A Chorus of Women

A Chorus of Women has been singing since 18 March 2003 when 150 women filled the Australian Parliament with a lament for the people of Iraq as the Federal Government announced that Australia was going to war.

Like the ancient Greek chorus on which we model ourselves, we comment on the events of our time. Our purpose is to listen for the wise course and to broaden the beam of compassion in our city of Canberra and in the public life of our country.

In addition to our original music, we include stories, drama, dance and the visual arts in some of our productions. We have taken presentations to Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Bulgaria, and participated in several arts festivals and other events in Braidwood, Goulburn, coastal New South Wales and elsewhere in our region..

Our continuing series of public conversations on significant community issues bring people with wide-ranging views into dialogue with each other. And in an increasing number of presentations, we become a Citizens' Chorus with the voices of men and children as well as women.

Our last event - Anzac Eve Peace Vigil. Following the successful and beautiful event in 2011, A Chorus of Women again coordinated music for this year's Vigil on 24 April 2012.

After a ceremony at the top of Mount Ainslie a candle-lit lantern procession made its way down past the Aboriginal War Memorial Grove and the Australian War Memorial to a Peace Vigil in Anzac Parade. Click on the photo below from last year's event for further information.

A Chorus of Women released its first CD, 'Giving Voice' at the end of 2006 and has since released several singles. Click here for more information about 'Giving Voice'. We have also produced a double live CD set of 2009 premiere performances of 'The Gifts of the Furies', our Canberra grown mythic story song about the social and ethical crisis of climate change. For CD orders and more information click here.