Xadie James Antonio (they/them) is a queer and non-binary, Denver based musician, composer, songwriter, animator, and director. They are a multi instrumentalist that specializes in double bass, electric bass, and drums but also plays piano, keys, cello, strings, guitar, and brass. Their most recent musical performance act titled ‘meek’, is a subversive queer performance that uses sensors attached to drums to trigger samples of synthesizers and drum machines, while simultaneously singing distorted and effected vocals. Xadie also performs double bass with the Denver Philharmonic Orchestra. They have been with the DPO since 2014. They teach strings at the afterschool music program El Sistema. Xadie is a stop animation and rotoscope animation artist. They make music videos for their musical projects as well as others. They create nostalgic scenes using magazines, clay, dolls, paper, and other found materials. You can find them in their home studio building sets, cutting up old magazines, playing piano, and staying up too late drinking tea.

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