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Welcome new member choir Type: TTBB Members: 20 Founded: 2016 Mannenakkord is an Eindhoven gay (gay/bi) male choir that was founded on March 16, 2016. The choir currently consists of approximately 20 men and has a broad repertoire. In addition to well-known songs, Men's Chord also sings songs that have been written especially for the choir. Several times a year the choir works towards a new performance. Due to a playful choreography, a performance by Men Agreement is not a static event, but a true viewing and listening spectacle. Mannenakkord has the ambition to grow! So if you have a musical feeling, we invite you to come and watch and listen at a rehearsal without obligation. If you decide to become a member, our professional conductor will teach you how to sing (together). Everyone gets a voice test after a number of rehearsals so that you know what kind of voice you have and whether you fit within the choir. https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/MANNENAKKOORD

Welcome new member choir Type: TTBB Members: 11 Founded: 2015 Soorten & Maten (which translates as 'Kinds & Sizes', but maten also means 'mates' in Dutch) is the gay choir of Twente, a traditionally mainly agricultural and industrial workers region in the east of the Netherlands. We meet every Thursday evening above the local gay bar Stonewall in Enschede, to rehearse under the leadership of our professional director Roos. Our aim is to give homosexuality a positive exposure and to create social cohesion by singing together. https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/HOMOMANNENKOOR-SOORTEN-%26-MATEN

Welcome new member choir Type: SATB Members: 52 Founded: 2022 LGTBemol was born thanks to the support of GMadrid Sports, the sports and cultural club for LGTB people in Madrid. Our choir is made up of LGBT people and straight allies. LGTBemol arises with the intention of defending, through music, sexual, affective, and gender diversity in all its expressions. https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/LGTBEMOL-(BY-GMADRID-SPORTS)

Welcome new member choir Type: SATB Members: 27 Founded: 2022 DynamiQ Voices (Utrecht, Netherland) is the first queer choir of Utrecht where young members (age 18-35) represent the colourful LGBTQIA+ community. By using the power of music, the choir makes a dynamic connection with the public. https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/DYNAMIQ-VOICES

Welcome new member choir Type: SSAA Members: 04 Founded: 2017 Laura and the Lesbians (Manchester, UK). We like singing music sung or written by women, and especially those of a 🌈 persuasion. https://www.facebook.com/LandtheLs https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/LAURA-%26-THE-LESBIANS

Welcome new member choir Type: SATB Members: 40 Founded: 2020 as supporting member The Johannesburg Queer Chorus is an amateur choir for greater Johannesburg’s LGBTQIA community and their friends. The chorus is open to people of all genders and sexual orientations who are looking for a choral community. In particular, JQC welcomes members who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, asexual and/or genderqueer. We are not a choir of professional music singers, but one that strives for excellence in our performance and musical communication. We endeavour to create a friendly and empowering fellowship for our community through the power and journey of song. https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/JOHANNESBURG-QUEER-CHORUS

Welcome new member choirs As part of «Toulouse en choeurs» - together with the already existing member «Les Choeur Gay des Toulouse» we welcome: LES VOIX DES FIERTÉS / Toulouse, France An LGBTQIA+choir open to all levels of experience to sing our shared pride! https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/LES-VOIX-DES-FIERT%C3%89S LES PETITS DUCS / Toulouse, France A-capella quintet from Toulouse https://www.legato-choirs.com/members/LES-PETIT-DUCS https://toulouseenchoeurs.fr

Welcome new member choir The Regenbogenchor Hamburg was founded as an lesbian-queer choir in 2014. They are around 25 singers with and without choral experience, who are united by the fun of singing. Thr repertoire is as colorful as they are and is constantly growing. Through their self-organized structure, the choir continues to develop organically and is co-designed by all singers under the direction of Evelyn Hartmann. Seit 2015 gibt es den lesbisch-queeren Regenbogenchor Hamburg. Er besteht aus rund 25 Sänger*innen mit und ohne Chorerfahrung, die der Spaß am Singen eint. Das Repertoire ist so bunt wie die Chormitglieder und wächst beständig. Durch die selbstorganisierte Struktur entwickelt sich der Chor organisch weiter und wird unter Leitung von Evelyn Hartmann durch alle Sänger*innen mitgestaltet. https://www.regenbogenchorhh.de

...on the 30th of April. The chance to register choirs with a reduced fee comes to an end. From 1st May to 30th November 2022 you can register a choir with full fee. Please remember that the complete registration is a two-steps process: after the choir registration, all delegates (choir members, directors, musicians, accompanying persons) must register to the Festival. Delegates registration opens on the 1st of May 2022. For registration details, please visit the dedicated page. What is included in the fee Choirs registration is open only to Legato and Gala members. The choir registration to Various Voices 2023 in Bologna includes: a 30-minutes performance for the participating ensembles in one of the venue of the Festival (including stage preparation, standard equipment, event logistics, insurance and registration with SIAE, the italian performing rights royalty collection society); the possibility of an open-air performance during VV and the City in selected outdoor sites of Bologna’s city-center (intimate squares, UNESCO’s porticoes, cozy medieval streets, and many more) to bring the Festival spirit to the heart of the city; the chance to perform at the Various Voices Village at DumBO, headquarters of the Festival, where different locations are available (from the Binario Centrale for large choirs to the Baia for smaller ensembles); the possibility to perform at two museums (MAMbo – Modern Art Museum of Bologna; Bologna’s international music museum) establishing a dialogue between the performed music and the art collections of the venues; the possibility of access to VV Italy Tour, the “prequel” of the Festival taking place the 12th and the 13th of June in several cities in Italy (Milan, Turin, Florence, Rome, Perugia, Bergamo, Padua).

