With an activist voice that is impassioned yet adherent to scholarly rigor, Playing it Queer provides an original and compelling ethnographic account of the relationship between popular music, queer self-fashioning and (sub)cultural world-making.
Call Number: ML3918.P67 J64 2012
Aficionados of music, dance, opera and musical theatre will relish this volume featuring over 200 articles showcasing composers, singers, musicians, dancers and choreographers across eras and styles.
Call Number: Ref ML100 .Q44 2004
Comparing queer choral performances to the uses of group singing within the civil rights and labor movements, Julia "Jules" Balén maps the relationship between different forms of oppression and strategic musical forms of resistance. She also explores the potential this queer communal space creates for mobilizing progressive social action.
Call Number: ML3917.U6 B35 2017
The Singing Teacher's Guide to Transgender Voices is the first comprehensive resource developed for training transgender and non- binary singers. This text aids in the development of voice pedagogy tailored to the needs of transgender singers, informed by cultural competence, and bolstered by personal narratives of trans and non- binary singing students.
Call Number: MT820 .J13 2018
Queer Episodes in Music and Modern Identity approaches modern sexuality by way of music. Through the hidden or lost stories of composers, scholars, patrons, performers, audiences, repertoires, venues, and specific works, this intriguing volume explores points of intersection between music and queerness in Europe and the United States in the years 1870 to 1950--a period when dramatic changes in musical expression and in the expression of individual sexual identity played similar roles in washing away the certainties of the past.
Call Number: ML63 .Q44 2002
The resources on this page are not a comprehensive list of everything that is available in the library. To find more, try searching the catalog for a specific composer or performer or use search terms such as 'LGBTQ musicians,' 'gay musicians,' 'trans musicians,' or 'gay composers.'