“I love how when we don’t know the note, someone else always does, and we can pick it up. I find the clarity and centeredness of Francis’ direction to be a balm.
Every time I’ve gotten to know someone in choir even a little bit, they turn out to be a whole miracle. The way queerness and disability and liberation are the flowers and rivers and soil of this choir makes more life feel more possible, week in and week out.”

“I was certain I didn't have what it takes to join a choir, until I came to a big sing. That space helped me to realize that this is about much more than singing together. This choir feels like a ritual for returning to myself, in community. I am deeply grateful for the generosity with which Francis shares their medicine with each of us--this space is magic!”

“I've found such a grounded, playful, magickal, safe & deeply empowering space in our li'l queer choir community & am so grateful for the vulnerability & bravery folx have offered & made space for me to do the same. Laughter, tears & the best director ever!”

“I've always been an instrumentalist not confident in my voice. I joined Resound after attending a community sing. It felt so good to sing in a large group of people and hear myself as a part of the whole.”

“Francis has the unique ability to hold sacred communal space and make it feel like what communion and community and interdependence could feel like - magical. The music we create in circle is made on a universally healing vibration. This is so much more than a choir, so much bigger than the notes we sing. We create home in each other by singing and crying and breathing and laughing in circle together. “

“I am a part of Resound Community Choir because singing with other tender courageous queer folks feels like the closest thing to embodied collective liberation that I have experienced.
Singing and feeling grief collectively through song feels right in my bones and helps me to experience what it’s like not to hold it alone. As someone who facilitates music therapy groups and also performs solo, I love melting into the magic of the collective facilitated so lovingly by Francis. It’s the highlight of my week! ”

“My favorite part about choir is singing to each other and exchanging loving glances with people I know very well, people I am only familiar with, and people I don’t yet know. Resound is the microcosm of the world many of us wish to create; it is a world in which we hold and celebrate and share with each other no matter our relation. We are all connected!”

“I haven’t been able to sing in choirs for many years because when I did try, they lacked any sort of disability awareness or culture. Being in a space that feels genuinely safe and accessible even during difficult flares is so special, and I appreciate you creating that.  Means the world.”

“Singing has always been a way for me to connect to my Self but has also come with some fear.
For years I have hoped for a space to sing in that felt safe and I have so wanted to sing with others. Being a part of Resound Choir has been deeply healing for me and I am so grateful to all the folx who created such a beautiful container and for Francis' leadership, patience, and love. Thank y'all so much!”

“I love singing on my own, but can’t always stay in tune unless I’m singing with others. In Resound my confidence has grown as I have found a sense of belonging in this sweet community. Since joining choir I feel stronger in my voice and more playful in song.”

“I joined Resound after seeing a video from the first season on Instagram and could not be more grateful for what it has become in my life. I love that we connect deeply to ourselves and one another through song. I love that we celebrate together, grieve together, are silly and brave together. I can feel in this community a deep commitment to each other’s well being, and each season, the web of connection grows. We care for each other’s children, tend gardens and hearts and bodies, learn and dance together. We are building a world “where we can all be home.”

“I appreciate Resound's inclusive "come as you are" culture, the altars to peace, the fierce and sweet ones. It's a challenging space where I'm able to fulfill a need for musical expression in community, a place for transmuting unlived life.”

“I found Resound Choir in the aftermath of hurricane Helene which saw massive destruction of beloved places and loss of life to members of my extended community. The choir gave me a space to grieve and be held so that I could metabolize my experience into (hopefully) something beautiful for this world. Thank you, Francis, for creating this space for us to feed existence with our tears, laughter and love.”