14 days charity offer: 50% of each ticket goes to Ukraine. On the last weekend in May (26.-29.5.), »Da Capo al dente« hosts »nordakkord 2022«, the biggest queer choir festival in Northern Germany, in Bremen. More than 500 queer singers and musicians will join for three days of celebrating and rejoicing. 20 choirs will fill the Metropol-Theater on three consecutive nights with a program ranging from glamorous show to delicate tunes, from classic to pop, ending in a wonderful party for all on Saturday night. Please find details on the program and the participating choirs here: www.nordakkord.de Celebrating in times of war in Europe? Together with the whole community, we as organizers of »nordakkord 2022« are shocked and appalled about the war in Ukraine that was started some weeks ago by a homophobic autocrat. In our thoughts, we stand side by side with »Qwerty Queer«, »Dorothy’s Friends«, »Voice Is My Life«, and »Midnight Descant« – to name but a few queer choirs in Ukraine -, but we also reach out to all queers in Russia who are equally affected. For all of them, we stand up for democracy, diversity, and living together in peace! To support those who have to flee or decide to stay in their home towns despite the difficult circumstances, we will donate 50% of each ticket sold between April, 10 and 24, 2022 to the »Aktionsbündnis gegen Homophobie e.V. – Queere Nothilfe Ukraine«, a broad alliance of queer groups helping the war-affected queers in Ukraine. Tickets for »nordakkord 2022« are available via the Metropol-Theater Bremen or at Nordwestticket stating "nordakkord". Venue: Metropol Theater Bremen, Richtweg 7, 28195 Bremen Concerts: Thursday, 26.5.2022 (public holiday), 19:30 h Friday, 27.5.2022, 19:30 h, Saturday, 28.5.2022, 19:30 h Contact: Ulrike Bendrat, Mobile: +49 171 140 29 44 presse@nordakkord.de

