Selections Familiar & Rare, & a World Premiere Help Mark Big Apple Corps’ Big 3-0

November 15, 2009 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York City, New York Q News, News, Q on Stage · Comments Off 
Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band - photo courtesy of The Gay Big Apple Corps

Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band - photo courtesy of The Gay Big Apple Corps

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By Bruce-Michael Gelbert

Our community’s cherished band, the Big Apple Corps, in its formal concert incarnation as the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band, celebrated the pearl anniversary of the Corps’ founding, in 1979, with “Generations: A 30-Year Celebration,” Read more

Big Apple Corps, the LGBT Band, Celebrates Big 3-0 with Symphony Space Concert, with Guest Appearance By Composer-Pianist James Adler

October 29, 2009 · Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Buzz, New York City, New York Q News · Comments Off 
Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band - photo provided by Big Apple Corps

Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps Symphonic Band - photo provided by Big Apple Corps

Source: www.newyorkqnews.com
By Bruce-Michael Gelbert

Much of our community’s principle acquaintance with the Lesbian & Gay Big Apple Corps, which this year marks the 30th anniversary of its founding, is as the marching band with a prominent presence in the annual LGBT Pride March on the last Sunday in June. And it was in a similar capacity that 40 of its members joined another 137 members of the Lesbian and Gay Band Association from all over the country to participate in a most historic occasion this past January, marching in President Barack Obama’s inaugural parade Read more