About us
Queer and Trans Classical Misfits is a hopeful a gathering place for those of us with "conservative" tastes and queer-as-hell everything else. Classical music is famously home to many queers of the cisgendered White male variety, but for many of us, classical music is an indispensable source of joy too often enveloped in inhospitable, alienating forms of culture. Don't make me turn in my angry radical leftist card to go to the opera! (We're here, we're queer, our seats are far rear!)
Cis-friends and allies: If you, too, find yourself bound to classical music but alienated from its cultural institutions by other difference such as race, ability, religion, class background, being an angry socialist, etc., please come! You're part of this. There is no way forward but together.
First order of business is to find each other; then maybe we plan some listening sessions, concert outings, theory reading groups, informal performances, and salon-type discussions.
Upcoming events
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Nicholas Phan: Well-Being Concert at St. John the Divine!
Location not specified yetApparently one can sit on mats and cushions if desired!
Tickets come out to $27.50 (fees included) via Carnegie.
Event description:
#### Thursday, February 26, 2026
#### 7pm - 8:30pm
Experience the healing power of music in a Well-Being Concert a special performance series created by Carnegie Hall's Weill Music Institute. Star tenor Nicholas Phan performs a program of vocal works by J. S. Bach and Buxtehude, taking advantage of the timeless acoustics of the Cathedral. He will be joined by an ensemble of musicians from Theotokos, a renowned New York City sacred ensemble that describes itself as “the living embodiment of a baroque church ensemble.” The evening will be hosted by National Humanities Medal recipient and Peabody Award–winning journalist, author, and radio host Krista Tippett.
Nicholas Phan, Tenor
Theotokos
Doug Balliett, DirectorAudience members can choose from a variety of casual and comfortable seating options, with mats, cushions, and chairs all available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Information on additional Carnegie Hall Well-Being Concerts available here.
Presented by Carnegie Hall and The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine2 attendees
Past events
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