The Seattle Labor Chorus
The Seattle Labor Chorus
The Seattle Labor Chorus: Links
- Rebel Voices
- Our director, Janet Stecher, sings with Susan Lewis in this duo.
- Nominate Pete Seeger for Nobel Peace Prize
- Here you can join the Seattle Labor Chorus and many other prominent musicians and organizations in advocating for a Nobel Peace Prize for Pete Seeger- longtime singer, activist, and instrumental in founding the Seattle Labor Chorus.
- Northwest Folklife Festival
- This is the venue where we first sang with Pete Seeger in 1997, and we return every year.
- Unionsong
- A huge number of union and political songs, from "Solidarity Forever" to "Smart bombs, Dumb Politicians"- many with audio files! Australian-focussed but international.
Artists we love
- Anne Feeney
- Anne has worked tirelessly in support of the labor and social justice movements for YEARS in many, many ways, but mostly by writing and singing great songs.
- The U. Utah Phillips Appreciation and Information site.
- We have appeared in performance with Utah. If you haven't heard him, you should!
- Si Kahn
- Si sang with us in December of 2006 during a rare appearance in the Northwest. We do a version of his "Power in the Union". Besides being a singer and songwriter Si works for Grassroots leadership.
- Bold Horizon
- One of our basses, Dan Roberts, sings and plays in this trio.
- Anzanga
- A marimba ensemble that includes one of our tenors, Karen Weisser
Other Labor Choruses
- SF Bay Area Labor Heritage / Rockin' Solidarity Chorus
- The Bay area's labor chorus, directed by Pat Wright
- New York City Labor Chorus
- Geoffrey Fairweather, director of the New York City Labor Chorus at the time of our formation, directed us in our first performance.
- Solidarity Notes
- Vancouver, BC's labor chorus, directed by Earle Peach. We have appeared with the Solidarity notes at the Blaine Peace Arch and at other venues and use some of their arrangements
- Fruit of Labor Singing Ensemble
- A six-member group from North Carolina
- Brooklyn Women's Chorus
- A no- audition chorus led by Bev Grant with a strongly pro-labor repertoire
other links
- Labor Heritage Foundation
- A source for information on much more labor art
- Yes! magazine article
- An article about the importance and beauty of inclusive singing
- XPDNC Labour links
- A graphically challenging but thorough listing of labor musicians from around the world
- Labor Notes
- One of our songs chosen as song of the month for this labor site