TONIGHT MARE! an evening of song, memory and melodrama!

Sunday, November 24, 2024 at 6pm

TONIGHT MARE…

Tiana Hux and The New Quorum (TNQ) present “Tonight Mare,” an evening of song, memory and melodrama! Tiana Hux, vocalist/performer of Malevitus and MC Sweet Tea, joins forces with vocalist/songwriter Carmela Rappazzo for an intimate “family” gathering of music and memories. Working in the cabaret tradition weaving music and memories, they unpack the family drama looking back at world travels with patriarch, husband and father, Enzo Russo, on what would have been his 80th birthday.  Featured performers include Tiana Hux with Joe Cabral (The Iguanas) and Jonathan Freilich (The New Orleans Klezmer All Stars) and Carmela Rapazzo with Russel Welch and Chris Beroes-Haigis. Guests are invited to come together to celebrate and reminisce about days gone by. The evening ends with a dance set (audience participation encouraged) featuring all performers.

This is Ms. Hux and the New Quorum’s 2nd production reuniting after sold out performances in January/June 2019 of “A Day Late and A Dollar Short,” an immersive music/dance narrative set in a Storyville brothel written/directed by Ms. Hux with Sarah Inman and the cast.

Tonight Mare is a multi-sensual experience within the intimacy of a 19th century Esplanade Avenue mansion. Admission includes a light buffet and classic cocktails in the courtyard. 

  • Sunday, November 24, 2024 at The New Quorum

  • Doors open at 6pm with Hors d'oeuvres and a complimentary classic cocktail

  • Show starts at 6:30pm with three (3) intimate sets

  • Tickets $40 includes performance, complimentary cocktail and light buffet

  • Limited seating available. 

Ambient music by Marcus Bronson, media by Betsy Weiss, craft cocktails by Jimmy Dews, food by Gianna Chachere

Purchase tickets here, for additional information, please visit:  www.newquorum.org 

Performers/Collaborators

Chris Beroes-Haigis is a musician who lives in New Orleans. He composes, arranges, records and performs in a range of styles; from the fully notated to the fully improvised. As a cellist and guitarist, Chris performs with artists Jennie Brent, Freddie Blue, Mark Carroll, Chris Christy, George Elizondo, Gabrielle Fischler, Violeta del Rio, Meschiya Lake, Martin Masakowski, Sofia Mock, Semaj & The Blues Experiment, Sarah Quintana, Carmela Rappazzo, Paul Sanchez, Russell Welch, and B.K. Zervigon, among others.

Marcus Bronson originally from Massachusetts moved to New Orleans in 1996 to pursue music and art. He's been a cook, worked on Mardi Gras floats, antiques and sound and lights for local clubs and companies. With music being his real passion he's always been in bands. After being in a number of original rock bands as a bass player, he found a group of friends that became Malevitus. 

Joe Cabral is a multi- instrumentalist living in New Orleans. A founding member of the Iguanas, he plays in many other ensembles including the legendary Valparaiso Men’s Chorus.

For 35 years Jonathan Freilich has played guitar and composed for legends, equally worthy lesser knowns, and escaped intact from some of the world’s great festivals. Notable work includes 4 operas, a small, scalable hillock of art music, art songs, horn and string arrangements, and keeping some unusual bands together, while the rest remains shrouded in legend and mythology. It’s all mainly about meaning and the significance of music in human life and, details are compiled in corners of the net, (but he’d rather you spent the time talking to the living, off screen).

Tiana Hux is a Performance Artist and vocalist based in New Orleans.  She loves collaborating with other artists and has produced/written/directed countless live music events, 3 full length records, videos and site specific immersive work in Louisiana, Texas, Florida and California for 25 years.  Greatest hits include her writing and performance in Richard Linklater’s feature film Waking Life, seeing rock band Queens of the Stone Age cover her 2004 song Properfukt along with Amy Schumer selecting it for her 2022 TV show Life and Beth.  Concurrently, she works in Early Childhood Education. 

Described as a storyteller of picturesque tales, Carmela Rappazzo has released nine studio recordings of her own, as well as appearing on the recordings of others and worked as an actress and voice over artist on several feature films, television shows and in theater companies. She has played in music festivals with her own bands and with others and gigged extensively throughout her career in many U.S. cities, London and Toronto. She has resided in New York, Los Angeles and La Fragua, New Mexico but calls New Orleans her ultimate home. 

Betsy Weiss is a media maker, visual artist,  and social justice advocate based in New Orleans. She loves collaborating with community organizations and other artists working in all mediums. She teaches digital media at Tulane University and is the editor of the forthcoming book, Back to the World: Reflections on Reentry, in collaboration with Voice of the Experienced (VOTE.)

Russell Welch is an electrifying force in jazz guitar hailing from the heart of New Orleans and proudly representing Jackson, Mississippi. As an independent recording artist, dynamic performer, and visionary band-leader, Russell Welch has taken his music across the globe, captivating audiences in festivals, concerts, clubs, and exclusive events spanning 12 countries and counting.