NWMF Women’s Choruses

The National Women’s Music Festival has three choruses, Drum, Song and Ukulele.  All Women Festival attendees are welcome to join a chorus.  They hold practices throughout the festival and perform on Sunday morning on the SheRock Stage.
 

NWMF Women’s Drum Chorus 2025
Directed by Rani Biffle-Quimba

The NWMF Drum Chorus is  led by Rani Biffle-Quimba. Rani studied with Wahru for several years, was a member of the NWMF’s first drum chorus, and has participated in this festival as assistant director of the NWMF Drum Chorus, a workshop presenter, assistant facilitator for the late night drum jams, and in performances with Sistah Ngoma.
 
Festival goers who participate can expect a few workshops, practices, and community. Additionally, those who join have the opportunity to perform in the festival’s Drum Chorus if they are available on the day of performance. There is no skill level requirement. It’s all about drumming dancing and having fun.
 

NWMF Women’s Choir 2025
Directed by Melanie DeMore

Calling all choir singers!
Join the National Women’s Music Festival Choir! We will perform on Sunday in turn with the other festival choruses on the main stage!

Join us for an exciting choral workshop at the NWMF. Seasoned singers or new choral singers are all welcome. 

 

 
NWMF Women’s Ukulele Chorus 2025
Directed by Jori Costello

Ukulele Chorus 2025 

This year’s theme is The Changed!

Throughout the week, we will be learning a medley of songs from Cris Williamson’s Changer and the Changed album which is celebrating 50 years – designed to encourage the whole audience to “sing along”. “And we can sing for a long, long time…..” because we’re learning two more songs named Change, one by a well-known, well-loved NWMF performer and UU Minister, Kiya Heartwood and the other by civil rights activist, triple Grammy winner, Grammy Lifetime Award recipient and several other accolades, Mavis Staples, who is on tour now thru October!

 We will perform on Sunday in turn with the other festival choruses on the main stage! All skill levels welcome, tuners a must, and singing is most definitely encouraged!

All the lyric chord sheets, mp3s, and tutorials can be found in this Google Drive Folder

Listen to Jori’s radio show, Go Sistah Go, every Friday at 3pm CST  www.KPSQ.org