Seeds of Hope: A Feminist Requiem (COMMUNITY CHORUS)

Hello singers!

You are invited to participate in the community chorus of Seeds of Hope: A Feminist Requiem which will be coming to Bristol on Saturday 28th February 2026.

The requiem was written by Penny Stone in memory of her amazing feminist mum, Sue Stone, and brings together the words of women from all over the world, spanning from 575 until the present day. The requiem is sung in 18 languages (you won’t have to sing all of them!) and combines a variety of community choir, semi-chorus and soloist acapella singing with cello, violin, percussion and French horn. There are also some singing-together choruses for the audience to join in with that will be taught at the beginning of the concert. There is space in this piece for singing and listening, for sadness and joy, and for connection as well as time spent with our own individual feelings.

People of all genders are welcome at both the workshops and the concerts. Ticket price covers all workshops/rehearsals and concert. Tickets for concert only will be under a different booking link.

If you’d like to read more about this piece and what to expect, here are some FAQs: https://singlouderthanguns.com/seeds-of-hope-a-feminist-requiem/#FAQ

And you can hear a few wee snippets here: https://youtu.be/8EGTKjLgjbc?si=4iB2SIlwvABPuQ2u

Ticket prices for the community chorus are set at £50/£60/£70 as you can afford. If you would like to participate but the lower end of this is still too much, please do get in touch and I will absolutely arrange a lower fee for you, no questions asked.

You will find a concise breakdown of timings for workshops/concert further below.

Full workshop info:

For those living in or near Bristol, there will be a full day workshop on Saturday 7th February from 10am-4pm. We will have a shared lunch.

For those living further away, and/or those who prefer more time with the songs before the weekend itself, there will be a Zoom session on Monday 19th January from 6.30-8.30pm. This will also be recorded.

There will then be a rehearsal in Bristol on the evening of Friday 27th February from 6.30-8.30, and a full day of rehearsing on Saturday 28th February from 10am-5pm, finishing with the Concert itself from 7-8.30pm.

If you want to sing in the concert, it is strongly recommended that you attend all three workshops as there is quite a lot of music to sing, and the more we have all sung it together, the more enjoyable everyone will find the performance.

If you can’t attend all three, you must be able to either attend workshops on both 7th and 28th February, or attend the Zoom session (which will be recorded) as well as 27th and 28th February.

There are limited places in the community chorus, due to limitations of the performance space.

Additional tickets will be made available for people who want to just come to the singing workshop on 7th February. You can, of course, also come to the concert on the 28th February and join in with the singing-audience elements.

The concert only booking page is here: https://snappytickets.co.uk/event/seeds-of-hope-a-feminist-requiem-concert/

Concise info:

Saturday 7th February (St Ambrose & Beehive Centre)

Full day singing workshop, 10am-4pm

Friday 27th February (Beehive Centre)

Singing workshop, 6.30-8.30pm.

Saturday 28th February (St Ambrose and the Beehive Centre)

*the rehearsal timings on this day might change, but we’ll confirm closer to the time – this is just to give you an idea of the rehearsal and concert taking up most of the day

Singing workshop: 10am-1pm

Lunch break: 1-2 pm

Full rehearsal: 2-5pm

Break: 5-7pm

Concert: 7-8.30pm

Accessibility info :

All venues are wheelchair accessible, including accessible toilets. The church itself is wheelchair accessible, but the accessible toilet is in the Beehive community centre next door, which we will have access too – just to warn you it’s a slight guddle because of this, with apologies. If you have other access needs, do let me know in the space made available in the booking form.

Children:

The Requiem is primarily aimed at adults, but if you think your youngster would benefit from singing with us, or you need to bring them so that you can participate, you’re all welcome and I’ll make the space as welcoming as I can for everyone.

Patchwork:

We have made three patchwork panels remembering amazing women and are collecting for a fourth panel, and if you would like to make a patch remembering someone you will find all the details here: https://singlouderthanguns.com/seeds-of-hope-a-feminist-requiem-patchwork/