Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble - STANCE

Seattle's first and only trans and nonbinary chorus needs your help! We only have enough funding to reach September 2024. Without your support, STANCE will cease to exist.

In June we made the heartbreaking decision to cancel one of our Pride concerts due to a COVID outbreak, losing a full month of income. Together with grants coming in at much lower amounts than expected, and a fundraiser with low attendance, this has led to a funding emergency.

Your tax-deductible donations would allow us to continue providing not only music but a vital, life-saving community space and hope for trans and nonbinary artists.

These funds would pay for:

All administrative costs are donated services so 100% of your donations go to programming. Donations of any size are greatly appreciated.

Please share our campaign with your friends and family! We cannot do this without you.

Learn more about STANCE at www.stanceseattle.org

Our Artistic Director

"Funny how the lifesavers often come so unexpectedly. This incredible community has taught me that being me doesn’t always have to be “not enough” or “too much”; sometimes being my creative, awkward, emotional and bubbly self can be “just right.” Because of STANCE, for a couple hours a week I don’t have to wonder whether my existence is good enough; every rehearsal I am sure I belong, and it’s a feeling I’ve been craving my whole life. Joining our queer, neurodivergent choir has opened up a safe community space for me to explore emotional vulnerability, gender-based desires, and neurodivergent authenticity. Being a part of STANCE has helped me stitch myself back together."

- Yoshi Das, Soprano

Our recent True Colors concert

At STANCE (Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble) we have a vision of a community, by and for trans and nonbinary singers, where changing voices are authentically embraced. An inclusive and accessible singing space where intersecting identities are centered at all levels of the organization. Where through our music, both singers and audiences can find embodiment and connect to our full selves, physical and emotional. And we already have 50+ singers signed up to join us in that dream!

But to create that space, we need your help. Renting a building to rehearse and perform, hiring an accompanist, and buying singer supplies like masks take funds that we currently don't have. We've been applying for lots of grants, but so far, none have come through.

Can you pitch in to help make this community space possible? To help us fulfill our dreams?

To fund our first Pride season: