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the latest news • 15th Oct, 2024 • 0 Comments

PAD X Returns to WOMEX - Manchester, England October 23 - 27

The PAD X England Delegation The 2024 PADX delegates are going to WOMEX – Worldwide Music Expo in Manchester, United Kingdom from October 23 - October 27. This year we…

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the latest news • 2nd Oct, 2024 • 0 Comments

FYC: Things Are Looking Up

FOR YOUR GRAMMY CONSIDERATION: Things Are Looking Up
Voting opens on Friday, October 4th!

"If you're sensitive to this form of authenticity, this album…

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the latest news • 13th Jun, 2024 • 0 Comments

Recipient, 2024 New Music USA Creator Fund

Queen Esther is the recipient of the 2024 New Music USA Creator Fund: New York City for her new idea -- All Cats Are Beautiful. This project takes Queen Esther's…

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the latest news • 1st Apr, 2024 • 0 Comments

An Off Broadway Staged Reading for Blackbirding

Blackbirding -- a solo show
written and performed by Queen Esther
directed by Lorna Ventura
produced by Alverneq Lindsay Accompanied by guitarist/banjoist Ayodele Maatheru (Paradise Square, Lackawanna…

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the latest news • 10th Sep, 2023 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther is a member of Keychange US Talent and Development Program

Keychange U.S., a charitable non-profit organization working to foster and champion greater gender equity and inclusion within the music industry, has announced the inaugural cohort of its U.S. Talent Development…

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the latest news • 3rd Aug, 2023 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther is a member of Joe's Pub Working Group 2023 - 2024

From broadwayworld.com: Joe's Pub, a program of The Public Theater, announces the artist selections for the 2023-2024 Joe’s Pub Working Group (JPWG). The working group aims to enrich the sustainability…

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the latest news • 3rd Jul, 2023 • 0 Comments

Western Arts Alliance's PAD X at WOMEX 23

Queen Esther has been selected to be a member of Western Arts Alliance's PAD X Delegation to WOMEX 23 in A Coruña Gallacia Spain. This is the first time that…

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the latest news • 30th May, 2023 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther is a 2023 Writer-in-Residence with The Orchard Project

The Orchard Project is honored to host its first cohort of writers-in-residence as part of the Performance Lab in Saratoga Springs. The 2023 Writers-in-Residence include: Queen Esther (Blackbirding), Deepa Purohit…

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the latest news • 5th Apr, 2023 • 0 Comments

The 2023 Western Arts Alliance Performing Arts Discovery Program

Performing Arts Discovery Showcase: artists on the rise and ready to tour internationally. Queen Esther is one of 25 US based artists chosen by Western Arts Alliance (WAA) to bring…

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the latest news • 28th Sep, 2022 • 0 Comments

Official Selection: Global Music Match 2022

2022 Global Music Match
September 1st - December 15th
60 Artists -- 16 countries
The biggest music collaboration in the world!

Queen Esther is…

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the latest news • 20th Sep, 2022 • 0 Comments

FREE Concert Music Series in NYC: In Search of a Song

In Search of a Song: The Tour, a Lunchtime Music Series
Sponsored by Arts Brookfield and curated by New Song Music

Wednesday, September 21st at Manhattan…

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the latest news • 20th Mar, 2022 • 0 Comments

Queen Esther - Grant Recipient, NYC Women's Fund in Media, Music and Theatre

Queen Esther has received a grant from the NYC Women's Fund for her next alt-Americana album Blackbirding. With this song cycle, she uses the Gettysburg battlefield to make reclamation driven…

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