In this Zoomterview episode Dr. Kathleen McGuire talks to Festival Ambassador John O'Hara.

If you are looking to find your voice, the 2022 Queer workshop experience explores these possibilities by singing with others.Same Sex Attracted and Gender Questioning (SSAGQ), Gender Diverse (SSAGD), people of diverse gender and sexuality, and Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex (LGBTI) singers, affirming allies and gender curious are invited to join us!
The three-day singing experience offers you the opportunity to share your journey through choral singing in a joyful, inclusive community setting. No experience necessary! You’ll be guided every step of the way, singing accessible music in a variety of styles, with on-topic themes sure to leave you feeling inspired, uplifted, and empowered.
Come and raise your voice under the leadership of world-renowned queer conductor, composer and educator Dr Kathleen McGuire and who knows, maybe you’ll keep singing well after the festival curtains close!
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Dr. Kathleen McGuire
Melbourne-born Kathleen McGuire is looking forward to leading the Queer Choir at Festival of Voices in 2022. Kathleen is an openly gay conductor, composer and educator who has devoted her career to social justice advocacy. Her experience includes a decade leading the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, a quarter-century of involvement with the Melbourne Gay and Lesbian Choir, and conducting festival choirs at the world’s major queer choral events: GALA Choruses Festivals in the United States and Canada (Montreal, Denver, San Jose, Miami); Various Voices (Dublin, Ireland); Gay Games Cultural Festivals (Sydney, Chicago, Paris); and Out and Loud Festivals (Auckland, Melbourne, Canberra). For several years she also played bass and sang backup vocals in the queer San Francisco rock band Critical Bliss, while also participating as a musician and music leader in queer-affirming churches in the US.
Today, Kathleen is a Lecturer in the Faculty of Education and Arts at Australian Catholic University and Music Director of the Tudor Choristers (Melbourne). She serves on the board of the Women’s Philharmonic Advocacy, is a member of the American Society of Composer, Authors and Publishers; the Music Arrangers Guild of Australia; and was elected to the Society of Pi Kappa Lambda - the US National Music Honors Society. Kathleen and her Irish wife Audrie met in a choir. They share three children and a feisty border collie cross named Chicko.