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Classical Queeros Classical Queeros
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Classical music can seem so straight, white, and boring. Hosts Shahid Osuna and Alice Park are on a mission to prove that it's not! Each episode, Shahid and Alice take turns teaching the listeners and each other about a queer hero in classical music who often goes ignored. They're here to gay up the classical sphere - and to remind us all that we can take everything a little less seriously. Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/classical-queeros/support
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8. Julius Eastman
Better late than never! On an episode that was released almost a week and a half late, Shahid and Alice talk about Julius Eastman, a remarkable Black gay composer and musician who lived in New York in the 60s (during something called the Stonewall Riots......maybe you've heard of them?)
Julius Eastman was decidedly himself in everything he did, no matter what anyone else thought. His works were provocative to say the least. Let's all look to him this Pride Month as an inspiration to be ourselves in the face of a world that tells us we can't.
Recommended Listenings:
Gay Guerilla
Crazy N*****
Evil N*****
Stay On It
Feminine
Eight Songs for a Mad King (by Peter Maxwell Davies)
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BONUS EPISODE: Hot Mess Performs "Misery Business" and "Africa"
Due to the unflinching tendency of life to keep moving even when we're busy and want it to pause for a little while, we did not have time to record a full episode this month. Instead, we are gifting you with a live performance of Hot Mess from June 2019. This performance had three songs and was recorded in video form, but today you get two songs in audio form only.
But! If 10 entire people join our Patreon, we'll release the full video with all three songs!!
Please enjoy, and don't think too poorly of us when you finish listening. 3
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7. Sister Rosetta Tharpe (w/Julianne Colwell from Aria Podcast)
Shahid and Alice are joined by the host of Aria Podcast, Julianne Colwell, who teaches them about the legendary, iconic, and truly remarkable Sister Rosetta Tharpe.
You can find Julianne and her podcast on Instagram @ariapodcast. On her show, Julianne interviews musicians from all over the ~scene~. She also donates all her Patreon proceeds to LGBTQ+ and BIPOC organizations. What a cool gal!! Go support her!!
Background Music:
Didn't It Rain? by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Lonesome Road by Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Lucky Millinder Jazz Band
I Want A Tall Skinny Papa by Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Lucky Millinder Jazz Band
The Blues by Jonah Whales and Sammy Price
Up Above My Head by Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Marie Knight
Strange Things Happen Every Day by Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Recommended Listenings:
I Want A Tall Skinny Papa
Rock Me
any thing with Marie Knight!
Beams of Heaven
Didn't It Rain?
Up Above My Head
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Classical Queeros is a podcast that aims to spotlight queer composers and make classical music more accessible. Follow us on Instagram @classicalqueeros and Twitter at @classicalqueero, and check out our website at classicalqueeros.com!
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6. Sasami Ashworth
Classically trained French horn player Sasami Ashworth is a queer, Korean-American who is better known for her singer/songwriter career as a self-proclaimed "synth queen" with a style that can be described as "shoegaze with stage presence." In this episode, Alice teaches Shahid about Sasami, even though Shahid has actually worked with her before! You can check out Sasami's website at sasamiashworth.com.
Music Discussed (from album SASAMI):
Not The Time
Jealousy
Morning Comes
Background music:
You Don't Have to Walk a Begonia (arr. Richie Francisco)
This episode is sponsored by: Honeybee Writing Coach! Write to learn, write to succeed, write to lead. honeybeewritingcoach.com
Richie's Bread! Fresh, home-baked sourdough bread delivered to you. (Southern California only.) Follow on Instagram @richies_bread
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5. Famous White Men: The Gayme Show (w/ Charles Brunson and Cameron Clendaniel)
While queer composers who are marginalized by even more than their sexuality deserve the spotlight, we at Classical Queeros thought it was important to remember that even the cis white men who we call the "Greats" were gay, too. In this episode, Shahid and Alice invite champions Cameron Clendaniel and Charles Brunson to fight on their behalves in a ga(y)me show all about the gay composers we already know and love, like Tchaikovsky, Bernstein, and more.
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Classical Queeros is a podcast that aims to spotlight queer composers and make classical music more accessible. Follow us on Instagram @classicalqueeros and Twitter at @classicalqueero, and check out our website at classicalqueeros.com!
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4. Sarah Hennies
Shahid shares his research on the amazing Sarah Hennies: a trans performer, composer, and filmmaker, with a studious and ready-to-learn Alice! Join us as we learn about her upbringing, as well as a few of her works and words on the intersectionality between her music and queer identity. Please go check her website out at sarah-hennies.com
Works Discussed (all by Sarah Hennies):
Contralto
The Reinvention of Romance
Falsetto
Humming Suite
Theater Piece
Reservoir 2
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Classical Queeros is a podcast that aims to spotlight queer composers and make classical music more accessible. Follow us on Instagram @classicalqueeros and Twitter at @classicalqueero!
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/classical-queeros/support
Customer Reviews
The podcast is a whole vibe
Alice and Shahid put all my music professors to shame. They are so fun to listen to and really appear to dig in deeper to lost voices of the past and make them relevant again in the present. Congrats on such a unique project and I’m so happy to see you both adding fresh flavor into classical music!
Love love love
This is the most fun I’ve ever had learning about classical musicians!!