Explore the Whitney Biennial and hear several of QUO’s small ensembles this Sunday at The Whitney Museum, starting at 10:30! #whitney #museum #thewhitney #art #music

QUO's Gala on June 20 includes a silent auction, which is an important fundraiser for QUO and the last chance of the season to support our community! We have over 60 items for you to win, including tickets, haircuts, gift cards, donuts, wine & liquor, crafts, gym memberships, and so much more!

QUO is thrilled to welcome drag opera phenom Creatine Price to our Pride Gala! You may recognize her from France's Got Talent, New York City Opera, or one of her weekly shows here in NYC, but on June 20th Creatine joins QUO to perform music from West Side Story, Carmen, The Wizard of Oz, and more!

It's the most wonderful time of the year... QUO's Annual Pride Gala: There's No Place Like Home! Clasp those ruby slippers and follow the yellow brick road to St. Peter's Church on Saturday, June 20! More...

Thank you for joining us for Of Rage and Remembrance. To everyone who filled the audience, listened with us, sang with us, reflected with us, and held space with us. Thank you. Next up: QUO’s Pride Gala 🌈 There’s No Place Like Home June 20, 2026 | 8 PM | St. Peter’s Church (619 Lexington Ave)

Pauline Oliveros’ Heart Chant invites us into a new kind of musical experience, one rooted in listening, presence, and connection. A pioneer of Deep Listening, Oliveros reimagines the concert space as something shared. In Heart Chant, sound is created together, through breath, voice, and awareness.

Just a few days until OF RAGE & REMEMBRANCE, featuring Blake Pouliot on Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, John Corigliano's Symphony No. 1, Benjamin Britten's arrangement of Mahler's What the Wild Flowers Tell Me, and a participatory performance of Pauline Oliveros' Heart Chant. Ticket link in bio!

QUO features music by Samuel Barber, John Corigliano, Pauline Oliveros, and Gustav Mahler on our May 9 concert, Of Rage & Remembrance, featuring Blake Pouliot on Barber's Violin Concerto! Tickets available now at the link in our bio!

QUO is thrilled to collaborate with violinist Blake Pouliot, hailed as “immaculate, at once refined and impassioned” and truly one of those rare, once-in-a-generation talents. He brings a level of artistry that transforms every performance into something unforgettable. more...

Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto is one of the most beloved works in the American repertoire. Lyrical, intimate, deeply expressive, giving way to a virtuosic and unrelenting finale. QUO is honored to feature Blake Poliout, whose performance brings nuance and brilliance to this powerful work. More...

History isn't just found in textbooks - it’s found in the score. 🎼 In 1981, the CDC first reported the cases of what would become known as AIDS. Nearly a decade later, John Corigliano premiered his Symphony No. 1, a massive work dedicated to his friends and colleagues lost to the disease. More...

On May 9, QUO will mark 45 years since the New York Native published one of the first reports of a mysterious health issue affecting gay men in New York City with Of Rage & Remembrance, featuring John Corigliano's First Symphony, a musical answer to the AIDS Memorial Quilt. Tickets/details in bio.

Marking 45 years since the first reports of AIDS, QUO performs John Corigliano's First Symphony. Barber's Violin Concerto, and music by Mahler lend elegiac lyricism. 🗓️ Saturday, May 9 ⛪️ Saint Barthalomew's Church (325 Park Ave) 🎟️ link in bio www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets

Pulitzer Prize–winning composer Jennifer Higdon is known for her vibrant colors, driving rhythms, and instantly engaging musical language. Her piece Punch It Up does exactly what the title promises—pushing the volume, excitement, and virtuosity into high gear! Hear it 3/13! 🎟️ link in bio!

Composer Victor Ewald is widely celebrated as one of the founding figures of the brass quintet repertoire. His Brass Quintet No. 1 in B-flat minor remains a cornerstone of the genre—richly melodic, dramatic, full of sweeping musical conversations. Hear it Friday 3/13! 🎟️ link in bio!

Conductor and composer Michael Tilson Thomas has spent decades electrifying audiences with his bold musical imagination. His Street Song III captures that energy perfectly—rhythmic, colorful, and bursting with urban vitality. Hear it Friday 3/13, as part of our second annual QUOfest! Link in bio!

