ChamberQUEER will celebrate Pride Month 2025 with Queer Ancestry, a festival highlighting LGBTQ+ excellence in chamber music, from June 5-15 at venues across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx.
The seventh annual festival from the Brooklyn-based collective features seven performances, most of them free, offering New Yorkers an immersive exploration of queer history and community through music.
The festival kicks off on June 5 at Judson Memorial Church in Manhattan with BaroQUEER: Historically Informed, a collaboration with the Grammy-winning Handel and Haydn Society and part of Carnegie Hall’s Citywide Festival. Additional performances span iconic New York spaces, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, and Brooklyn’s beloved Branded Saloon.
Founded in 2018, ChamberQUEER is a Brooklyn-rooted collective committed to radically inclusive classical music experiences, and the Queer Ancestry festival continues their mission to elevate LGBTQ+ voices in New York City’s rich cultural landscape.
Festival Highlights Include
BaroQUEER: Historically Informed (6/5, Judson Memorial Church)
A revolutionary look at queer influences in Baroque music, featuring artists like Reginald Mobley and Brian Mummert.
BaroQUEER: Here’s the Summer, Sprightly, Gay (6/7, The Met Museum)
An exuberant celebration of radical love through early and contemporary works.
Tributaries: A Wet Ritual for Witnessing (6/9, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
A reflective ritual performance honoring queer ancestors, combined with a post-event art therapy workshop.
Only This Room (6/13, Coffey Street Studio, Brooklyn)
An immersive, site-specific concert reimagining queer genealogy through words and music.
String QUEERtet (6/14, Branded Saloon, Brooklyn)
An outdoor Brooklyn Pride celebration featuring a dynamic string quartet.
Queer Artist Mixer & Show-and-Tell (6/15, Location TBD)
A community-driven showcase of LGBTQ+ creativity and collaboration.
Wear Yellow Proudly: Memoirs of a Gaysian (6/15, Red Eye NY)
A heartfelt exploration of Queer-Asian identities through song and storytelling.
In addition to festival events, ChamberQUEER will co-present Resistance Strategies with The Rhythm Method at Americas Society on May 16, an empowering pre-festival concert examining the sound of queer liberation.
ChamberQUEER’s 2025 Pride Festival is made possible through support from the New York State Council on the Arts, the Brooklyn Arts Council, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, reinforcing its deep roots in New York’s vibrant arts community.
Tickets and event details can be found at ChamberQUEER.org.
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