Originally posted on Queer Urban Orchestra Jim is low brass section leader and a founding board member and past president of QUO. How did you come to join QUO? Prior to that famous meeting at Starbucks, I had been contacted by Brandyn Metzko, a Cleveland-based musician who was moving to New York and looking for…
The third concert of QUO’s 2012-2013 season, A Night at the Opera was a buffet of showstoppers and show-openers.
My first official concert of 2013, and my first performance with New York Opera Exchange (NYOE). Entitles ‘The Masked Ball’, it was an enjoyable evening of excerpts of French opera. Taken from four operas (Faust (1869) by Charles Gounod, Tales of Hoffman (1881) by Jacques Offenbach, Manon (1884) by Jules Massenet, and Romeo and Juliet…
Welcome my new musical family addition, an Oscar Schmidt autoharp. Built in 1979, it is the 100 Year Anniversary Model OS-15B. Sounds lovely, and hoping to play it at the LCFD Winter Weekend during the ‘budding musicians’ workshop.
My second performance of the 2012-2013 season with the Queer Urban Orchestra. It’s also probably my last of the year. At this chamber music concert, I chose to perform only with the brass ensemble. We played that old Leroy Anderson chestnut “A Christmas Festival”. This concert was much easier for me since I only had…
My first performance of 2012-2013 with the Queer Urban Orchestra, on trombone. This was the first concert with officially appointed music director Nolan Dresden. The program consisted of the following: Lully : Ballet des Muses Stravinsky : Circus-Polka Copland : Scenes from Rodeo (Saturday Night Waltz, Corral Nocturne, Hoe-down) Bedford : Persephone, 1930 Debussy :…
This originally appeared on qonstagenews.com, reported by Sherri Rase. Highlighting the specific section relating to me. It was an honor to be recognized by Andrew Berman for my efforts. Queer Urban Orchestra (QUO), founded in 2009, closed its 2012 season with a brilliant concert–“New Worlds, New Sounds”–on June 21, at the Church of the Holy…
A night at the Stonewall Inn with Fein & Dandee, a small vintage-style musical ensemble.Founded by August Fein (Seth Bedford) and Chuck Dand(Brent Reno), with Loius Luvleigh (Sam Nedel) and Kazuhiro Ito (Aaron Dai). My persona was Buster Parfait. Fein & Dandee had a few collaborations with Dandy Darkly, the queer drag persona of Gothic…
The biergarten ensemble of the LGBAC, Apple Fritters, performed at the final round of Broadway Idol at the New World Stages, hosted by the New York Music Festival. We performed our usual repertoire from the chart-book ‘Hungry Five Go to Germany’. No.9 remains my personal favorite. Without any budget for costumes, and no one owning…
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