Leonard Bernstein’s Symphonic Dances from West Side Story is a high-energy orchestral suite adapted for the concert hall from the 1957 Broadway musical. Hear it live at our concert "The Dance Floor" on 3/14 at 8PM at St. Paul & St. Andrew. 🎟️ Tickets available at the link in our bio!

Florence Price’s Dances in the Canebrakes is a joyful, rhythm-filled work that entwines classical tradition and early American dance culture. Join us 3/14 for The Dance Floor, a night that lifts up the dance floor as an inimitable space of queer expression, community, and liberation. 🎟️ Link in bio

QUO is thrilled to highlight Kebra-Seyoun Charles on all 3 of our up-coming QUOfest concerts! Friday's performance will feature "Vignette 1" from their "Enby Ballet Suite." Saturday and Sunday's performances will bring "Nightlife: Concerto for Double Bass and Orchestra." 🎟️: queerurbanorchestra.org

3 Days. 4 Events! QUOfest focuses on the dance floor as a long-established safe space for queer folx. Featuring a chamber program, an old-school queer tea dance, a full orchestra concert with grooves of the Americas, and a family concert where kids can get their wiggles out! Ticket link in bio!

Another sneak peak at rehearsals for QUOtets XX, featuring "Fly Free Forever" by QUO member Jacob Szilagi! See this and 8 other small ensembles next weekend at QUOtets XX!! 🗓️ Saturday 1/31, 8PM ⛪ Judson Memorial Church (55 Washington Square S) 🎟️ queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets

Saturday 1/31, the members of QUO shine in QUOtets XX!! Grab your tickets early for a $5 discount and come enjoy an evening of member-curated solo and small-ensemble works! 🎟️: www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets #quo #queerurbanorchestra #nycorchestra #queermusic #chambermusic #queernyc

QUO wishes all our members and patrons a Happy Holidays and New Year! We’re so grateful for your continued support and look forward to making music together in the year ahead!

Last Saturday’s @queerurbanorch.bsky.social percussion section. #tchaikovsky2 #lanziloti #debussy #viljoen

QUO will be featured on this Friday's episode of "All Of It with Alison Stewart" on NPR, 12/11 at 12:30! The episode will feature an interview with Artistic Director David Bloom, current Vice President David Lohman, and Orchestra Manager Brian Shaw, as well as live performances by QUO members!

QUO is thrilled to feature two of our members this Saturday as we present REFUGE! Johann Palo shines on Debussy's Première rapsodie, and we'll present the world premiere of Tafeni - on finding home, by QUO cellist Michael J. Viljoen. Also: Tchaik 2 and ao kuewa by Lanzilotti. 🎟️ Ticket link in bio!

This season is about building and protecting the spaces where queer people can gather, create, and thrive. A place where our art is celebrated, our identities are honored, and our community feels safe. If you believe places like this should exist, please consider supporting us this #GivingTuesday!

For QUO it’s not just about the concerts. As the Northeast's only LGBTQ+ orchestra, QUO is a beacon for our 100+ members, a space to connect and support each other. Our weekly rehearsals are a reminder that even during challenging times for our community, no one is alone. (more...)

When folk songs turn symphonic! Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 2 pays homage to the rich folk traditions of Ukraine, a lifelong fascination he explored during his extended visits to the country. Join us 12/13 for an evening of color, community, and connection through music. Ticket link in bio!

It’s concert day!! Tickets are available at the door from 7:00. And please join us for pre-concert talk at 7:15 with a few special guests, led by QUO Associate Conductor Derek Weagle! We can’t wait to take this journey with you!! #Holst #ThePlanets #QueerCosmos #QueerNYC #ClassicalMusic #orchestra

A glimpse behind the scenes before lift-off 🚀✨ Don’t miss Queer Cosmos, a symphonic journey through the queer space with the Queer Urban Orchestra Saturday night! Featuring Brooklyn Treble Choir in Holst’s The Planets and pianist Isabelle O’Connell in Viet Cuong’s Stargazer. 🎟️ link in bio!

