Transcend Choral & Community Music Foundation

TRANScend Chorale & Ambassadors are supported by TCCMF, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to building and promoting the transgender and gender-expansive community through singing.

While TCCMF started with TRANScend, it has grown to be much more. TCCMF is dedicated to supporting trans academic work and original research in support of trans inclusion in music education, advocacy for trans-identified educators and resources for music educators for teaching trans musicians.

Our Vision | Equity in Expression:

Singing together -- whether informally with friends at karaoke or in a structured environment, like a choir -- is one of the core elements of the human experience. Research finds that singers of all levels benefit in myriad ways from choral singing: physically (blood pressure! heart rate!), emotionally (lower anxiety! stronger sense of personal identity!) and socially (group identity! sense of belonging! sense of personal and group achievement!).

It's hard to find any downsides to being in a choir…unless, of course, there's no choral home where a singer feels welcome because they don't really 'fit' into the traditional vocal paradigms on which western choral music is built. This is clearly an obstacle for trans singers pursuing medical transition, whose voices are changeable and uncertain, but it's also an issue for any singer whose voices doesn’t clearly adhere to gendered norms. That's why TCCMF exists: We believe that there's a place in the choir for everyone, regardless of voice type, gender identity or background.

Everyone deserves to have a voice. Everyone deserves to have their voice heard. Everyone deserves a welcoming place where they can express themselves and communicate with others musically. Singing together is a human right, and our purpose lies in extending that right to everyone in the trans and gender-expansive community.