Gay as a Songbird – A Gala Celebrating Queerness in Music [05/07/25]

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When:
Wednesday, May 07, 2025 7:00p -
10:00p

Where:
NEC’s Burnes Hall
255 Saint Botolph Street
Boston, MA 02115

Admission:
FREE

Hosted by:

necmarketing NEC

Categories:
Food, LGBTQ+, Music

Event website:
https://necmusic.edu/events/em-grant-project-gay-as-a-songbird-a-gala-celebrating-queerness-in-music/

This program was made possible through support from the Entrepreneurial Musicianship Departmental Grant.

Molly Knight, soprano and project director

Haijie Du, mezzo-soprano

Jillian Moore, voice

Nancy Schoen, mezzo-soprano

James Slipp, tenor

Ferrell Smith, piano, vocals

Chasity Thompson, clarinet

Emma Blanc, tenor saxophone

Sylva Goldman, saxophone

Bella Navarro, fiddle

Keilani Bolhuis

Jamie Eliot, guitar, vocals

Bug Jaffe, banjo, bass

Maddoc Johnson, drums

Tristan Leung, piano

J.J. Penna, piano

Matthew Tirona, piano

Peter Vazquez, piano

Blanc: Automata

Porter: I Hate Men from Kiss Me Kate

Cain: Televangelism

Poulenc: La dame de Monte-Carlo

Musto: The Rose Family

Moore: In My Pocket

Brahms: Allegro amabile from Clarinet Sonata No. 2, op. 120 no. 2

Brahms: Sapphische Ode

Eilish: Birds of a Feather

Hurt: Let the Mermaid Flirt with Me

Kittel: June Jig

Poulenc: Excerpts from Chansons gailllardes

Indigo Girls: Power of Two

Roan: Red Wine Supernova

Roan: Pink Pony Club

Gay as a Songbird – A Gala Celebrating Queerness in Music