Brushstrokes is a new multidisciplinary performance exploring the shared inspiration between music and visual art, through the lens and experiences of Deaf artists.

In “Brushstrokes”, the members of Arpeggione will explore the relationship between visual art and sound. Can music be expressed in color and line? Can painting be translated into sound? How can we make concerts accessible for people who are deaf or hard of hearing, through exploring this relationship between the arts? How can hearing audiences and musicians experience music through embracing the visual, spatial, and sensory richness that Deaf culture naturally values? The program, developed in collaboration with the Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf, will feature live art alongside musical performances, to create a joyful, accessible, immersive performance. ASL interpreters/performers will sign live representations of the music throughout the performance.

PROGRAM:

Live painting by Nancy Rourke
accompanied by “Soundpainting” improvisation

Haydn, arr. Salomon: Symphony 104
Mozart: Clarinet Concerto with Thomas Carroll, basset clarinet
accompanied by live painting by Stephen Bates

ASL music interpreters
art by students from Children’s Center for Communication/Beverly School for the Deaf

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