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Gallery Particulier presents a Killer Queen Opera evening of music by Jay St Flono
Gallery Particulier presents
A Killer Queen Opera Evening of Music by Jay St Flono
We are thrilled to invite you to the second installment in The Patricia Ellen Singing Artist Residency curated and performed by the incredible sopranista Jay St. Flono: Good Church Boys Do Not Become Artists.
May 21, 2026 at 7PM
for a special recital
Told in three acts, the work is as hybrid as the performer behind it. Part memoir, part performance, and part recital, this monodrama explores the innate courage found in the full exploration of the self in a world designed to hide it from you. Good Church Boys Do Not Become Artists explores the marriage between words and song, calling up the question: what does it mean for a queer Black American classical singer to not just be an interpreter of music, but a creator of music and worlds, blurring the line between interpreter, creator, librettist, singer and composer into a complete whole?
Featuring the music of Roland Hayes, James Dargan, Mary Prescott, Jay St. Flono and Patricia Ellen Turner, Good Church Boys Do Not Become Artists hurls the audience into a defiant act of realization and self-discovery.
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CAN’T MAKE IT THIS TIME? WANT TO MARK YOUR CALENDAR FOR THE NEXT EVENT WITH JAY? CHECK OUT THE RESIDENCY SCHEDULE BELOW:
June 21st, 2026 at 7:00 pm at Pangea (New York, NY)
ABOUT THE PATRICIA ELLEN SINGING ARTIST RESIDENCY:
The Patricia Ellen Singing Artist Residency is focused on classically-trained and multi-genre singers (age 25 – 65+) who have not yet landed management and/or major performance contracts as solo artists. Applicants must demonstrate a desire to explore multidisciplinary expressions outside of the mainstream opera/classical music industry. Applicants are encouraged to think outside of the box as they create collaborative performance opportunities for themselves that are actively engaged with their respective communities and seek to break social barriers that impede artists from fully enjoying their careers.
This residency is named for Patricia Ellen Moore-Turner, the late mother of Jay Saint Flono. Patricia was a classically-trained singing-artist and actress from Brooklyn, New York and a celebrated member of the National Association of Negro Musicians. Patricia studied Voice under operatic tenor Chauncey Northern at the Northern Vocal Art School (CAMI Hall) and then Musical Theater & Vocal Performance under Charlene Wynkoop-Berry and Richard Harper at SUNY Old Westbury’s School of American Music Dance and Theater. She later specialized in Afro-American Sacred Music as a leading soloist, leading numerous artistic engagements in her community from the classroom to theatrical and site-specific performance spaces.
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WHO IS PERFORMING?
Jay Saint Flono, artist-in-residence & sopranista
Jay St. Flono (sopranista) is a classical singer, actor, librettist and author from Brooklyn, New York. Having performed in both avant-garde and traditional productions, Jay has worked with artists such as Bill T. Jones in “Deep Blue Sea” (2021) and has appeared with NYC Opera, the Unsung Collective at Lincoln Center and in concert as a soloist with the Grace Chorale of Brooklyn and SugarHill Salon. Jay was a 2019-2021 Librettist Fellow with Composers and the Voice (AOP) where they completed the libretto, Spirit in the Vine.
Giulia Magarelli, pianist
Giulia Magarelli (she/her) is passionate, creative, and curious. Not only a classically trained pianist with two master’s degrees from Italian Conservatory, but also an eclectic mind, with a business-driven approach to music. Giulia created a new project that connects piano to yoga, plays the accordion, the organ and she has worked as cruise ship musician with MSC cruise lines. She has performed in several concert venues as piano soloist and piano accompanist. Her most recent productions include Cinderella with Vermont Barn Opera and NJ Zombie Opera’s show. Giulia speaks seven languages and works as a freelance interpreter as well.
And featuring…
Mishonna McCottry
Tatianna Overton