Beverly Glenn-Copeland today announces his new studio album, Laughter In Summer. The LP, is a collaborative effort born from the love story between himself and eco-poet, theatre actor and producer Elizabeth Copeland, the record is due out February 6, 2026 via Transgressive. The announcement, is paired with double single “Children’s Anthem” / “Let Us Dance (Movement One)”. “Let Us Dance (Movement One)” opens the record’s nine tracks, all captured in a single take, while “Children’s Anthem” dates from the couple’s early years together, originally penned for teachers’ workshop on bullying.

Commenting on the two tracks, Glenn and Elizabeth say: “‘Let Us Dance’ holds deep personal meaning for us as a couple, and it’s one of our most favorite songs to perform together. It’s a gentle reminder that life invites us to embody joy through movement, no matter the circumstances, no matter how difficult the path. Originally published on Keyboard Fantasies, this choral rework features a newly minted Montreal choir that we met mere moments before recording Movement One. It’s raw and honest–much the way we live our lives now.

“Children’s Anthem” was one of our very first creative collaborations as a couple, originally written in 2007 for an anti-bullying conference. We’re bringing it back on this new album with a fresh arrangement dedicated to our precious granddaughter Freya. We hope it will serve as a rally cry to support and protect all the children of the world. At a time when violence has become endemic, this song and its message is more critical than ever.”

In 2024, before a Montreal performance, they were invited to spend a few days recording alongside producer and engineer Howard Bilerman (Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Vic Chesnutt, and Wolf Parade) at the iconic Hotel2Tango. There was no plan to make a record. They simply wanted to capture the songs they had been singing on tour, joined by a choir of Montreal voices gathered by Alex. None of the singers had rehearsed with Glenn and Elizabeth. As the engineers were getting the mic levels set, Glenn, Elizabeth and the choir loosely rehearsed their first song. This rehearsal is what you hear on Let Us Dance, Movement 2. Every other song on the record was done in Glenn’s preferred style–one take only.

As Glenn’s executive functioning diminishes, his musical being—“and I would say his heart self,” Elizabeth adds—only grows stronger. At least once a week, they sit together and name what is being lost. “Because when you deny an emotion,” Elizabeth says, “it becomes frozen within you.” The making of Laughter In Summer became another way of being present with each other—songs not just as compositions but as testaments.

“From the moment we are born, we are walking towards our deaths,” Elizabeth says. “And that’s okay. In order for there to be birth, there must be death.” Glenn tells her that when he goes, he will be able to be with her even more than now. For Elizabeth, the thought is both comfort and pain. But what sustains them both is Glenn’s refusal to stop giving. “Sometimes he’ll hold my hands and say, ‘I have so much more to give. I’ve got so much to give these young people.’”

Beverly Glenn-Copeland
Laughter In Summer
Transgressive Records

1. Let Us Dance (Movement One)
2. Ever New
3. Laughter In Summer feat. Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland
4. Children’s Anthem feat. Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland
5. Harbour feat. Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland
6. Middle Island Lament feat. Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland
7. Shenandoah
8. Prince Caspian’s Dream
9. Let Us Dance (Movement Two)

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