The Rogue Diplomats are an Irish-American Pub Band based in both New York City and Bethlehem, PA. They perform the spirited melodies and lyrical story-telling of traditional Irish jigs, shanties, drinking songs and ballads, with a dash of contemporary American folk songs and original compositions, all delivered in close harmony and with charmingly irreverent humor.
The Rogue Diplomats got their start in Astoria, Queens, playing annual St. Patrick’s Day shows at Blackbird’s Bar. They’ve since gone on to play Bloomsday on Broadway, the annual celebration of the works of James Joyce at Symphony Space in NYC, and a multitude of pubs in New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The Diplomats have also headlined at Musikfest, the Annual Celtic Classic Highland Games & Festival in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Celtic Fling & Highland Games at Mount Hope and the Shawnee Mountain Celtic Festival. Their full-length studio album, WHISKEY PICNIC is available now on iTunes & Amazon Music. They are available for Festivals, Weddings, Concert Shows, and Events.
The Rogue Diplomats are: Brian Donnelly (Guitar/Vocals), Matthew Breiner (Bodhrán/Tin Whistle/Vocals), Patrick Marran (Irish Bouzouki/Guitar/Vocals), Nathan Diehl (Accordion/ Vocals), and Christine Scharf Breiner (Vocals).

Composer focusing on immersive hybrid musical theatre works.
Premieres and performances include The United Nations, Lincoln Center, Dallas Symphony Myerson Hall, Feinstein’s 54 Below, Ferguson Center for the Arts, US Mint, Maison in New Orleans, Times Square, Bergen Kjøtt Bar, Bastionen (Malmö).
Member of the BMI Lehman Engel Advanced Musical Theatre Workshop, The Dramatists Guild, Maestra, and StateraArts. Former musician at American Ballet Theatre JKO, Steps on Broadway, and Barnard/Columbia.

I'm a composer/lyricist/pianist/conductor/teaching artist/activist in NYC; a proud American citizen that chooses love and respectful communication. I am most known for: "Wanda's World—a musical for the tween in all of us", an off-Broadway rock musical with an anti-bullying theme. The show received two Lortel Award nominations including best musical, a Drama Desk Award nomination. To hear the new studio cast album released by Broadway Records or to license the show, visit: wandasworldmusical.com. To learn more about me, visit: BethFalcone.com

I wrote "We Choose Love" in response to the news that many people couldn't even gather over Thanksgiving in 2016, because they felt so disheartened. When did it become that if we disagree, we are enemies? I got this idea that maybe we could start to heal the divide by singing together; so I have invited manof my Broadway friends and students to come and sing, and I wonder if you’ll join us?

Classically trained. Influenced by pop and jazz.

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