Beverly Glenn-Copeland & Elizabeth Copeland

From the moment we are born, we begin the long walk home. Beverly Glenn-Copeland and Elizabeth started down the path together nearly half a century ago, and have been trailing it since, hand in hand and song by song.

Together, they’ve made a life sharing their hearts through art and community, encouraging us all to take our own dance down the road with elemental love and grace.

Now, as Glenn lives with a form of dementia known as LATE, their walk has taken on a different weight. Out of this season comes Laughter in Summer, an album the couple made together – a tender ledger of memories, shared devotion, grief and joy.

Growing out of a friendship and partnership rooted in music and spirituality, their romance only emboldened their shared vocation to make art in service of community. Laughter in Summer marks a return to the collaborative spirit that first bound Elizabeth and Glenn together all those decades ago.

Now, Elizabeth has taken her place as producer of Glenn’s work, shaping Laughter in Summer alongside their music director, Alex Samaras. Each track was recorded in a single take with a choir of Canadian voices, creating a work that recalls their shared history and communicates the enduring power of love.

The work of legendary singer, composer and transgender activist Beverly Glenn-Copeland has gathered momentum in recent years, sparked by the reissue of his self-titled 1970 debut and the widespread discovery of his masterpiece, Keyboard Fantasies (1986). Throughout a 50-year recording career, his music has defied categorisation, defined instead by an extraordinary fusion of vision, technology, spirituality and place.

Joining the show are members of F*Choir, a queer-led ensemble that reimagines what choral singing can be: bold, high-energy, full-body music that celebrates collective liberation, joy and embodied resistance.