Who We Are

 Under the artistic leadership of Eliza Rubenstein since 2000, the Orange County Women’s Chorus has grown from a small group of women brainstorming about singing together to one of the region’s leading choruses, performing repertoire from many lands, eras, and genres. Highlights of the chorus’s history have included concert tours to Canada, England, Wales, and Croatia; being named a 2014 Outstanding Arts Organization by Arts Orange County; featured performances at the 2004, 2012, and 2020 western region conferences of the American Choral Directors’ Association; a 2022 Carnegie Hall debut; and collaborations with ensembles from across the country and around the world. Our members include teachers, students, scientists, accountants, lawyers, activists, artists, mothers, and grandmothers.

We’re especially proud of our commitment to new music and up-and-coming musicians; we regularly commission new works for women’s voices, and our conducting internship program, designed to encourage young women entering the field of choral conducting, has been a model for other choruses around the nation.