Queer Choir Presents – Eat The Rich: A Fall Harvest Concert

On Sunday, November 22nd, 2026, the Community Center for the Performing Arts and the Queer Choir presents Eat The Rich: A Fall Harvest Concert. Eat The Rich: A Fall Harvest Concert Gather your loved ones, stoke the fire, and feast on songs for a falling empire. On Sunday November 22nd, Queer Choir is back at the WOW Hall with an evening of music about what we grow together and what we refuse to accept. Come hear (and join in on!) songs of resistance and songs of seeding new worlds, sung by our choir of audaciously queer, trans, and gender-expansive voices in harmony. Queer Choir is thrilled to share the night with three acts we love. HomoPhonic, Eugene’s gayest contemporary a cappella group, brings their signature blend of intergenerational queer joy and pop vocal music. Tender Desertrat writes pensive and playful songs that feel like finding shapes in the clouds and stories in your blood, joined by Berkley, Digit, and Aaron (The Mischief). And Deer Woman, the solo project of multi-instrumentalist Sara Billdt, weaves industrial and electronic body music with melodic vocals: a soundtrack for the empire falling apart, and a ritual summoning what we’re building next. Come hungry for musical nourishment. Leave fed by the magic of queers in community and song. -Ticket Tiers- Standard: $25 Pay It Forward: $35 Supported in Community: $15 PERFORMERS – Deer Woman Deer Woman weaves elements of industrial and electronic body music with melodic vocals. Multi instrumentalist Sara Billdt pulls from a 20+ year background in writing and performing to pour into this new solo project. It is a soundtrack for a falling empire, and a ritual summoning a new beginning. Tender Desertrat Hailing from the Southwest, musician and Indy Songsmith, Tender Desertrat, writes songs that leave us searching for shapes in the clouds, bones in the sand, and stories in our blood. Their lyrics, both pensive and playful, collude with their melodic cadence to create an irresistible sonic spellscape. Accompanied by Berkley on violin, Digit on Bass and Aaron on drums (The Mischief), their sound is a deep, anchoring presence that brings out all the colors, textures and nuances of the human heart. HomoPhonic HomoPhonic is a contemporary a cappella group based out of Eugene, OR bringing big queer energy to their covers of pop, soul, folk and indie songs. Directed by elias wolf –inspiration for the film Pitch Perfect and former director of 5-time national champion a cappella group Vocal Rush— HomoPhonic sings complex, dissonant 6+-part arrangements with grace and skill. The group is proud to be made up of gen Z, millennial, and gen X queer, trans, and gender-expansive singers, exemplifying queer intergenerational ensemble magic at its finest and gayest. Find us on IG @homophonicacappella. Queer Choir Queer Choir is an intergenerational and re-humanizing community choir for queer, trans and gender-expansive humans, singing into the growing movement for collective liberation. Queer Choir makes space for queers of all backgrounds to reclaim and rejoice in their body as instrument while leaning into the magic of harmony-singing as interdependence. Founded in Eugene, OR in September 2023 by elias wolf, Queer Choir has shared the stage with Be Steadwell and Katherine Goforth, and has performed at Eugene Pride, 4J Youth Pride, Trans Day of Remembrance and Sing the Body Queer Vocal Festival. The choir has been celebrated for their compelling repertoire choices, raw and honest vocals, and soul-stirring performances. More info can be found at queerchoir.com and @queerchoireugene on IG. elias wolf (they/them) is a heart-forward, moon-guided and water-bound love warrior, vocal sorcerer, and song witch—part performer, part composer, part teacher, part community weaver. elias creates music and shared singing experiences described as “re-humanizing queer song magic for the revolution.” For over two decades, elias has been using song as both an expressive art and a tool for cultivating connection; their ultimate aim in life is to uplift music for personal and collective liberation. elias has been at the helm of over 15 choirs and vocal groups, including 5-time national champion high school a cappella group Vocal Rush and powerhouse vocal quintet HIVE. elias is also an award-winning vocal arranger, and their work has been showcased alongside Kehlani, Ben Harper, Pentatonix and the Oakland Symphony Chorus. Their love of organizing and producing events also led them to found an arts advocacy nonprofit devoted to uplifting marginalized voices in vocal music. With deep roots in Eugene, OR and Oakland, CA, elias served 10 years on vocal music faculty at Oakland School for the Arts, and their tenure as director of University of Oregon’s a cappella group Divisi was the inspiration for the film Pitch Perfect. A graduate of Berklee College of Music, elias has six albums to their name including their most recent EP sovereign soul and the re-release of their 2022 album From The Ashes, available on Bandcamp and all streaming platforms. A performer of 25+ years, elias has shared the stage with Bobby McFerrin, k.d. lang, Sigur Rós and Coldplay, and has performed at storied venues including SFJAZZ Center, Carnegie Hall, Yoshi’s and Lincoln Center. Now based in their hometown of Eugene, OR (unceded Kalapuya land), elias continues to weave threads of love and liberation through song. You can learn more at eliaswolfmusic.com or follow on IG @eliaswolfmusic. Felicia Figueroa-Carnine (bass + assistant music director; they/them) is a Queer NB Xicanx Indigenous Brujx. They bring over three decades of musical experience, with music woven into the fabric of their life since childhood. Raised in a musical family, they began Felicia Figueroa-Carnine learning instruments at age 8 and were performing professionally by 14. By their early 20s, Felicia was immersed in over a decade of near-constant touring. From street corners to theaters, singing was the only language their heart knew. After years of wild and beautiful chaos on the road, Felicia now calls Eugene, OR home, where they live with their wife, co-parent, and beloved 3-year-old child. In recent years, Felicia has turned their focus toward community rooted music making by organizing through songleading, performing with the a cappella group Homophonic and playing locally with their current band. Queerness, music, and queer community remain a deep source of liberation and resilience in Felicia’s life. They believe these are the spaces where we learn to hold one another fiercely and tenderly, creating room for authentic growth and connection. May that growth continue to spiral outward. al mcgillivray al mcgillivray (keys; she/they) is a queer pianist and singer-songwriter with over 20 years of collaborative music-making and accompaniment experience. since learning jazz fundamentals as a kid, al has enjoyed adding her own flavor to the music she plays whether it be alt-country, folk punk, or anything by Elton John. under the moniker “verdant heart”, she is currently working on her first album of original music. Elroy Jordin After studying music at MATC, Elroy Jordin (guitar; he/him) moved to Oregon in 2015. He utilizes a loop station with guitar, keyboard, harmonica and beats. Catch him on solo gigs and with Eugene-based R&B/Hip-hop artist Elena Leona in the Elena Leona Project. The Performing Arts have been a love of Aaron Cole (drums; he/him) since he can remember. He Aaron Cole started playing music with his father when he was young. Now he has the privilege of attending the music core program at Lane Community College where he is a member of the Jazz Ensemble with the long-term goal of transferring to the U of O. Additionally, he gigs locally with the family band, among other projects, and enjoys involving himself in as many projects around the college as he can. Aaron is passionate about celebrating the community through music.