The Queer Songbook Orchestra, in partnership with the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, is a 12-piece chamber pop ensemble, creating and performing a living archive of songs that have shaped the LGBTQ community. Focusing for this performance on songs with a connection to the closet - those held close during closeted times alongside those written by closeted writers - the orchestra play all new arrangements by some of Canada's top talents. The QSO brings together a selection of the finest queer and allied musicians from Toronto and Montreal:

Sienna Dahlen, vocals

Alex Samaras, vocals

Casey Mecija, vocals

Jennifer Burford, violin

Evan Lamberton, cello

Lief Mosbaugh, oboe/english horn

Micajah Sturgess, french horn

Shaun Brodie, trumpet

Thom Gill, guitar

Dan Fortin, double bass

Ghislain Aucoin, piano

Stefan Schneider, drums

$20/$15 students & underemployed

Advance tickets available at Glad Day Bookshop, Soundscapes or online at www.musicgallery.org.

$25/$20 at the door.

TICKETS ON SALE AUGUST 21