About WomenSing

Who We Are

Founded in 1965, WomenSing is an auditioned chorus renowned for its vibrant and beautifully blended sound. The repertoire includes both the traditional and the unexpected, featuring great landmarks of the women’s chorus repertoire, seldom performed works, new music, commissions from nationally recognized composers, and familiar music from all eras. Performances include rewarding collaborations with major performing groups and the finest Bay Area musicians, and special choral events to help raise awareness of community and global issues.

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Awards and honors include support from MetLife Meet the Composer and Lafayette Community Foundation for their support of new music, the Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award for adventurous programming in 2010, the 2010 Contra Costa County Arts and Culture Commission Award for Excellence, and being one of six Bay Area choirs selected to perform during the Chorus America Annual Conference June 2011 in San Francisco.

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WomenSing has performed throughout Europe, Asia, Latin and South America, Canada and the United States. During the summer of 2019 WomenSing traveled to Greece and joined with El Sistema Greece to perform with the children’s chorus at the Eleonas Refugee Camp, as well as performing in a wide range of other venues. In early 2020 WomenSing, along with the Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church Choir welcomed and joined in a concert with the Jerusalem Youth Chorus, a choir that promotes dialogue through song among Israeli and Palestinian high school students in Jerusalem.