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Inner West Voices is an Australian not-for-profit community choir based in the inner-west suburb of Erskineville in Sydney, New South Wales. Founded in 2014 by Emily Irvine and Rachael Zella Keenan, the choir is made up of approximately 100 men and women from all ages and backgrounds, and sings a mix of traditional choral, folk, barbershop, pop and music from a diverse range of cultural music traditions. The choir performs at a number of festivals and events throughout the inner west each year including Newtown Festival, Surry Hills Festival, Marrickville Festival, and at two annual concerts.

In 2019, Inner West Voices launched Fortem Chorus, a choir for children aged 8 to 14.

Collaborations
On 28 February 2019, the choir collaborated with Australian electropop musician, singer-songwriter and producer Paul Mac for a musical production titled The Rise and Fall of St George. The performance took place in front of a sold out crowd at the Seymour Centre in Chippendale, Sydney, as part of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras festivities. The work, created and written by Paul with Australian theatre writer Lachlan Philpott, tells the story of a mural of George Michael (painted by Australian street artist Scottie Marsh) which was defaced following the announcement of same-sex marriage plebiscite results.

In 2017, the choir began collaborating with Australian duo Mama Kin Spender, (made up of Mama Kin, and Tommy Spender) as their local Sydney choir for live performances of their debut and ARIA Award nominated album Golden Magnetic, including a special performance of three tracks which were recorded live at ABC studios in Ultimo, Sydney.

In 2015, Inner West Voices collaborated with the late Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu (referred to since his death as Dr G Yunupingu) on The Gospel Songs tour, performing at the Enmore Theatre in Enmore, Sydney, and recording a live performance at ABC studios in Sydney.

Inner West Voices has also notably collaborated with Christine Anu and the Sydney Chamber Opera.

Television and Radio
Inner West Voices has made a number of television and radio performances, including on Tonightly with Tom Ballard (ABC), The Feed (SBS), The Checkout (ABC), The Chaser's Media Circus (ABC), and as a featured choir for ABC Radio’s annual “Sing Out Sydney” broadcast.