MusicTalks Present: LGBTQ Spring Soirée Featuring Seth Sikes

MusicTalks is proud to present another exciting LGBTQ Soirée including two concert vignettes performed by our top artists.

7:00 pm - Tina Bouey of the Award Winning Ulysses Quartet performing Bach and Red Violin Caprices by Gay American Composer John Corgiliano

7:45 pm - Nightclub Star Seth Sikes sings some of Judy Garland's greatest hits

With an open bar offering wine, beer and cocktails, our audience is invited to feel at home and enjoy our unique and engaging Soirée experience.

The event will take place on Thursday, May 4th at 6:30-8:30 pm at WeWork Chelsea, Located on 115 West 18th Street, New York, NY. Tickets are $30 in advance or $40 at the door and are available at: www.music-talks.com

About MusicTalks:

MusicTalks brings classical music to an intimate and informal setting. Performed by the finest young artists, MusicTalks breaks down the barriers between musicians and audience by taking advantage of the intimacy that chamber music provides. With engaging and interactive conversation, the listener is given an experience that truly makes Music Talk.

About Seth Sikes:

Seth Sikes is one of New York's most popular nightclub singers around today. He made his Feinstein's/54 Below debut with his critically-acclaimed show Seth Sikes Sings Judy Garland which was named as Broadway World's Best Tribute Show. The critics were just as kind for his follow-up show Seth Sikes Sings Liza Minnelli and The New York Post said, "It was a heartfelt concert. Sikes has a heap of fans and his audiences are always tightly packed and brimming with enthusiasm for his booming, jazzy renditions of their favorite songs."

Before becoming one of New York's most talked-about performers Sikes worked in the theater behind the scenes. He was the Assistant Director of The Band's Visit and The Nance on Broadway (starring Nathan Lane and directed by Jack O'Brien), and of the Off-Broadway productions of Tribes (directed by David Cromer) and Pageant. His other Assistant Director credits include Sondheim: The Birthday Concert (directed by Lonny Price), and Sweet Bird of Youth (directed by David Cromer and starring Diane Lane).

He directed the original musical Bunked!, which won Outstanding Musical at the New York International Fringe Festival in 2010, as well as The 7th Annual Broadway Beauty Pageant. As a performer, Sikes performed in Fame on 42nd Street Off-Broadway.

About Tina Bouey:

Canadian violinist, Christina Bouey, is hailed by the New York Times for playing "beautifully," by the New York Post, "When violinist Christina Bouey spun out that shimmering tune, I thought I died and went to heaven," and by Opera News, for playing "with exquisite, quivering beauty." Among her awards and prizes include the Grand Prize at the Fischoff Competition, Hugo Kortchak Award for outstanding achievement in chamber music, Heida Hermann International, Canadian National Music Festival, Queens Concerto Competition, and the Balsam Duo Competition.

Christina has performed as soloist with the Tonku?nstler Ensemble, Metro Chamber Orchestra, Bergen Symphony, Manhattan School of Music Orchestra, Prince Edward Island Symphony, Banff Orchestra, Shattered Glass and the Hemenway Strings. Her solo and chamber performance credits include Carnegie Hall, Esterházy Palace, Yamaha Center Auditorium, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harvard Club of New York, the Chromatic Club of Boston, Montreal Chamber Festival and the Indian River Festival. She has also been featured on WQXR New York. Christina has collaborated with artists such as Jeremy Denk, Paul Coletti, Lynn Chang, David Geber, Clive Greensmith, Joji Hattori, Nicholas Mann, Irina Muresanu, and Bright Sheng.

Christina graduated from Manhattan School of Music (2013) with a Professional Studies Certificate in Orchestral Performance, studying with Glenn Dicterow and Lisa Kim as a full scholarship student, (2012) with a Professional Studies Certificate, studying with Laurie Smukler, and in 2011 she received a Master of Music, while studying with Nicholas Mann. Her Bachelor of Music (Magnum cum laude) is from The Boston Conservatory; where she studied with Irina Muresanu as a full-scholarship student.

In June 2014, as part of the 150 year celebrations on PEI, Juilliard dancers performed a modern dance to her first compositional commission for solo violin, with Christina playing it on the violin. Christina is currently serving as concertmaster of the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and is a member/founder of the Ulysses String Quartet. She plays a 1900 Scarampella on generous loan from the Canada Council Instrument Bank.