A family friendly string quintet concert (2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello & 1 bass) performed by our diverse non-conforming professional musicians will feature queer composers’ music from different historical periods and musical styles from Baroque to Contemporary.

Instrumental compositions by composers including Saint-Saens, Tchaikowsky, Barber, queer iconic American composers Leonard Bernstein & Aaron Copland and transgender lesbian composer Angela Morley.

Familiar Popular songs set the tone for our participatory Audience Sing Along. This concert is completely FREE concert to ALL.

Bunny performed a commissioned piece for violin and transgender actor for TDOR at the PRYDE Community Center. This was a free event.

Come enjoy the professional transgender and nonbinary professional musicians of the NCO perform the 2nd SUMMER OF PRIDE CONCERT. The Non-Conformists Orchestra Celebrates PRIDE Month with a concert of queer 'classical' composers performed by our principal players. Only $8 per ticket. Subscribers' use your DISCOUNT CODE found in the email we will be sending you!

This concert will feature the NCO priincipal string quartet in Drag. Bunny Godel-Pockriss Shilakowsky aka Mx Bunz - violin Dr Viola Voila - viola Hazel Afrodite - viola Jillian Emzorson - cello

SUMMER OF PRIDE concert series A TransLove Concert Songs of romance and celebration from our favorite queer composers

L Bernstein-West side story i feel pretty, Somewhere, Cha cha, tonight Schubert Serenade; Schubert Andante from String Quartet in A minor Op 29-Rosamunde Jean-Baptiste Lully-Le Mariage Forcé; Comédie Ballet Tchaikowsky None But the Lonely Heart; Tchaikowsky Romeo & Juliet Love Theme from Overture-Fantasy Andante Con Moto from the Quartet No. 1 in D major, Opus 11 Handel La Rejouissance from the Fireworks Music Handel Water Music Suite Air, Allegro, Andante & Hornpipe; Samuel Barber-Dance - allegro giocoso from the Serenade Arcangelo Corelli-Sonata La Folia Sonata in D minor, Op. 5, No. 12

PRIDE SONGS

Euphoria by Loreen & Rise Like a Phoenix by Conchita Wurst

Watch and listen as the professional transgender and nonbinary professional musicians of the NCO REHEARSE for The Non-Conformists Orchestra SECOND SUMMER OF PRIDE CONCERT of queer 'classical' composers performed by our principal players. Only $5 per ticket. PRYDE residents attend for FREE. (no subscribers' discount on this low price)

Watch and listen as the professional transgender and nonbinary professional musicians of the NCO perform the 1st SUMMER OF PRIDE CONCERT. The Non-Conformists Orchestra Celebrates PRIDE Month with a series of concerts of queer 'classical' composers performed by our principal players. This concert features guest performer, tenor, Leo Balkovetz Haydn songs for tenor with consort Bernstein Simple Song Roger Quilter songs and featuring our violist, Dr Viola Voila, the Schubert Arpeggione

Bunny Shilakowsky wool perform Delius sonata no. 2 for violin and piano with pianist Julian Drummond and…. We will finish with Angela Morley’s Reverie

Only $8 per ticket. Subscribers' use your DISCOUNT CODE found in the email we will be sending you!

Watch and listen as the professional transgender and nonbinary professional musicians of the NCO REHEARSAL for The Non-Conformists Orchestra Celebrates PRIDE Month concert of queer 'classical' composers performed by our principal players. See June 11 Concert details for concert program repertoire. For concert repertoire and artist info see concert on June 11

Only $5 per ticket. PRYDE residents attend for FREE. (no subscribers' discount on this low price)

Mx Bunny Shilakowsky will perform a violin recital with NCO pianist Julian Drummond.
Admission is open to the public. Please make a tax deductible contribution using our giving page link
https://fundraising.fracturedatlas.org/non-conformists-concerts/general_support
Suggested donation: $25

Mx Bunny will perform the following program: Ethel Smythe (1858-1944 suffragist and lesbian) Sonata 28:00 minutes (see piano score scan) Ethel smythe sonata for violin and piano.pdf

Aaron Copland. (1900-1990 gay closeted) Sonata for violin and piano /17:00 (see piano score scan)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713 gay) Sonata No. 4 in F Major 12:00?

Berceuse sur le nom de fauré (A minor-ish) 4 minutes by Maurice Ravel (1875-1937 suspected gay ‘no relationships’)

Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikowsky Meditation (1840-1893 gay) (see downloads from IMSLP) 7:20

Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921 gay) Rondo Capriccioso 10:00 Angela Morley (1924-2009 lesbian and transgender) Reverie 3:50

ENCORE (something special and fun!)

NCO Quintet rides again! In this concert, the principal strings of the NCO will perform the same program that we have performed in Watertown the day before. The orchestral string quintet of the Non-Conformists Orchestra will perform music by gay composers such as Tchaikowsky in a free performance. Bring a chair or blanket. Handicap accessible public restrooms!

This is the season opener of The City of Watertown's Summer Concert Series. The orchestral string quintet of the Non-Conformists Orchestra will perform music by gay composers such as Tchaikowsky in a free performance at Saltonstall Park, 149 Main Street, Watertown. The concerts take place immediately following the Watertown Farmer's Market, from 6:30-8 PM. Audience members are encouraged to bring chairs and blankets. The space is handicapped accessible.

Chevalier Saint-Georges: 6 Quartetto Concertants No. 4 in F Allegro Rondo

Tchaikowsky String Quartet No 1 in D Major Op 11 TH 111: Moderato e semplice andante cantabile

Caroline Shaw Plan & Elevation: The Grounds of Dumbarton Oaks the ellipse the cutting garden the beech tree

Angela Morley Reverie

Intermission 10 minutes

Barber Serenade for Strings op. 1

Britten simple symphony op4 boisterous bourée playful pizzicato sentimental sarabande frolicsome finale

Copland: hoe down from rodeo

Trans and Gender Expansive Art Showcase Will feature a performance by the concertmaster of the Non-Conformists Orchestra, Bunny Shilakowsky with orchestral pianist, Julian Drummond. Concert is free to the public and handicapped accessible. Program to include works of queer, black and women composers Ethel Smythe, Tchaikovsky, Aaron Copland, Arcangelo Corelli, Angela Morley, Gabriel Fauré and Maurice Ravel

This concert and art gallery showcase is free to the public and handicapped accessible

The Trans & Gender Expansive Art Showcase aims to celebrate the creative imaginations and voices of trans and gender expansive artists. We hope to foster conversations regarding sociopolitical and personal meanings of gender, trans joy, and resistance through art.