Brighton’s choral scene has never been more buoyant and increasingly accomplished. And much of that success lies in hands of our incredible LGBTQ+ choirs. At Christmas they come out, forgive the allusion, and deliver festive treats with programmes that reflect the season from the religious to the secular. Resound is an all male ensemble that […]
This annual World AIDS Day concert is just a small part of a massive global movement, the aim of which is to remember those lost to the AIDS pandemic and remind us that there is a huge community still, men and women living with HIV, men and women working to find cures and better treatments, […]
Brian Butler finds laughs, love and remembrance in the annual concert
As part of the events to commemorate World AIDS Day on Thursday, December 1, Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ choirs invite you to join them and the local community for a concert that is being staged to raise funds for local HIV charity Lunch Positive.
Two of the Brighton’s most respected choirs – Resound and Rebelles – will join forces on Friday, December 9 and Saturday, December 10 for a concert designed to lift the soul of those battling through a tough winter.
From choral singing to panto, Brian Butler searches for seasonal entertainment this wonderful wintertime and the December delights of 2021
Brian Butler meets the new Musical Director of Brighton and Hove’s Resound choir who says ”Resound is a choir that wants to be challenged – they have an eclectic repertoire and that interests me. My aim with them is to achieve more diversity”. One route he plans is to present more women composers- for Resound’s 10th anniversary Christmas concert this December he plans a programme that looks back and forward, including a piece by Trans composer Mari Esabel Valverde. And he plans to explore the wide range of non-binary composers who get little exposure.
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Stefan Holmstrom, musical director for both the Resound and Rebelles choirs , challenges his singers and audiences with new, exciting and unusual offerings at every concert and their Christmas offering is no exception.
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