"BIRTHDAY PRESENCE" BY JASMINE RICE LABEIJA

Singer Jasmine Rice LaBeija
Pianist Lachlan Glen

PROGRAM

“Baby Goats” (Korean Children song)
By Soon Hyung Lee

“Caro mio ben”
By Tommaso Giordani

“Non t’amo più”
By Paolo Tosti

“L’ultima canzone”
By Paolo Tosti

“Comfort Ye… Ev’ry Valley” from Messiah
By George Frideric Handel

A Mid-Program Snack

“I Bought Me a Cat” from Old American Songs, Set 1
By Aaron Copland

“Widmung” from Myrthen, Op. 25
By Robert Schumann

“New York Lights” from A View from the Bridge
By William Bolcom

“Ride on King Jesus”
By H. Johnson

Yamaha is the official piano of Works & Process.

ABOUT
Jasmine Rice LaBeija is one of the most iconic and respected nightlife entertainers in NYC. She has had a hold on the drag scene since Pride of 2012, and she is now the International Godmother of the House of LaBeija. In 2017, she was one of the main cast members on the documentary series Shade: Queens of NYC on Fusion network. She was later a host of Dragged, which won a Shorty Award in Diversity & Inclusion, for Verizon’s network In The Know. More recently, she was featured in a short film called Inside & Outwards, narrated by Sarah Jessica Parker which has won an Emmy Award. In 2022 she was part of a short film which premiered at the Tribeca film festival. Aside from her drag career, Jasmine is also an opera singer and a graduate of The Juilliard School. She continues to further her career in both opera and drag and performs around the world. She was the face of 2020 NYC Pride and a featured artist at Works & Process at the Guggenheim. Most recently she made her San Diego debut at the Shell with the San Diego Symphony as a special guest soloist with Megan Hilty and Rob Fisher as the conductor.