With a little help from a famous drag queen, Daniel Bartholomew-Poyser is re-imagining the symphony

“Bartholomew-Poyser works with orchestras across North America, conducting and creating shows and concerts that connect with “specific target audiences and diverse groups” that are usually not populations traditionally associated with the orchestral world. One fabulous example? His teaming up with Symphony Nova Scotia and RuPaul’s Drag Race contestant Thorgy Thor to create Thorgy and the Thorchestra, the first orchestral drag show in Canada.  And its the journey they undertook together that’s at the heart of the new documentary Disruptor Conductor, which is airing on CBC this Thursday as part of CBC Doc POV.”