Decadent, Degenerate & Downright Dangerous: A Pride Concert

Come join us for an exciting program of music that was just too spicy to be let loose in public!

“Decadent,” "degenerate" and "downright dangerous!" (Sen. Joe McCarthy) are all labels used to describe the music, composers and performers featured on our annual Pride concert.

Our program starts in Germany, where the Ambassadors follow the path of musical suppression from 1934 to its inevitable conclusion in World War 2. We'll explore the degenerate sounds of music by the Comedian Harmonists, Hans Eisler, Kurt Weill, Max Bruch and others.

The Community Chorale cross the Atlantic, where a more diffuse -- but no less strange -- parallel of Nazi-style artistic repression occurred in America during the 1950s/60s. This will showcase “downright dangerous” music by American-Jewish composer Aaron Copland, as well as folk music from musicians like Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Harry Belafonte and more.

This project is made possible in part with funds from Creative Engagement, a regrant program(s) supported by the funding agencies The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Howard Gilman Foundation, and administered by LMCC.