In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

Voices Lesbian A Cappella for Justice

Female LGBT Ensemble

Based in Oakland, CA

We are an Oakland, California based a cappella group that strives to use musical excellence and the messages in our repertoire to promote lesbian visibility and social justice.

Formerly known as Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble, Voices was founded in 1988. After all these years, we are still taking the stage, arranging and performing new music, and speaking truth to power. We are strong in our feminism, our queerness, and our pitch and blend. We believe in sharing our social justice values through creativity, beauty, art, and song.

Founded - 1988. A Cappella. Auditioned.

Audition Policy - We strive as an organization to reflect the diversity within lesbian communities. In alignment with our values and mission, we encourage singers of color to audition.

Rehearsal Information - Wednesdays 7-9

Rehearsal Location

Kehilla Community Synogogue

Stand Up (from the movie Harriet )

Stand Up is the theme song from the 2019 movie Harriet, celebrating the courage of Underground Railroad conductor, abolitionist, suffragist, spy, and activist Harriet Tubman. After her own successful escape, Harriet Tubman s repeated trips back into the south to bring enslaved people to freedom remind us that none of us are free until all of us are free.

We call on her strength and spirit now as we hold strong and strive together for justice during challenging times.

We recorded this in October 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic, in separate locations around the Bay Area.

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