We are so grateful whenever we are able to participate in the Sister Singers Network festivals! These four-day-long events, are hosted every four years by women’s choruses from all over the United States. The schedule got thrown off a bit due to Covid, so the 2026 festival will be only 3 years since the last one, but the rotation should be back on track going forward.
The first day usually incorporates welcome festivities and a kick-off concert by a guest performer. Then, over the next several days, participants attend workshops and rehearsals. Past workshop topics have included: Director/chorus management, music copyrights, proper singing technique, and even large group drumming circles. Each participating choir will perform their “set” during the chorus performance blocks the last two afternoons/evenings, and the mass choirs perform the final night. Any choir or individual woman who signs up to sing in a mass choir receives the scores ahead of time to learn notes, so they are ready to rehearse “as one” come festival time. The culminating evenings of performances by individual choirs and mass choirs are just breathtaking! We are women’s choirs, singing primarily to women’s choirs – which is such a supportive, encouraging environment. Tickets are, however, also available to the general public. The entire week is energizing, engaging, and reaffirming for each of us as individuals, and together as a choral unit.
Here are some photos from those events!