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# Trans Voices, the UK’s first professional trans+ choir, launches with documentary
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/trans-voices-the-uks-first-professional-trans-choir-launches-with-documentary/
- Published: 2022-03-15T16:00:48.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-15T11:38:59.000Z
- Description: Trans Voices aims to explore and widen the possibilities and routes for vocalists outside of the gender binary
- Author: Graham Robson
- Tags: Arts, LGBTQ Choirs, News, Choir, LGBTQ, music, Trans

**NOUS Collective**, an artist management and booking agency championing a fair representation of all genders, ethnicities and abilities in music, has announced the official launch of **Trans Voices**, the UK’s first professional trans+ choir, co-founded by artists **Anil Sebastian** and **Coda Galabov.**

Affiliated to [**London Contemporary Voices**](https://www.londoncontemporaryvoices.co.uk/?ref=scenemag.co.uk), a leading alternative choir established in 2010 that has worked with 100+ artists including **Kelly Lee Owens, Imogen Heap** and **Lewis Capaldi**, Trans Voices aims to explore and widen the possibilities and routes for vocalists outside of the gender binary.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/trans-voices_3-_c2_a9photo-credit_-oscargoeswild-scaled-e1647343997543.jpg)

Trans Voices. Photo by Oscar Goes Wild

Composed of eight core members, the choir counts a diverse group of over 20 vocalists who identify as trans+. Established as a collective, Trans Voices has received support and contributions from artists such as writer, poet and actress **Reece Lyons.**

Trans Voices has already garnered attention from *The Guardian*, who released the documentary **Reclaim** on March 10\. The 13-minute documentary centres trans joy in the context of the birth of the collective. The film captures the first gatherings of Trans Voices and culminates in a filmed performance at **Union Chapel**, London. *Reclaim* is now live across all of *The Guardian*’s [digital platforms](https://bit.ly/3HW8iBX?ref=scenemag.co.uk).

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/founders-anil-sebastian-and-coda-galabov-_c2_a9photo-credit_-oscargoeswild.jpg)

Founders Anil Sebastian and Coda Galabov. Photo by Oscar Goes Wild

**Anil Sebastian**, co-founder of Trans Voices, said: “*As the first professional Trans+ choir in the UK, we are here to reclaim the spaces transgender voices are seldom heard in and to explore our voices within them in new ways*”.

**Coda Galabov**, co-founder of Trans Voices, said: “*We’re developing new ways of singing outside the traditional gender binary, while celebrating the unique qualities of trans+ voices. With the collective, we’re creating a new kind of professional intersectional space, which hasn’t existed before.*”

The collective is keen to collaborate on funded projects, sessions, performances and workshops with a wide array of artists. The choir is available for bookings through NOUS Collective.

**Main image credit: Oscar Goes Wild**