Sing the Body: Queer Vocal Festival

Sing the Body features an unapologetically genre-defying line-up of queer, trans, Black and brown artists.

Hosted by local black queer poet and musical artist Jalen Thompson, the event will also feature PDX-based trans opera singer, Katherine Goforth; afro-indigenous poet Kiara Mctear; black queer and trans neo-soul artist zurray!; singer-songwriter and Queer Choir director elias wolf; and our headlining artist, DC-based queer pop composer and live looper, Be Steadwell - all backed by Eugene's 40+-person intergenerational Queer Choir and a stellar cast of local instrumentalists. But wait, there's more! It's a vocal festival, so we'll also be featuring Eugene's gayest new contemporary a cappella group, HomoPhonic, and the next generation of queer voices in RISE Youth A Cappella.

The body is an instrument - for healing, for liberation, for transformation, for love - and of course, for SINGING.

Amidst the rise of fascism, oligarchy, emboldened white-supremacy and record-breaking anti-trans legislations, Queer Choir Collective holds fast to the belief that one of the most powerful acts of resistance is singing in community.

Communal singing is also an extraordinary tool for attuning to the body, to our interconnectedness, and to our collective power.

It is from this ethos that we are putting on Sing the Body, a first-ever queer vocal festival, celebrating 2SLGBTQIA+ and Global Majority voices.

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