Orchid Pusey
Orchid started performing in nursery school in Bejing, back when singing in front of crowds of people seemed
like a good idea, and there was a steaming white sweet potato to eat afterwards. She has performed with
other groups in various venues since then, but none have offered the sweet potato. She joined Voices in the
fall of 2000, and (just in case Voices alone didn’t miraculously transform the violence of this world) started
working full time at Asian Women’s Shelter in San Francisco not much later. Orchid is still in both places,
thanks in no small part to the love and support of her amazing partner Shawna, french bulldog Birdie, friends
and family, movies meaningful and meaningless, and...well...potatoes (of the white sweet variety and beyond).
Chela Delgado
Chela is a queer biracial teacher and student from Oakland, CA. Chela is currently working toward her PhD in
Social and Cultural studies in Education from UC Berkeley, and is the Community Action Coordinator at June
Jordan School for Equity in San Francisco (www.jjse.org). Chela sang with the Oakland Youth Chorus as a
youth from 1995-1998, and with Anna Crusis Women's Choir in Philadelphia from 2004-2005. Chela joined
Voices recently, and besides working and singing, also watches trashy TV, reads novels and goes on walks in
Joaquin Miller Park.
Jessica Flintoft
Jessica has been in Voices since fall 2000. Voices has taught Jessica how to sing better, sing higher
notes, and sing in front of a bunch of people. Other musical endeavors include dusting off her cello and
periodically dreaming up plans for The Band.
Anne Guiltinan
Anne began her musical career at age 6 with the original vocal composition "I Want To Be A Missionary
Sister". Influenced by the awareness that she was forbidden to become the Pope, a priest, or even an altar
boy, her plans changed, and she entered college as a voice major. Upon realizing that this would require her
to sing arias while wearing a dress, she went to her fall-back plan: psychology. After 18 years as a
psychotherapist, Anne joined Voices in 2006, and is now a born again singer, hoping to spread the gospel
of peace, gender equality and lesbian visibility to lands far and near.
Marianne Hockenberry
Marianne was born into a very musical family. She has sung nonstop ever since she learned to read and
was physically able to lift all the family song books onto her top-level bunk bed, where she spent many a
childhood afternoon. Her more recent loves include her new daughter, Claire; the leather community;
dragon boating under the night sky; intense cycling; and throwing strong, precise punches into a boxing
bag.
Edie Murphy
Edie, like many Baby Boomers, grew up with social justice music like Pete Seeger’s, interwoven with the
Beetles, Dylan, Streisand, and Mozart. In high school she sang in the choir, learning vocal technique from
her all-time favorite teacher. For a time, modern dance, her physical therapy career, and then raising two
young children took up most of her energy. In 1999, singing resurfaced when Edie began singing with a
women’s octet and serving on the lay cantorial team at Kehilla Community Synagogue in the East Bay.
Currently she sings with a women’s quartet called Treble Makers. She recently (September, 2010) joined
Voices, motivated by her desire to sing socially conscious a cappella music that moves the soul.
Mary Mrowka
Jamie McGrath
Singing and literature are Jamie´s two lifelong loves. From childhood, Jamie sang in many choirs, wrote
incessantly and read everything she could get her hands on. She works as a librarian and is devoted to
intellectual freedom and civil rights. A founding member of the Southwest Florida Gay and Lesbian Chorus,
when she returned to the Bay Area in 1995 she joined Lesbian/Gay Chorus of San Francisco. In 1999 she
began singing Latin American protest music with La Peña Community Chorus in Berkeley. Last year she
had the delightful experience of performing in two lesbian musicals. She joined Voices in 2011 is thrilled to
be focusing on lesbian visibility and social justice, as well as further developing the musical skills small
ensemble singing requires.
Alexandria Wright
Mary Mrowka is a New York native who left the East Coast for the Sequoias and ocean sounds. She began
her musical interests with her piano teacher's drills and commands, but fell in love with music while listening
to her mom sing while gardening. Her life consists of a compassionate wife, a wildly fun preschool
classroom and the beautiful world of California. Voices has given her a community of musical education,
inspiration, and collaboration.
Alexandria sang in high-school and college gospel choirs prior to Voices and enjoyed a decade long affair
with the viola after hearing a striking rendition of the Pink Panther theme song at an Elementary School
assembly. Born in Chicago, raised on Hilton Head, SC, politicized in Concord, NH, queered in Durham,
NC and fortified in NYC, she is currently getting a PhD in Rhetoric from UC Berkeley, where she does work
in feminism and philosophy. She is grateful for the renewed relationship to music she has gained through
Voices. As she continues to gain skill and confidence as a singer, the private Sound of Music sing-a-longs
she enjoys with her girlfriend continue to increase in both frequency and volume. She is currently perfecting
the part of Ralph.