Beverly Glenn-Copeland

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Beverly Glenn-Copeland
BornJanuary 1944 (age 80)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
OriginSackville, New Brunswick, Canada (now Tantramar, New Brunswick, Canada)
GenresJazz, new age, folk
Occupation(s)Songwriter, musician, actor
Instrument(s)Guitar, piano, synthesizer
Years active1970–present
LabelsGRT, Atlast
Websitebeverlyglenncopeland.com and www.songcycles.com

Beverly Glenn-Copeland (born January 1944) is an American-born Canadian[1][2] singer-songwriter. His albums include Keyboard Fantasies (1986).[3] Glenn-Copeland began publicly identifying as a trans man in 2002.[4][5][6]

Early life

Glenn-Copeland was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to a musical family.[7] As a child, Glenn-Copeland listened to his father play the music of Bach, Chopin, and Mozart on the piano, and heard his mother occasionally sing spirituals.[6]

In 1961, Glenn-Copeland was one of the first black students to study at McGill University in Montreal.[8]

In 1973, while in Los Angeles, Glenn fell in love with the chanting at a local Soka Gakkai International meeting and has been a practicing Buddhist since the mid-1970s.[9]

Musical career

Glenn-Copeland started his career as a folk singer incorporating jazz, classical, and blues elements.[10] He also performed on albums by Ken Friesen, Bruce Cockburn, Gene Murtynec, Bob Disalle, and Kathryn Moses[11],[10] and was a writer on Sesame Street.[12] He spent twenty-five years entertaining children as a regular actor on Canadian children's television show Mr. Dressup.[13]

Glenn-Copeland's 1986 electronic album

gender transition was made public, Keyboard Fantasies was selected as one of the 70 greatest recordings by women by The Stranger.[17] The album was named as the public vote winner of the Polaris Heritage Prize at the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.[18] Keyboard Fantasies was remastered and reissued in February 2017 as Copeland Keyboard Fantasies by Invisible City Editions[19]
and re-released again on vinyl that same year on Séance Centre.

Other albums by Glenn-Copeland include Beverly Copeland (1970), Beverly Glenn-Copeland (1971), At Last! (1980), Primal Prayer (released under the pseudonym Phynix in 2004), and the career-spanning compilation Transmissions (2020).[20]

Keyboard Fantasies: The Beverly Glenn-Copeland Story, a documentary directed by Posy Dixon, was released in 2019.[21][22]

Planned 2020 international tours to Australia, the United Kingdom, and other European destinations were rescheduled to 2021 due to the

CBC Gem's online Queer Pride Inside show.[24]

Discography

Studio albums

Other albums

Films

References

  1. ^ "Exclusive: Watch Beverly-Glenn Copeland's Incredible Lecture at the Red Bull Music Academy Weekender in Montreal". Complex. Retrieved January 17, 2018.
  2. ^ Weldon, Tori (May 28, 2020). "Musician's meteoric rise comes to a crashing halt | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  3. ^ "Keyboard Fantasies review – glorious doc about pioneering trans composer". The Guardian. November 9, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Voice soars above gender, says transgender man performing in Toronto this week". Cbc.ca. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  5. ^ "The singer formerly seen as she". Theglobeandmail.com. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  6. ^ a b c "Beverly Glenn-Copeland's Music for a Future That Never Came". The New Yorker. September 11, 2020. Retrieved September 15, 2020.
  7. ISSN 0307-1235
    . Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  8. ^ Díaz, Devan (January 7, 2020). "Going Exploring With Beverly Glenn-Copeland". Papermag.com. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  9. ^ Negru, John Harvey (March 31, 2018). "We're All Different: Musician Glenn Copeland on his journey as a Black, Buddhist, transgender artist - Lion's Roar". Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "Beverley Glenn-Copeland - Biography & History - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  11. ^ Archive, Canadian Jazz (March 7, 2024). "Kathryn Moses Musician Biography | Canadian Jazz Archive Online". canadianjazzarchive.net. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  12. ^ Ryce, Andrew. "Review: Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Copeland Keyboard Fantasies". Resident Advisor. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  13. ^ "Beverly Glenn-Copeland". Seance-centre.com. Retrieved January 7, 2018.
  14. ^ Ediriwira, Amar (October 20, 2016). "Invisible City Editions preps Beverly Glenn-Copeland reissue". The Vinyl Factory. Retrieved January 8, 2021.
  15. ^ "Play It Forward: Glenn Copeland On Patience, Positivity And The Band Bernice". Npr.org. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  16. ^ "The Incredible Life of Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Canadian Music's Unsung Hero | Exclaim!". The Incredible Life of Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Canadian Music's Unsung Hero | Exclaim!. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
  17. ^ "The Problem with NPR's '150 Greatest Albums Made by Women' List". Thestranger.com. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  18. ^ "2020 Slaight Family Polaris Heritage Prize Winners Named". FYI Music News, November 16, 2020.
  19. ^ "Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Copeland Keyboard Fantasies · Album Review ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  20. ^ Currin, Grayson Haver (September 14, 2020). "Listeners Found Beverly Glenn-Copeland. It Was Time". The New York Times. Retrieved May 30, 2021.
  21. The Advocate
    . Retrieved September 25, 2020.
  22. ^ "Review: In 'Keyboard Fantasies,' legendary musician Beverly Glenn-Copeland gets his due". Los Angeles Times. October 30, 2021. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  23. ^ Sanders, Wren (June 3, 2020). "GoFundMe Launched for Composer and Black Trans Elder Beverly Glenn-Copeland". Them.us. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  24. ^ Peter Knegt, "This Pride, come inside for a digital queer cabaret unlike anything else". CBC Arts, June 22, 2020.
  25. ^ "Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Keyboard Fantasies". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  26. ^ "Beverly Glenn-Copeland – Live at Le Guess Who?". AllMusic. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  27. ^ "Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland". Pitchfork.com. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  28. ^ Smyth, David (December 10, 2021). "Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined review". Evening Standard. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  29. ^ "Beverly Glenn-Copeland: Keyboard Fantasies Reimagined". The Irish Times. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  30. ^ Anania, Billy (February 14, 2022). "The Joyful Return of a Trans Icon and Electronic Music Pioneer". Hyperallergic. Retrieved January 17, 2023.

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