TREMOR concert

Doors at 5:30 pm; music at 6:00 pm.

Free Valet Parking: To ensure a stress-free arrival, take advantage of our complimentary valet parking service. Please arrive early to allow ample time for parking, as both street parking and the parking lot are limited.

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Dr. Brianna Matzke, pianist and founder of The Response Project, takes center stage at the American Sign Museum on May 5. This intimate concert experience, starting at 6pm, will showcase Brianna's solo piano performance, demonstrating the creativity that has arisen from her essential tremor diagnosis.

This evening features a solo piano performance of five newly commissioned compositions by Molly Joyce, Hanna Benn, Matthew Evan Taylor, Adeliia Faizullina, and Forrest Pierce, each piece of music written in response to Brianna's tremor diagnosis and related experiences. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion exploring the project's themes of inclusion, accessibility, and personal expression. Each composer has their own unique connection to the project, which will be explored throughout the evening.

Concert accessibility information
We would like to extend a special welcome to the blind and visually impaired community. Thanks to a collaboration with Clovernook Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, we can offer Braille programs for the concert. Accessibility information for the May 5 concert venue is available here.

About The Response Project
Established in 2014, the Response Project is a commissioning initiative that asks composers and artists to create new music, usually for the piano, and new works, of many disciplines, in response to a preexisting artwork or idea.

About Brianna Matzke
Artistic director and founder of The Response Project, Dr. Brianna Matzke is a multi hyphenate creative based in Cincinnati. She is the producing artistic director for concert:nova, a new music ensemble, overseeing the production of five mainstage productions each season, as well as other community outreach and educational events. She is a dedicated music educator and pedagogue; a Nationally-Certified Teacher of Music (NCTM), she serves as Associate Professor of Music at Wilmington College. Matzke is an acclaimed performer, commissioner and collaborator of new music, and has appeared in concert performances around the globe and in Cincinnati. In 2021, she was named CEO and President of the International Foundation for Contemporary Music, and appointed Executive Director of the Cortona Sessions for New Music.

Bonus: Don't miss the TREMOR art exhibition, featuring artwork and sound installation by Britni Bicknaver and five artists from Visionaries + Voices. Exhibition opening on April 28 and running through the month of May -- for more information see (https://www.theresponseproject.org/tremor).