Well, where do I start on my journey? Well the Von Trapp family would suggest “… at the very beginning, a very good place to start …”, but for your sake and my sanity we will skip a few pages. As a young child I found my love of singing in my Anglican church choir, it was great as I was a really shy kid who u couldn’t get boo out of but when I sang I was another person, much more content within my own skin. I grew up and didn’t sing formally for many years throughout my late teens and early adulthood but always sang at every opportunity to express my joy of life! You know … in the shower, in the car driving to work, whenever I could really. I always wanted to sing in a group but my shyness that’s still sat dormant inside me would prevent me from having the confidence to follow through; thankfully I have managed to socialise my shyness and take control.

Well as I am getting older I decided that I needed to step outside my comfort zone so I started googling choirs. I found a few but then I found a community gay choir. This choir really excited me as I came out later in life and I felt like I missed out on being involved in our community growing up. It seemed perfect for me as it provided the connection to our community and being able to singing with likeminded peers, with an added opportunity to promote equality for our community. I decided to email the choir and they responded really quickly which helped to ease my mind. A date was set for the first practice and I still remember how it went. I remember sitting in my car for 30 mins outside the choir address trying to build up the confidence to go inside. I just about drove away so many times, however I decided I must go in at least once … so I did and from the very beginning everyone was amazing and supportive. Time has gone on now and I live for choir lessons every week as well as seeing our amazing and diverse community coming together as one.

R. N. Fox 

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The Brisbane Lesbian and Gay Pride Choir is a non-auditioned choir, open to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, queer and straight people who love to sing.

The Choir rehearses every Tuesday evening at the New Farm Library meeting room, 135 Sydney Street, New Farm. The next (Semester 2) intake for new singers begins on Tuesday, 8 July. 

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I have always loved singing, school choirs, singing my own songs that I have written, singing with my sisters...I come from quite a musical family and it has always been a big part in our lives. 

I have only moved to Brisbane about 3 years ago, and I don't go out much so most of my friends are from work. Over the last 6 months I have been craving to sing a bit more, my song writing skills have been pretty dormant recently and I really was looking for an outlet. I had actually been looking at choirs a while before I joined BLGPC, I wanted something that was fun, community driven, but not too full on and sang some good songs. I couldn't seem to find anything, maybe I wasn't looking hard enough! Then out of the blue my hairdresser asked me if I would like to join his lesbian and gay choir, I was so happy he asked. I contacted them that night and joined in the next weeks rehearsals. Everyone was so nice, so inviting and I felt at home straight away. That first practice I enjoyed so much that I signed up for the semester straight away.

I've only been in the choir 1 semester now and I love it! Great people, great songs, Tim our musical director is fantastic and we sound great! What a fun atmosphere to come together and sing and just enjoy the sound of our lesbian, gay, bi, trans and straight community together. I would encourage anyone who loves to sing and wants to be a part of a group to come along! We'd love to have you on board. 

Mads xo

Additional Information:

The Brisbane Lesbian and Gay Pride Choir is a non-auditioned choir, open to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, intersex, queer and straight people who love to sing.

The Choir rehearses every Tuesday evening at the New Farm Library meeting room, 135 Sydney Street, New Farm. The next (Semester 2) intake for new singers begins on Tuesday, 8 July. 

Contact Us for more information