Resistance")
- Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble (arm of Black Workers for Justice in NC)
- New York City Labor Chorus
- San Francisco Rockin' Solidarity Labor Chorus
- Seattle Labor Chorus
- Solidarity Singers of NJ State Industrial Union Council
https://laborchorus.com/choruses/ (listing of 9 choruses in the US and UK)
SOLIDARITY SING-ALONGS
- Madison WI
- Also includes info on Solidarity Singalongs in Walworth Co. WI, Austin TX, and Lansing MI
WOMEN'S CHORUSES
- Anna Crusis Women's Choir (Philadelphia PA)
- Brooklyn Women's Chorus (above is a video of the chorus singing at our 2015 Rise Again release concert)
JUSTICE CHOIRS
Justice Choir is a template to encourage more group singing for social justice. Designed around our Justice Choir Songbook, our goal is a grassroots movement to engage in the empathetic, collaborative, and collective power of singing together to create change. There are 15 local chapter choirs across the U.S. This grassroots movement began at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Minneapolis. https://www.justicechoir.org/
PEACE CHORUSES
RESISTANCE CHORUSES
- Resistance Revival Chorus (New York City)
- Côr Cochion Caerdydd (Cardiff Reds Choir - in Wales)
- Nottingham Clarion Choir (England)
- Occupella (Bay Area, California)
COMMUNITY CHORUSES
- Mystic Chorale (Boston MA)
- One City Chorus (St. Petersburg FL)
- Midcoast Community Chorus (Rockport ME)
