Compose Queer x Queerstories

Divisi and Queerstories partner to produce Compose Queer x Queerstories. We connect 12 queer composers, some established, some emerging, with 12 queer writers to produce an anthology concert of completely new work. 
This project marks the second iteration of Divisi's Compose queer programming - workshopping and developing work by emerging queer composers to tell our stories in new ways. Although there is a thriving amateur queer music scene of community organisations and hobby musicians, there is limited opportunity for composers to express their queerness at a professional level. These programs give voice to tell stories at a professional quality of musical expression. 
Don't expect your usual, stuffy, classical music concert. 
Expect to be involved, to be moved, to commiserate and celebrate. 
Divisi Chamber Singers is a youth-led, not-for-profit organisation that supports early-career creative artists. We strive to break down established norms of classical music through commissioning and performing innovative creative works and projects. 
Queerstories, run by Maeve Marsden, has been running events for eight years all around Australia, from Sydney to Melbourne, Hobart to Shepparton, Newcastle to Brisbane, to Albury, Adelaide, Mullumbimby, Mudgee and beyond. Each event, 6 LGBTQI+ storytellers share a tale from their lives, small windows into the magnificence of the queer community, experienced live and recorded for you. 
"Precise blending of parts, even at the most demandingly close intervals, plus the bright purity of steady upper voices and the resonance of the lower voices impressed throughout." - Heather Leviston, Classic Melbourne. 
"A warm and inviting anthology, Queerstories welcomes you in with open arms and draws you into a rich conversation with some fresh and entertaining LGBTQI+ writers. Let's hope there are more volumes to come." - The AU Review

• Music
• $49.00
• 6-9 February 2025
• 90 minutes
• fortyfivedownstairs
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  Themes of a sexual nature, Strong language, References to sexual violence, References to drug use, Mature themes