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GLOW CHOIR BRIGHTON! Celebrating a decade of queer harmony & community!

by hrtristram, posted in Uncategorized

GLOW choir Brighton is a Non-Audition, Natural Voice Community Choir for LGBTQIA+ people & Allies. GLOW Brighton is 10 years old in 2025! Bringing LGBTQIA+ people together in a cappella harmony, community & solidarity since January 2015!

GLOW is still going strong, creating meaningful, nourishing community music experiences for the queer community, despite the challenges of the pandemic years, increasing hostility towards LGBTQIA+ people & being a disabled-led choir. GLOW aims to keep bringing LGBTQIA+ people together in experiences that bring uplift, joy, relief, strength and release, and create life-affirming community bonds.

Warmth, integrity & queer community spirit can be found at GLOW, & a relaxed atmosphere of learning, growing & GLOWing together. GLOW Brighton has strong emphasis on inclusive practice, welcoming & celebrating all under the LGBTQIA+ umbrella; with particular attention to positive experiences for queer voices that are sidelined in some spaces, such as trans, non-binary, bisexual, pansexual, neurodivergent, disabled & other minoritised voices. GLOW has an active Anti Racism & Cultural Honouring commitment (thanks to ARCH work from the Natural Voice Network ARCH team) which influences ongoing practice & remunerations.

GLOW is about community, queer joy, a friendly welcoming space where you can be more of yourself, helping people feel empowered and connected through song, and making space for LGBTQIA+ people to gather and connect in solidarity and through music. All voices are welcome at GLOW Choir: no auditions, just an encouraging space to learn & have fun doing so. People & their voices are greeted with a warm welcome, & celebratory, encouraging, patient teaching & facilitation that helps everyone feel welcome to sing with GLOW.

GLOW sings a wide range of a cappella songs from across time & space, many moods & genres. Songs to speak to the times, to soothe & uplift the heart, to bring change, to delight the mind, or to rest into like a sonic hug.

GLOW Brighton is led by widely experienced & trained song leader & trans voice alteration coach, Hannah-Rose Tristram, who has been working with voice, choirs & embodied arts, most of their life, including some life changing experiences with Northern/Village Harmony, & is passionate about creating space for LGBTQIA+ people to enjoy the benefits of singing together in a nourishing & welcoming environment.

Hannah-Rose was inspired to start GLOW choir Brighton, in great part by their experiences with GLOW Unicorn at Unicorn Voice Camps. Thank you GLOW elders, leaders & folks who inspire, & who gave permission to use the GLOW acronym. Particularly thinking of the wonderful Jules Gibb & the late great Michael Harper.

GLOW Brighton was co-founded in 2015 by Hannah-Rose and the brilliant Kirsty Martin (who also introduced Hannah-Rose to the Natural Voice Network about 20 years ago, thank you Kirsty!). GLOW started in a maths classroom at BHASVIC College, & soon graduated to more acoustically delightful & varied spaces. Hannah-Rose has led & run GLOW themself for most of the past decade, through all kinds of ‘weathers’, bringing queer voices together at St Luke’s Church, local parks, zoom, queer venues & events, & this year a great highlight, performing at Trans Pride Brighton.

GLOW choir community has had the honour of singing at the weddings of couples who met at GLOW over the past decade: a great joy; & has moved through times of great sadness or grief together too.

Long may queer community spirit lift us up to keep taking care of each other and fighting for our rights, with compassion and strength, and keep moving forward in song and solidarity in these times that, for our community, present great challenges.

In the words of Marsha P Johnson, “You never completely have your rights, one person, until you have all your rights… No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us.”

And in the words of Stormé DeLarverie at the Stonewall uprising/rebellion, “WHY DON’T YOU DO SOMETHING?!” Words that echo in these troubled times.

And as Harvey Milk said: “Hope will never be silent.”

To hear some of these words in song form, listen to ‘Revolution’ in the links below.

Youtube Videos of our performances at Trans Pride Brighton 2025:

Revolution by Hannah-Rose Tristram:

Lyrics to Revolution for anyone who wants to see them & who they are quoting:

One Foot By Melanie DeMore:

Standing Stone by Melanie DeMore:

Hold You In Our Circle by Emily Roblyn:

Standing Stone (Melanie DeMore) Rehearsal at Brighton Dome:

Find out more about GLOW Choir Brighton here:

Website: https://getbrightonsinging.com/glow-choir/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GLOWchoirBrighton/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/glow.choir/

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/glowchoir.bsky.social

GLOW up – 10 years of GLOW! Starting in February

by hrtristram, posted in Uncategorized

“𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐲, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞-𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜, 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞, 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩”

GLOW choir Brighton is back this February – starting Sat 8th!

