{"id":96440,"date":"2023-05-29T12:41:55","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T16:41:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=96440"},"modified":"2023-05-29T12:41:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T16:41:55","slug":"preview-fabulosity-virtuosity-tso-celebrates-pride-thorgy-thor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2023\/05\/29\/preview-fabulosity-virtuosity-tso-celebrates-pride-thorgy-thor\/","title":{"rendered":"PREVIEW | Fabulosity &amp; Virtuosity: The TSO Celebrates Pride With Thorgy Thor"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_96443\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96443\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Thorgy-THor-Preview.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Thorgy Thor &amp; Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (Photos courtesy of the TSO) \" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96443\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Thorgy Thor &amp; Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser (Photos courtesy of the TSO)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Thorgy Thor, the Queen of Classical Music, and the TSO\u2019s first ever drag headliner, will help the orchestra celebrate Pride with a special concert on June 11 in Roy Thomson Hall. The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) has partnered with Pride Toronto in creating the Official Pride Toronto cultural event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not only the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, but we are also proudly Toronto\u2019s symphony orchestra, and what\u2019s important to the city and its people is important to us,\u201d said <strong>Mark Williams<\/strong>, CEO of the TSO ion a statement. \u201cPride Toronto\u2019s mission \u2014 to be known, heard, understood, accepted, respected, and celebrated \u2014 resonates deeply with us. At the TSO, we are unified in our belief in the power of music to connect, heal, and transcend boundaries. This concert is more than a celebration \u2014 it\u2019s about harnessing the transformative power of music to uplift, unify, and inspire. And of course, it\u2019s going to be incredibly fun.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Impresarios Club Pride Salon<\/h3>\n<p>The TSO is launching their Pride month celebrations with the Impresarios Club Pride Salon, hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tso.ca\/support-the-tso\/impresarios-club\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Impresarios Club<\/a> and <strong>Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser<\/strong> on <strong>June 4<\/strong>, beginning with pre-party music at 2 p.m.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The event begins with a musical program in the Roy Thomson Hall lobby atrium;<\/li>\n<li>A sextet of TSO musicians will play classical and pop music;<\/li>\n<li>The party follows with a reception on the patio at 3 p.m., where music will be provided by DJ Fawn Big Canoe.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tickets for the Impresarios Club Pride Salon are on sale <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/my.tso.ca\/3146\/3147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_96444\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-96444\" style=\"width: 1160px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-96444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Daniel-and-Thorgy.jpg\" alt=\"L-R: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser &amp; Thorgy Thor (Photo: Max Attwood)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"775\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-96444\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">L-R: Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser &amp; Thorgy Thor (Photo: Max Attwood)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>Thorgy Thor and the Thorchestra<\/h3>\n<p>Thorgy Thor and the Thorchestra will take the stage at Roy Thomson Hall on Sunday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser conducts.<\/p>\n<p>Thorgy Thor, aka Shane Thor Galligan, shot to international stardom on the 8th season of RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race. Thor&#8217;s credentials as a musician, however, are impeccable. Having studied at the University of Hartford Hartt School in Connecticut, Thor went on to graduate from the State University of New York, Purchase with a Bachelor of Music in both viola and violin performance.<\/p>\n<p>Thor and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser, the TSO\u2019s Barrett Principal Education Conductor &amp; Community Ambassador, have been working together since creating Thorgy and the Thorchestra, which debuted at Halifax Pride in 2018 with Symphony Nova Scotia. The show has since toured from Vancouver to North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>The program includes favourite classical pieces as well as pop music songs in a combination of music, comedy, and theatricality, with guest artists including <strong>Adam \u201cMiss Mo\u00e7o\u201d Moco<\/strong>, <strong>Matthew \u201cSnoopy\u201d Cuff<\/strong>, and soprano <strong>Midori Marsh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The TSO\u2019s Mark Williams and Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser talked about Thorgy Thor, creating new 2SLGBTQ+ safe spaces, and drag as an art form in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tso.ca\/noteworthy\/pride-and-joy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a conversation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor me, Pride is unthinkable without music,\u201d said Bartholomew-Poyser. \u201cOur goal is to create a show that connects with the audience on multiple levels, offering them experiences that are fresh, unexpected, and deeply personal. We are incredibly excited to bring Thorgy\u2019s unique creativity and performance to our stage.<\/p>\n<p>Thorgy is also a professional musician, working in New York, playing multiple instruments. So it was really a great idea to have her as a headliner, bringing her creativity to the stage.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for the June 11 concert at Roy Thomson Hall are on sale now <strong>[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tso.ca\/concerts-and-events\/events\/thorgy-thor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thorgy Thor, the TSO\u2019s first ever drag headliner, will help the orchestra celebrate Pride with a special concert on June 11 in Roy Thomson Hall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":96443,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[40430,76,19,875,4967,49,4557,63],"tags":[38076,35995,40650],"yst_prominent_words":[32137,20747,6616,21542,20750,6843,6674,6826,6683,32860,6825],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/Thorgy-THor-Preview.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-p5u","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96440"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96445,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96440\/revisions\/96445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96443"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96440"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=96440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}