Workshops

…experience today in the United States in our work and daily lives, members of the LGBTQIA+ community face “minority stress” both from within and outside of their communities. Compared to…

Gay Men’s Chorus of Tampa Bay

…engaged and involved in encouraging acceptance and mutual respect in our communities at large, promoting the idea that music can be a unifying and empowering force for LGBTQIA+ community members…

Starting A Youth Chorus

…content, and youth outreach. Every adult working within a youth chorus must be completely comfortable with their own sexual and gender identity and be able to communicate openly, and appropriately,…

More Than A Statement

…the physical and structural violence targeting trans people, racism is the biggest danger facing trans communities. What would it look like for trans communities to make addressing racism our top…

Renaissance City Choir

…life of the tri-state area. We seek to build bridges both within the LGBTQIA+ community, the music community, and with the community at large. Our programming blends challenging contemporary music,…

Rainbow Harmony Project

…a positive, affirming image of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Our choirs present multiple concerts during the season and also perform at community events, reaching a wide-ranging audience in Winnipeg and beyond….

Choral Spectrum

A mixed chorus (SATB) for the LGBTQIA and Supporting community.  Our Mission is to provide a safe place of inclusion and expression to all LGBTQIA and Allies in our community…

Choral Cinema

…Speak Out are to be interlaced with a new African version of composer/songwriter Holly Near’s historic “gay anthem” Singing for Our Lives to raise awareness of legislation and empower LGBTQIA+

Making Our Choruses More Accessible for Autistic People

…exploration Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN): https://autisticadvocacy.org/ Autism FAQs: https://www.autistichoya.com/p/introduction-to-autism-faqs-of-autism.html Autistic Women and Nonbinary Network (AWN): https://awnnetwork.org/ Autism and Race: https://autismandrace.com/ Trans autistic people: https://autisticadvocacy.org/2016/06/autistic-self-advocacy-network-lgbt-groups-release-statement-on-needs-of-trans-autistic-people/ Neurowonderful: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9Bk0GbW8xgvTgQlheNG5uw Rooted in Rights: https://rootedinrights.org/ Autistic Hoya blog: https://www.autistichoya.com/ LGBT autistic people: https://www.spectrumnews.org/opinion/viewpoint/need-respect-sexual-orientation-gender-diversity-autism/…

How to Commission a New Work from Abbie Betinis

…considers duration, performing forces and difficulty level of the commissioned work, payment amount and schedule, degree of communication between composer and commissioner, and states what is and is not included…