Get ready for a STELLAR performance! This Saturday, Isabelle O'Connell joins the Queer Urban Orchestra for a newly revised version of Viet Cuong's breathtaking piano concerto, "Stargazer"! Ticket link in bio! #IsabelleOConnell #QueerUrbanOrchestra #VietCuong #Stargazer #PianoConcerto #NewMusic

Queer Cosmos is this Saturday!! Join us to hear works by Imogen Holst and Viet Cuong, as well as Gustav Holst’s The Planets! $5 off all tickets purchased online through Friday night- ticket link in our bio! #holst #theplanets #vietcuong #isabelleoconnell #brooklyntrebelchoir #nycmusic #queermusic

We’re thrilled to welcome Brooklyn Treble Choir as our guest performers this season! Known for their radiant sound and inclusive community, this dynamic ensemble of treble voices joins QUO for selections from The Sun’s Journey by Imogen Holst! Tickets available www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets/

QUOtets XIX was a smashing success! Congratulations to all of the musicians that brought their A-game, and thank you to our incredible audience for supporting us! #queerurbanorchestra #queerart #queermusic #quo #nyc #classicalmusic #orchestra

QUO Member Spotlight: KARISHMA!

COMPOSER SPOTLIGHT: Meet HERMAN BEEFTINK Herman Beeftink is Dutch-American composer based in Southern California. You’ve heard his work in X-Men Origins, The Simpsons Movie, and Gilmore Girls. Now, come hear it at QUOtets on September 6! (Ticket link in our linktree!)

QUO's '25-'26 season 'A Place for Us' kicks off SATURDAY NIGHT with QUOtets XIX!!! Grab your tickets (linktr.ee/quorchestra) and come hear the creativity and artistry of QUO's musicians on full display in this evening of chamber music, selected and performed by groups of QUO musicians!

QUO Artistic Director David Bloom, Board President David Lohman, and Orchestra Manager Brian Shaw met with Matt Tracy of Gay City News to talk about the orchestra’s roots and promote our upcoming season, “A Place for Us.” Check out the article linked in our bio or in print wherever GCN is available!

Meet our Gala Guest Conductor: Andrea Profili! Andrea is the music director of American Youth Orchestra in New York City and will be leading us in Manuel de Falla's El sombrero de tres picos: Suite No. 2 on Saturday night! Get your tickets at www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets

QUO Member Spotlight: Hannah! Come hear Hannah at our annual Pride Gala on June 21! Details and tickets are available on our website: www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets! #queerurbanorchestra #gala #pride #orchestra #queermusic #queernyc #nyc #music

Meet or Composition Contest Winner: Jordan Jinosko! Drawing inspiration from history, mythology, and nature, Jinosko is a celebrated, multi-award-winning composer in both the concert and media music industries. Hear her winning composition, Tales from the Aviary, at our annual Pride Gala June 21!

QUO Member Spotlight: JohnMark! Come hear JohnMark at our annual Pride Gala on June 21! Details and tickets are available on our website: www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets! #queerurbanorchestra #gala #pride #orchestra #queermusic #queernyc #nyc #music

Broadway's Todd Almond joins QUO for our Annual Pride Gala! Todd will be featured in the 2nd half of our program presenting 5 pieces orchestrated by members of QUO. Tickets are available at www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets

QUO Member Spotlight: Erin! Come hear Erin at our annual Pride Gala on June 21! Details and tickets are available on our website: www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets! #queerurbanorchestra #gala #pride #orchestra #queermusic #queernyc #nyc #music

QUO Member Spotlight: Craig! Come hear Craig at our annual Pride Gala on June 21! Details and tickets are on our website: www.queerurbanorchestra.org/tickets! #queerurbanorchestra #gala #pride #orchestra #queermusic #queernyc #nyc #music

Tickets are available for our May 10 concert: Titans, featuring the work of Lili Boulanger, a world premier by Rajna Swaminathan, and Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 1! Visit the link in our bio for more info and tickets!!

QUO is gearing up for QUOtets XVIII, our annual small ensemble concert this Sataurday 1/25 at Judson Memorial Church! Check out this sneak peek of some of the groups performing. Tickets available on our website (link on our profile!)

We’re just 1 week away from our next concert, Ballet You Stay! Playing works by #Prokofiev, #Chaminade, and #Mackey, and featuring Sasha Romero, principal #trombone of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra! Grab your ticket early and save $5!! www.symphonyspace.org/event/535003...