Media

Watch & Listen: CQ Core

CQ at WoCo Fest in 2021, performing an arrangement of “I’ll Fly Away” by Caroline Shaw

CQ’s Greene Space debut: an arrangement of Caroline Shaw’s “Really Craft” by Andrew Yee.

CQ performs Michael Genese’s “Liberation Is…” from “It Will Look Like You”, a CQ commission. Words by Shawn Batey.

Mashup of Tchaikovsky’s “Valse Sentimental”, Poulenc’s “Je n’ai envie”, and Porter’s “So in Love” for Valentine’s day on WQXR at the Greene Space.

Full-Length Projects: Expanded Roster

ChamberQUEER Festival - Closing Night from National Sawdust from the June 2022 festival, Revolution. Britten, Eastman, Leon.

ChamberQUEER Festival - Opening Night from National Sawdust from the June 2022 festival, Revolution. A through-composed tapestry with movement. Monk, D'Netto, Lamb, Crean, Hakim.

ChamberQUEER’s “Keep the Fires Lit” For Westerlies Fest 2021; selections from Bach, Handel, Emily Lau, Dolly Parton, narrating the activist history of the AIDS crisis to present-day protest movements.

ChamberQUEERantine 2020: Amplifying Community

SPECTRUM ENSEMBLE

AVIVA JAYE

CLAIRE CHASE

CONRAD TAO

PHONG TRAN

ANTHONY GREEN

DUO CALISTO

ADAM TENDLER & GERALD BUBSY

MAZZ SWIFT

DARIAN DONOVAN THOMAS

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WHAT ARE PEOPLE SAYING?

““[A] dynamic chamber group and organization…the concert swell[ed] with poetic and experimental energy… Jessie Montgomery led the ensemble as a dynamic first violin, starting from the beginning tremors of octaves and open fifths to the clashing eighth note pulse that dominates the soundscape. “”

— Reuben Gelley Newman on “Gay Guerrilla” by Julius Eastman, in “Jessie Montgomery and ChamberQUEER Shine with Eastman’s GayGuerrilla at National Sawdust,” Blogcritics.org, June 2022

Testimonials

“ChamberQUEER creates a safe space where I can be who I am while doing what I love. It’s an organization that enables, celebrates, and empowers me.”

— JONATHAN MAY, 2019 ARTIST

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"ChamberQUEER is where I love making music within the classical idiom the most. At their most fundamental level they are intersectional, intentional, and communal. An absolutely incredible model for all of us."

- MICHAEL GENESE, CQ COLLABORATOR

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To come together as queer artists and celebrate not only our abilities, but the works of queer composers from the past and present, gave me a great sense of pride for our community. To connect to our musical lineage through a queer lens made me feel linked to the queer community in ways I hadn't before - not just solely musically, but from a deeper, more personal, and shared perspective.

- ANDREW FUCHS, 2019 ARTIST