English version below Deutschlandweites Rainbow-Musikprojekt zum Pride 2021 – spiel mit! Hallo liebe Musiker*innen, Kolleginnen und Kollegen, Freundinnen und Freunde! wir grüßen Euch herzlich aus Köln und vielen angeschlossenen Städten und Regionen! In einer Zeit, in der wir uns im Rainbow Symphony Cologne (RSC) darüber Gedanken machen, wie es mit dem Orchester und dem gemeinsamen Musizieren weiter gehen kann, erreichte uns die Anfrage einer Förderbank, für deren Diversity Month im Juni ein Konzertvideo zu erstellen. Da es immer motivierend ist ein Ziel zu haben auf das man hinarbeitet, haben wir uns sehr über diese Initiative gefreut. Seit Beginn der Corona-Krise haben wir schon zwei Video-Projekte gemacht und sind also bestens gerüstet. Da wir als RSC nicht alleine für die schwul-lesbische-Orchesterszene in Deutschland stehen wollen, möchten wir das Projekt gern ausweiten und viele Musiker*innen einladen, mit uns gemeinsam das Video zu produzieren. Deshalb fordern wir Euch auf: Spielt mit und zeigt, dass unsere Community auch in der Pandemie zusammensteht! Wir möchten EIN großes (virtuelles) Orchester werden, das pünktlich zu unserem „Feiertag“ mit einem gemeinsam eingespielten Musikvideo online an die Öffentlichkeit geht. Wie das funktioniert? Schreibt eine Mail mit “ich bin dabei” an vorstand@rainbow-symphony.de. Dann erhaltet ihr einen Link zu einem Google Drive Ordner mit allem, was ihr braucht: Dort findet ihr Noten und Hörbeispiele für die beiden Stücke Soundtrack des Films Emma von Rachel Porter, in einer „Munich Special“ Edition, arrangiert von Matthias Keller Let’s get loud von Kike Santander und Gloria Estefan, gesungen von Jennifer Lopez, in einer Bearbeitung für Sinfonieorchester sowie eine Kurzanleitung für die Aufnahme. Druckt die Noten aus, ladet euch die Hörbeispiele auf Euer digitales Endgerät und macht dann eure Aufnahmen bis zum 9. Mai! Egal, ob ihr nur ein oder beide Stücke aufnehmt oder die Stimme eventuell schon von einer anderen Person aufgenommen wurde - jede(r) Musiker*in wird in dem Video vorkommen! Die ursprüngliche Idee war, die Aufnahmen an schwul-lesbischen Orten (z.B. Aidshilfe, Kneipe, Museum, o.ä.) durchzuführen - da das aufgrund der Kürze der Zeit nicht erfolgen kann, möchten wir dennoch versuchen, in dem Video aussagekräftige, symbolträchtige schwul-lesbische Orte oder Institutionen zu zeigen. Daher die Bitte: wenn ihr an solchen vorbei kommt (oder sogar hinein!)… macht ein schönes Foto oder Video und legt es auch in den Google Drive (Ordner Orte). Wir werden schauen, wie wir diese Aufnahmen beim Zusammenschneiden nutzen können. Wichtig: Wir können weder für die Ton- noch für die Bildaufnahmen zahlen, Ihr übergebt also das Copyright automatisch an das RSC beim upload! Wir erwähnen das hier schon einmal vorsorglich, damit wir uns allen unnötige Diskussionen ersparen. Zusammenfassung – was ist jetzt zu tun? Kurze Mail an vorstand@rainbow-Symphony.de und dann downloaden, aufnehmen, uploaden ;-) Über den weiteren Verlauf des Projektes halten wir euch auf dem Laufenden und zur gemeinsamen Premiere werdet ihr dann selbstverständlich auch eingeladen! Wir freuen uns über jede Art der Beteiligung! Viele Grüße und viel Spaß bei den Aufnahmen! Tanja Vorstandsvorsitzende RSC e.V. English Version Hello dear musicians, colleagues, friends! We greet you warmly from Cologne and many associated cities and regions! At a time when we in the Rainbow Symphony Cologne (RSC) are thinking about how to continue with the orchestra and making music together, we received a request from a business development bank to create a concert video for their Diversity Month in June. Since it is always motivating to have a goal to work towards, we were very happy about this initiative. Since the beginning of the Corona crisis, we have already done two video projects, so we are well prepared. Since we as the RSC do not want to stand alone for the gay and lesbian orchestra scene in Germany, we would like to expand the project and invite many musicians to produce the video together with us. That's why we call on you: Play along and show that our community stands together even in the pandemic! We would like to become ONE big (virtual) orchestra that goes online in time for our "holiday" with a jointly recorded music video. How does it work? Write an email with "I'm in" to vorstand@rainbow-symphony.de. You will then receive a link to a Google Drive folder with everything you need: There you will find sheet music and audio samples for the two pieces Soundtrack of the film Emma by Rachel Porter, in a "Munich Special" edition, arranged by Matthias Keller Let's get loud by Kike Santander and Gloria Estefan, sung by Jennifer Lopez, in an arrangement for symphony orchestra as well as a short recording guide. Print out the sheet music, download the audio samples to your digital device and then make your recordings by 9 May! It doesn't matter if you record only one or both pieces, or if the voice has already been recorded by someone else - every musician will be in the video! The original idea was to record at gay and lesbian places (e.g. Aidshilfe, pub, museum, etc.) - but since this cannot be done due to the short time available, we would still like to try to show meaningful, symbolic gay and lesbian places or institutions in the video. Therefore the request: if you pass by (or even enter!) such places... take a nice photo or video and also put it in the Google Drive (Places folder). We will see how we can use these shots in the editing. Important: We can't pay for the audio or visual recordings, so you automatically hand over the copyright to the RSC when you upload! We mention this here as a precautionary measure to save us all unnecessary discussions 😉 Summary - what to do now? Send a short mail to vorstand@rainbow-Symphony.de and then download, record, upload ;-) We will keep you informed about the further progress of the project and of course you will be invited to the joint premiere! We are looking forward to any kind of participation! Many greetings and have fun with the recordings! Tanja Chair of the RSC e.V.

The quad-annual 15th Various Voices Festival of Legato, the European Association of LGBTQ+ Choirs will be hosted in Bologna and moved from 2022 to the summer of 2023. Team Bologna is led by Komos, the LGBT Chorus of Bologna, with their partners and funders including the municipality of Bologna, along with allies and friends in Italy. The 5,000 expected participants will bring at least €2.5 million estimated income into the local economy of Emilia-Romagna, Italy during the festival. The festival is a celebration for the LGBTQ+ choirs and musicians of Europe celebrating with their friends from around the worldwide community of singers, to share, learn and enjoy the time, singing, performing, engaging in the beautiful ancient "la rossa" red city of Bologna and the people of the region of ‎‎Emilia-Romagna, the home of parma ham, balsamic vinegar, and parmesan. Five glorious warm summer days and balmy evenings of superb singing, entertainment, and a “totally fun experience”. Choirs and musical groups perform in a range of languages, styles, an eclectic crucible of European musicians and music. Nicola Mainardi, Bologna Various Voices Festival Director, said "we will be using this time to add that extra bit of Bologna sparkle, seeking even greater local support and working with our partners to rebook venues and agree on new dates in 2023. This has been a complex decision in response to the global pandemic and we need to give all time to heal and recover, to enjoy our festival safely. As details are confirmed we will share them with all our stakeholders. We will create the best Various Voices experience ever, for everyone".