
Classical Revolution Cincinnati normally holds events every second Sunday.
NEXT EVENT: TIMBRE TOUCHDOWN
Sunday 2/5 @ 7:30 p.m.--The Loon ($5 Donation Suggested)
With the Super Bowl just around the corner, Classical Revolution Cincinnati decided to jump on the scoring early with some great sounds!
ABOUT SOME OF THE PERFORMERS
Brianna Matzke's dynamic pianism shows “a sense of refinement, flair, and
technical prowess” (clevelandclassical.com). An avid performer and
commissioner of new music, she has collaborated with many composers,
including Tina Tallon, Marc Mellits, Michael Fiday, Elliot Cole, Molly Joyce,
Alexandra du Bois, D. J. Sparr, Danny Clay, Jennifer Jolley, John Glover, and Evan
Williams. She has appeared in concert at across the globe; recent appearances
include concerts in Italy, Beirut, São Paulo, and in series such as TriBeCa New
Music, Vanguard New Music Series, ETHOS New Music, Re:Sound Festival,
neif-norf New Music Marathon, and the Accidental Music Festival. She has
given multiple concerts with the Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, and has
performed with the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra and the concert:nova
chamber ensemble.
Matzke is the founder and artistic director of an ongoing and widely-acclaimed
commissioning initiative, called The Response Project, which asks composers
to write music for piano in response to a pre-existing artwork or idea. The
project has premiered and recorded dozens of new works, and often invites
artists from other disciplines (such as film, painting, and poetry) to also create and present responses in large-scale community events. Recent collaborators include Hajnal Pivnick (violin) and Chris Graham (percussion).
Additionally, in 2021 Matzke was named CEO and President of the International Foundation for Contemporary Music, and appointed as Executive Director of the Cortona Sessions for New Music. Through these positions she works as an advocate for new music across the globe, leading an annual two-week long contemporary chamber music institute and assisting in the production of many projects, concerts, and recordings.
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Theodore Nelson is a member of the cello section in the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Prior to this engagement, Mr. Nelson served as Associate Principal cellist of the Kansas City Symphony for five seasons, and he has also been a member of the Akron Symphony and Toledo Symphony Orchestras in Ohio.
An avid chamber musician, Mr. Nelson has been a member and artistic director of concert:nova for the pat 10 seasons. He has performed at the Kneisel Hall Festival in Blue Hill Maine, the Utah Music Festival, and the Johannesen International School of the Arts and Scotia Festival in Canada. While in Kansas City, he performed for the Ruel Joyce Recital Series, the Summerfest Chamber Music series, and was a regular participant with the New Ear Contemporary Music Ensemble. He has regularly contributed to the Summerfest Chamber Music series as the cellist during the fourth week of the festival. He is a regular participant in the Cincinnati Symphony Chamber Players series, and has appeared as guest artist at the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music.
A native of Vermont, he received his Bachelor of Music degree at the Eastman School of Music and his Master of Music degree at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he performed Strauss’ Don Quixote as soloist with the CIM Symphony Orchestra. In 1995, he was invited to participate in the Gregor
Piatigorsky Seminar for Cellists at the University of Southern California. His teachers include Alan Harris, Pamela Frame and Elsa Hilger.
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Brooks Taylor Salloum (they/them) has, since childhood, had an aptitude and unwavering
curiosity for music. As well as being the double bass teaching artist at MYCincinnati, they are
the Youth Programming Coordinator of Girls Rock Cincinnati and in the midst of their masters
degree in Double Bass at UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (under the tutelage of Professor
Rachel Calin). Brooks regularly performs double bass for freelance gigs with various groups,
such as Elementz’s Hip Hop Orchestra and a folk-americana band Wild Carrot, as well as solo
sets of covers and originals using their double bass, vocals, guitar, and a loop pedal.
Since initiating their conservatory studies as an undergraduate in 2015, Brooks has performed
under the baton of maestros Aik Khai Pung and Mark Gibson, traveled to the Czech Republic on
a scholarship to perform with the Prague Summer Nights Festival, and collaborated with
organizations such as ArtsWave, WavePool, WordPlay, and the Fringe Festival. In CCM’s
Philharmonia Orchestra, Brooks was awarded the position of principal double bassist, and
performed the famous Mahler Symphony 1 double bass solo. Brooks’ bass skills are featured
on various recording projects with musicians like Ric Hordinsky, Elsa Kennedy, and Al Classic
Music.
Brooks’ career focuses on the use of music as a tool for activism, having donated performances
to several activist causes over the years. Brooks co-founded the Youth Poetic Performance
Collaboration, a project in which youth poets and musicians join forces to craft performance pieces focused on activism causes. Brooks ultimately aspires to use music to uplift the causes of those who live at the margins of modern society.
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Katie Carson is a vibrant young trumpet player and educator based in Cincinnati, Ohio. The relationship between performance and education is powerful and important for Katie. She attended the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, from which she graduated in 2021 with a degree in music education and a concentration in jazz studies. She has played in various groups across Ohio and northern Kentucky, with an emphasis on jazz and Afro-Latin music. She is a trumpet player, organizer, and arranger with La Fórmula Music Productions, a multi-faceted group based in Cincinnati with offshoot ensembles that specialize in music from different Latin American countries. She also teaches students ages K-12, both individually and in classroom settings.
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Against Sundials is a musical duo based in Cincinnati, OH consisting of Brandon
Dodge (electronic percussion and keyboards) and Drew Dolan (piano). Their
repertory and musical interests include classical, popular, jazz, and original music.
After decades of collaboration on several musical projects, Brandon and Drew
recently worked together to create a series of Christmas albums, titled That Time of
Year, arranged and released for friends and family to enjoy during the pandemic
holidays. This past Fall saw their virtual concert/clinic, titled “Explorations in
Electronics and Technology for Live Music Performance” included as part of the 2022
Percussive Arts Society International Conference, as well as a new installment of That
Time of Year released on YouTube.
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