Shaun and Naomi of the Queer Songbook Orchestra on Community Building, Career Paths and their Favourite Gigs

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What's Your Forte?

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Join us to hear musicians, conductors, composers, teachers, students and community members talk about their experiences with music and their views on the power of music education in our What's Your Forte interview series. Bandology is a proud Canadian non-profit dedicated to more music for more kids, via education, collaboration and community. Find out more about us at bandology.ca.

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Shaun and Naomi of the Queer Songbook Orchestra on Community Building, Career Paths and their Favourite Gigs | What's Your Forte? Ep. 29

What's Your Forte?

1 hour 1 minute

3 years ago

Shaun and Naomi of the Queer Songbook Orchestra on Community Building, Career Paths and their Favourite Gigs | What's Your Forte? Ep. 29

Shaun and Naomi from The Queer Songbook Orchestra are our guests on What’s Your Forte this week! They chat to Kathryn and Kirsten about the importance of music in building an uplifting community, as well as the ensemble’s history and their new Queer Songbook Youth Orchestra program. They also give advice on charting a career in music and geek out about jazz, My Chemical Romance and their favourite gigs. If you’d like to play with the youth orchestra, check out queersongbook.com/qsyo.

Founded by Shaun in 2014, the Queer Songbook Orchestra is a 14-piece chamber pop ensemble dedicated to expressing and uplifting 2SLGBTQ+ narratives, while providing opportunities for mentorship and other supports to queer, trans, questioning and allied youth. A collaborative, community-based project, the Queer Songbook Orchestra have worked with 200+ collaborators, toured extensively throughout Canada and were longlisted for the 2018 Polaris Prize for their collaborative album with Vivek Shraya. Watch it on YouTube, and subscribe for more!

Shaun Brodie (he/him) is a classically trained trumpet player with a performance degree from the University of Victoria, and extensive experience as a session and freelance musician. Performing live and in-studio with acts such as Basia Bulat, Broken Social Scene, Father John Misty and many others, Shaun has toured internationally and appeared on a wide spectrum of stages including The Late Show with David Letterman and the Glastonbury Festival.

Naomi McCarroll-Butler (she/her/ze/zir) is a saxophonist, clarinetist and instrument maker from Toronto. She is interested in the overtone series, breathwork in the unique somatic journey of trans and gender-non-conforming people, and the creation of aural trance environments. An active collaborator, Naomi plays with many artists including Jeremy Dutcher, and her work as a composer and improviser has been featured by the Canadian Music Centre, Women From Space Festival and the Guelph Jazz Festival. Her piece CHRYSALIS was premiered in July as the Artist in Residence for the 2022 Toronto Jazz Festival.