The Queer Songbook Orchestra, in partnership with the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, is a 12-piece chamber pop ensemble, creating and performing a living archive of songs that have shaped the LGBTQ community. Focusing for this performance on songs with a connection to the closet – those held close during closeted times alongside those written by closeted writers – the orchestra play all new arrangements by some of Canada’s top talents. The QSO brings together a selection of the finest queer and allied musicians from Toronto and Montreal:

Sienna Dahlen, vocals
Alex Samaras, vocals
Casey Mecija, vocals
Jennifer Burford, violin
Evan Lamberton, cello
Lief Mosbaugh, oboe/english horn
Micajah Sturgess, french horn
Shaun Brodie, trumpet
Thom Gill, guitar
Dan Fortin, double bass
Ghislain Aucoin, piano
Stefan Schneider, drums

$20/$15 MG members, students and underemployed
Advance tickets available at Glad Day Bookshop, Soundscapes or online atwww.musicgallery.org.
$25/$20 at the door.