NY ORCHESTRA PERFORMS ANIME STRING MUSIC Second Season Begins in October

NEW YORK, NY – Tuesday, September 1, 2015 – Anime music will take center stage at iconiQ The Soundtrack Orchestra's intimate concert “愛のORCHESTRA [LOVEOrchestra]: The Best Anime String Music,” 8pm Friday, October 9 at Christ & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church in New York City.

Marking the start of the "musical nerdfest's" 2015-16 performing season (penned “Season II”), the evening performance will feature music for strings and harp from popular anime series such as Black Butler: Book of Circus, Cardcaptor Sakura, InuYasha, Naruto, Spirited Away, Yona of the Dawn , and more. Audience members will have the opportunity to vote on the encore piece – either “Theme of SSS” from Angel Beats or "Sis Puella Magica!" from Puella Magi Madoka Magica . Music from the ensemble's 2014 sold-out debut concert — SERASYMPHONY: Sailor Moon Symphony – will also be performed.

Watch "Guren no Yumiya” ( Attack on Titan ) String Quintet tribute video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAje-TFglLE

“LOVEOrchestra” will be held at Christ & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church at 120 West 69th Street between Broadway and Columbus Ave. Tickets are $20 and a 25% discount is available for students and New York Comic Con 2015 attendees. Reservations can be made online at http://www.iconiquestra.org/loveorchestra .

For more information, visit http://www.iconiquestra.org/ .

ABOUT ICONIQ THE SOUNDTRACK ORCHESTRA: Proudly confessing their “unhealthy addiction to animation,” iconiQ The Soundtrack Orchestra is a quirky chamber ensemble that pays tribute to anime, cartoon, and video game soundtracks through music videos, interactive social events, and concerts. Currently, the group is touring the United States with its tribute concert to Sailor Moon SERASYMPHONY: Sailor Moon Symphony.

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Promo Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3WBmOfVR9U