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Artist-driven, boundary-pushing, conductorless orchestra of the next generation.
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This was a fun one! I love getting to make art with live music. Forever grateful I get to live in a city with such talented people!
Thank you @its.evading and @orchestraqnyc for having us! 🩵

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So honored to have participated in this incredible event to raise money for the @newyork.alliance ! Special shout out to @hashtagshaleah for organzing such an electric, warm and powerful environment. Lastly, thank you to my dear partner and friends for always showing up and supporting me 🥹🫶🏼☀️
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#endviolenceagainstwomen #stopsexualassault #artist #art #brooklynartist

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Thank you everybody for coming together to raise thousands of dollars for The Alliance Against Sexual Assault! And y’all looked amazing doing it
Thank you to @thecollected_journal for documenting the event! Photos can be found at the link in their bio!!!

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A live orchestra and an underground DJ just took over SculptureCenter. a raw industrial space in Long Island City that used to be a trolley repair shop.

Stravinsky. Bach. Beethoven. Woven into one continuous set with sampling, looping, and producer-driven transitions by QWEENJD.
No seats. No rules. Just stand, move, and feel it.
And then the DJ after party hit.

#NightShiftNYC #NYCNightlife #LongIslandCity #SculptureCenter #NYCEvents

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Not your mama’s #Bach

Best time with the fabulous @orchestraqnyc and the icon herself @qweenjd 🥲

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I’m no longer part of After Arts, but despite breaking with that organization, many friendships I made there persist. One of the great gifts of participating was meeting @its.evading, who has become a dear friend. She’s not only a flaming-hot flutist but also someone with major aspirations and the ability to inspire others. I remember talking to her about how difficult it is to make it in the arts, suggesting a patron structure for her @koeduo with Emma Kato, and she came back with, “I’m going to start an orchestra!”

@OrchestraQnyc is her brainchild: a troupe of awesome young musicians of her generation who come together to put on interesting multidisciplinary shows in Queens, where she lives. She noted that there was a dearth of classical ensembles compared to Manhattan and Brooklyn. I made it to their debut concert at a nightclub but missed the last two, so I was relieved to make it to the one this past Sunday.

This time the concert was in an art space, @sculpturecenter. In the large open space, we opened with some music provided by @djaball. The ensemble was composed of three violinists, two violists, two cellists, and a string bass, as well as Eva on flute and sax, an oboist, a French horn, a trumpet, and a keyboard.
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If I understand correctly, the music for the evening was orchestrated by @qweenjd, who not only has the chops to arrange tracks of music but has the musical knowledge to reconstruct familiar tunes from Beethoven, Bach, and Stravinsky, and even the Bruch Violin Concerto, a beloved piece that almost every advanced violinist learns as they grow up. Shaleah, in particular, just ripped it, but it was fun to see all three violinists exchanging riffs from the concerto.

The evening was complemented by the amazing moves of two dancers, @fabricioseraphin and the gorgeous @vvviictoriiaaa.

As Eva said, this is not your mom’s Sunday afternoon orchestra concert!

Bravo!

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Cultural events are unfolding all across Queens this year, and you’re invited!

Through the Queens Arts Fund, 129 bold, community-centered programs are bringing creativity into neighborhoods across the borough. Supported by $493,350 in funding from @NYCulture in partnership with @NYFAcurrent, these offerings span dance, playwriting, social practice, music, film, multidisciplinary, and visual art.

✨ Swipe through the photos of this post to check out just a few of this year’s grantees, and explore upcoming events by following #QAF2026 and visiting the link in our bio for programming details.

#NYCulture #NYC

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1. Gotham Dance Theater (QAF Arts Access ‘26) hosts “Summer Suite,” a high-energy performance series blending street jazz, contemporary, and hip-hop, set to global music. Image Credit: Robin Michals.

2. Eva Ding (QAF New Work ‘26) presents Orchestra Q’s Night Shift, which transforms the traditional orchestra into an immersive, club-inspired experience, on Sunday, May 3 at 7:30pm. Image Credit: Orchestra Q.

3. Harley Spiller (QAF New Work ‘26), “Curly, Wavy & Straight: Hair Salons & Barber Shops of Woodside Heights” will be exhibited alongside a block party at the Woodside Heights Art Museum on Monday, May 25 from 12-5pm. Image Credit: Woodside Heights Art Museum. Mural by @ladypinknyc.

4. Nina Fiore-Bogdanov (QAF New Work ‘26) premieres “Queens Stories,” following the immigrant stories of first-generation filmmakers at the Astoria Film Festival on Saturday, May 30 from 7:30-9:30pm. Image Credit: Astoria Film Festival.

5. Chloe Siebert (QAF New Work ‘26) presents “Twin Urns,” two large-scale urns on view at the Queens Botanical Garden through September 21. The urns will be burned in a public ceremony, and the ashes incorporated into the garden’s compost program. Image Credit: Courtesy of the artist.

6. Medusa (QAF New Work ‘26) leads Vatra Diaspora, a free outdoor event this August welcoming all to sing Carpatho-Rusyn folk songs around a simulated bonfire. Image Credit: Ward8Studios.

7. Rockaway Chamber Music (QAF Arts Access ‘26) brings classical music to the Rockaway peninsula this summer for a fourth season. Image Credit: Stephanie Samoy. A group of dancers in front of the unisphere.

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Come rave with me & my fire horse besties @orchestraqnyc & @djaball THIS Sunday, May 3, 7pm @sculpturecenter in Long Island City, Queens 💫💫💫💥💥💥🐎🐎🐎

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See you at Orchestra Q x QWEENJD’s latest show on Sunday night in LIC ooorrr…? 🥹🌅

New pics: @_oskar.001 🥰
New hur: @ayahn.03 😍

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Shredded my solo and also my tights 🤘

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we love a dramatic backlit moment 🤌🏼 a stunning clip of @its.evading and @kmiller295 from our very first Aperitono concert !

tickets out for 4/30 🎟️

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Cool shots from the other week with @orchestraqnyc

📸 @oskar.studio_

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