Cal Poly Pomona University Library
Presents
"Queering the Pitch"
Famous LGBTQ Musicians
Whose Music Changed the World
You are invited to a presentation celebrating famous LGBTQ Musicians whose music has changed the world. The presentation "Queering the Pitch" will highlight famous gay musicians like
- Aaron Copeland
- Leonard Bernstein
- John Cage
- Charles Griffis
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
- Little Richard
- Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears
- Janis Joplin
- Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith
- David Bowie
- Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington
- Cole Porter
- Stephen Sondheim
- Maurice Ravel
- Elton John
- Boy George
- Samuel Barber and Gian Carlo Menotti
- Pauline Oliveros
- Franz Schubert
- George Frideric Handel
- Georg Philipp Telemann
- top acts like the Pet Shop Boys
- and famous art song composer Ned Rorem
Tuesday, October 23
12:00- 1:00 pm
Special Events Room 4829
University Library
Presenter: Danette Cook Adamson
Music Librarian