How did you come to join QUO? George – After moving to the city four years ago for school, I was missing an outlet to play music with a group. A colleague at school told me about the group, but it took until this year for my schedule to free up on rehearsal nights. I was hooked after the first …
Suzanne Lipkin
How did you come to join QUO? A couple of years ago, I played in a piece for QUOtets written by my friend Seth Bedford, whose cabaret ensemble I had played with for many years. I was so impressed by the friendliness and creativity at QUO that it stayed with me ever since, and I decided to join this season! …
Kyle Thomas Payton
How did you come to join QUO? I joined QUO in 2010 after a couple of years of searching online for a LGBT orchestra in the NYC area. Growing up in NC there were no such groups, and I always dreamed of being a part of something so special. I sent them an email request to join, thus beginning my journey …
Aaron Patterson
How did you come to join QUO? I first heard about QUO when I met Eric Hayslett (French horn) through a mutual friend from college. He had just moved to NYC and recently joined. I first played with QUO on a Fall 2011 concert as a tenor saxophonist for a Broadway medley programmed. How long have you been playing …
Brian Harrington
Brian Harrington – First Violin How did you come to join QUO? Once upon a time, back in 2008, I was out of work and working Temp jobs. While working an assignment, I met Ben Solis (who also plays in QUO). We became friends working together and shortly after I learned Ben was also a musician. I saw Ben was …
Ligia Mie Sakurai
Ligia plays piano and violin in QUO, and joined us in September of 2015. How did you come to join QUO? I heard of QUO through friends, some of them already playing with LGBAC and QUO. Being part of an orchestra sounded new and challenging because my experience as a pianist was either as a soloist or as part of …
Brian Shaw
Brian plays oboe, saxophone, and percussion in QUO (and has also played flute, trombone, and also every other instrument), and joined us in October 2009. How did you come to join QUO? I was at a bar with some friends shortly after moving to NYC in 2009 when a couple people I didn’t know came to join us, both carrying …
Christian Smythe
Christian plays oboe and English horn in QUO (and has also played piano and percussion, and sang, and arranged for QUOtets, and I think that’s everything) and is a founding member. How did you come to join QUO? I am a founding member of QUO! I’ve played with the Big Apple Corps band since 1998 (!). Rumbling about the need …
Adrienne Lloyd
Adrienne plays double bass and joined QUO in October 2015 How did you come to join QUO? I had just returned from teaching out of town for the summer and was catching up with some friends on a rooftop in Manhattan, one of whom is this amazing accompanist and music critic named Eduard Laurel (who writes under the moniker Crack …
Joe Caldarise
Joe plays euphonium and trombone, and joined QUO in May 2016.How did you come to join QUO?After being a member of the LGBAC, I heard some people mention QUO from time to time. I’m always looking for new opportunities to play, and getting to play orchestral repertoire is an absolute dream for me. As a euphonium player, the orchestra world …