All voices welcome! Come and get a dose of uplifting vocal harmony and queer community spirit. ❤

This term we are singing Saturdays at St Luke’s, and Wednesdays at The Queery Brighton, plus performing at Trans Pride Brighton 2025 and other excitements!

“𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐𝐈𝐀+ 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬.”

Songs this term will include Revolution!

Standing in the way of control!

And a wide variety of other songs (GLOW favourites and new offerings) in many moods and genres to soothe the spirit, warm the heart, energise and rejuvenate, connect and express, calm and sweeten, encourage and uplift! And do many good things music can do!

“𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐛𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐛𝐞𝐬.”

Memberships and booking:

GLOW Choir now runs on a monthly membership basis, with a variety of options to suit different budgets, schedules and passion for singing!

We still offer a drop in option for those who need this, but encourage regular and semi-regular GLOW members to join a membership if possible. Find 2025 prices and membership options, below. 𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞:

Glow Memberships – Spring/ Summer term 2025

New members are very welcome!

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞? We would love to sing with you! Book a drop in place for the date you’d like to attend, using the drop in links at the bottom of the membership page above.

February dates – see the graphic attached!

For all the dates and venues this term including singing at trans pride, follow this link:

GLOW Spring/Summer Term Dates

𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐟𝐨𝐫? GLOW choir is for LGBTQIA+ people and allies, and all voices are welcome!

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐰𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐯𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝, 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚 music, to soothe the spirit, raise the roof, make positive ripples and heal the heart! From around the world and across time and genre.

𝐀𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬? 𝐍𝐨𝐩𝐞! All voices are welcome and it’s all taught by-ear so you don’t have to be able to read scores.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐆𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭? 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐞𝐫 𝐣𝐨𝐲! Bringing people together in solidarity to enjoy the benefits of singing together. Strength in community. LGBTQIA+ voices. Exciting, empowering, uplifting fun! Silliness, depth, accessibility, inclusion, learning, a space to let go for a bit.

What are people saying about GLOW? (see quotes throughout this post from anonymous survey of choir members):

“𝐈𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐭𝐡 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲”

“𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐆𝐁𝐓𝐐𝐈𝐀+ 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐫𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲, 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 less pressured as there are no auditions or expectations of musical ability. Glow is also unique in its emphasis on inclusivity and accessibility for neurodivergent and disabled folks, and its explicit support for trans rights.”

“𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐝𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐜𝐡 𝐚 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞, not only through the joy that singing with others brings but also through the sense of community it offers. I always feel welcome and included at Glow, and I always leave choir sessions feeling uplifted and calm.”

“𝐀𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞, 𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 and LGBTQIA+ folks can be completely themselves. Hannah-Rose is a warm, affirming and creative choir leader who has worked really hard to develop GLOW in this way.”

𝐂𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐣𝐨𝐢𝐧 a membership or book a taster or drop-in session. ❤️
https://getbrightonsinging.com/glow-memberships-spring-term-2025/

Exciting news – supporting trans voices

by hrtristram, posted in Uncategorized

Super exciting news!!! 🌈🏳️‍⚧️🎶🎶🎤

A while ago I applied to a teacher training course on teaching trans voice alteration with Renée Yoxon , a gender affirming voice teacher whose work and ethos I massively rate, and who is all about finding ways to bring more trans joy into the world and sharing specific tools to do that for voice teachers like me, and more importantly, to support and affirm trans and non binary voices.

A small number of people will be on the course in any given year so I feel very very happy and lucky to have received a place, and can’t wait to immerse myself in this content with a super group of people and come away with a much enhanced tool kit for supporting trans and non binary voices, in the years to come.

I just received this news yesterday and my partner will confirm I have been skipping and dancing around the house for queer joy and anticipation of the learning-in-right-direction-and-good-company and all the wonderful tools I will be learning and better equipped to share after the course.

It matters more and more these days, as tides of politic turn and turn about – space for queer joy and trans and non binary affirming practice.

I’m already gently studying Renee’s vocal masculinisation and vocal feminisation courses, in rather limited spare time at present, which I also highly recommend for anyone exploring voice alteration (available on their website).

Happiest of news. Can’t wait. ❤️



If this is something that’s of interest to you, feel free to get in touch on hannahrose@getbrightonsinging.com and we can have a conversation about how and when to get started to best support you, around what I can currently offer you and the timeline of my learning this year.

I’ll be undertaking this training this Summer, so will be best positioned to help after that with much enhanced understanding and skills/tools to pass on and share. I am already working in a gender affirming way and do have years of experience of working with trans and non binary voices, individually and in a choir context, so feel free to get in touch sooner if you’d like to.

I have some big life events happening this year so my availability for sessions might be slightly less regular than in other years. I’m also hoping to source funding for some low cost or free sessions for trans and/or non binary people who want private voice coaching but couldn’t afford it, for 2025 realistically, so watch this space (feel free to send advice or links my way about this – new area for me!).

Wishing you all the joys, Hannah-Rose