In honor of the 2021 Atlanta shooting and International Women’s Day, Wear Yellow Proudly will present a concert titled “Girls of Yellow Diamonds: Songs of Asian-American Women” The performance will take place on Mar. 11, 2022, at Philadelphia’s prestigious Academy of Vocal Arts.

With the alarming rise of violence against Asian-American women, the concert aims to raise awareness and present uplifting stories through songs composed by female Asian and Asian-American composers, including Beata Moon, Bosba Pahn, Chen Yi, Chihchun Chi-sun Lee, Cynthia Lee Wong, Justine F. Chen, Melissa Dunphy, and Michele Cheng. The music is thematically programmed into four sections: Childhood, Growing Pains, Womanhood, and Future.

In a press statement, Alice Chung, one of the performers of the concert and a co-founder, said “Just like each human is a culmination of our own individual experiences, each song in these sections is a reflection of moments throughout the lives of various Asian-American women. These are the joys of innocence, a first love, experience with barriers, and dealings with trauma that force us to create inner strength strong enough to make us ‘girls of yellow diamonds’.”

Three mezzo-sopranos, Alice Chung, Sophia Maekawa, Pauline Tan, along with pianist Ting Ting Wong, will be the featured vocalists.

Wear Yellow Proudly is an Aural Compass Projects initiative that was created as a response to the increasing amount of xenophobia towards Asians across the globe during the COVID-19 pandemic.