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The Sound of Remembrance: A Mosaic Requiem
Trans Day of Remembrance Concerts Nov 20 and 21
The Sound of Remembrance: A Mosaic Requiem is STANCE’s 2026 Transgender Day of Remembrance concert, honoring transgender and nonbinary lives through music and communal remembrance. The program brings together works spanning centuries and traditions, culminating in a newly assembled “Mosaic Requiem” that pairs movements by José Maurício Nunes Garcia, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, and others.
Interwoven with singer stories, spoken reflections, and a vigil naming those lost to anti-trans violence, the concert creates space to mourn, remember, resist, and imagine peace. Rather than presenting a single historical Requiem, STANCE creates a shared act of remembrance from many musical voices—holding grief alongside dignity, resilience, love, and hope.
"STANCE is a choir literally made for people like me, people who never really fit into the expectations they were assigned at birth, who are now able to shine, and experiment, and learn, and grow. Where trans voices come together to sing for the joy of it, together as one. Where folks of all genders and lack thereof make their home in every section. Here, a tenor can also be femme."
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- fluffy, Tenor