Conspiracy of Beards
a 30-member a capella male choir performing the songs of Leonard Cohen
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Conspiracy of Beards at Rockwood Music Hall
May 7, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
$10 - $15Event Navigation
A midnight choir sings the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen
Rockwood Music Hall
Sunday, May 7 – 7PM Showtime
$10 advance / $15 door
CONSPIRACY OF BEARDS
San Francisco’s Conspiracy of Beards is a midnight choir that performs a cappella arrangements of the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen. Now in their 20th season, the choir returns to NYC for their 9th East Coast tour.
Well dressed in suits, ties, and the occasional fedora, the choir brings an energized live choral music experience out of churches and tabernacles and into the taverns, art houses, and theaters of the Bay Area and beyond. Transforming Cohen’s lyrics and simple melodies into complex 4- and 5-part harmonies, and with a wide variety of small ensemble and full choir pieces, Conspiracy of Beards achieves a sound that is both robust and tender. Drawing on influences ranging from jazz and gospel to barbershop and doo-wop, the unique arrangements that choir members create capture all of the emotion and humor of Leonard Cohen’s original music and inspire audiences to ponder common human experiences like romance, heartbreak, politics, sex, longing, and spirituality.
Formed in 2003 through the inspiration of the late San Francisco performance artist Peter Kadyk, his brother Patrick Kadyk, along with friend and composer Daryl Henline, gathered a small group of friends to learn and sing a couple of Leonard Cohen songs as a tribute.
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