QUEEN- Sooke

ENSEMBLE LAUDE presents QUEEN - Voices from the margins sing their power.A concert celebrating greatness of those who sing their truth, against the odds:Female mathematicians who put Apollo on the moon; maidens who outwit their pirate captors, beauty that rises above of earthly winds, cowboys who are secretly fond of each otherMusic by 9th-century Byzantine composer St Kassia of Greece, Renaissance composer Vicente Lusitano (first black composer published in Europe), Canadian Marie-Claire Saindon (music about Katherine Johnson, the black mathematician who contributed to the Apollo landing), poetry by Ingrid Jonker (South African anti-Apartheid activist) set to music by Franco Prinsloo, and featuring a second half celebrating queer voices, from Radiohead through Freddy Mercury.Features the world premiere of 'Sacred Journey' by Ramona Luengen to poetry by Alan Drengson in memory of Alice Drengson.Finale features a drag performance by our Special Guest, Drag King Sylvester Stalletto