Julie Lipson & Emily Bate

Julie Lipson is a musician, activist, and board-certified music therapist. They are one half of the duo Ants on a Log, playing socially conscious music for children and other childlike people. In their private practice, Inner Rhythms Music Therapy, Julie serves individuals and groups around Philly, and specializes in working with clients who are exploring the connection between gender and the voice. Julie also serves as Assistant Director at Camp Aranu’tiq, summer camp for trans and non-binary youth. In all of their endeavors, Julie values creative interactive experiences as the way toward communities full of liberation and joy.

Emily Bate is a harmony fanatic, obsessed with cooking up voice sounds with people in the seething soup of humanity. This manifests in a wide variety of disciplines (music performance, theater, film, performance art, social practice) and roles (composer, vocalist, arranger, conductor, facilitator, performer). Emily founded and conducts a queer community chorus called Trust Your Moves, which focuses on new work by Philadelphians.