June 30, 2024 | 2 – 3pm | RSVP at bottom of page
Join composer, pianist, and artist Jennifer Wright for a public concert of original music composed for The Burned Piano Project: Creating Music Amidst the Noise of Hate. She will perform her compositions on The Glass Piano, the one-of-a-kind musical art instrument that she created from the remnants of an arson fire-damaged piano. Between the musical pieces in this lecture recital, Jennifer will speak about the fascinating and heartfelt story behind the artwork and music and take audience questions during and after the performance.
Jennifer Wright, M.M., B.M., is a pianist, composer, multi-faceted performer, educator, multidisciplinary artist, event producer, and culture-maker. She has been described as “a real force of nature” (FearNoMusic artistic director Kenji Bunch), “New music glam!” (Aligned Artistry), and “brassy, nutty, classy…mad, quite mad.” (Oregon ArtsWatch).
Jennifer teaches at Reed College, Portland State University College of the Arts, and in her award-winning private piano studio in Portland, Oregon. Jennifer specializes in creating boundary-warping, transformative, multi-sensory performative experiences. Her exuberantly experimental works meld diverse disciplines, narrative modes, and creative expressions into an adventurous, boundary-warping, and deeply intentional practice. Some of her favorite areas of endeavor include building experimental sound machines from industrial debris/consumer waste/deconstructed instruments, social commentary and satire, explorations of found sound, site-specific fieldwork creations, and deep collaboration with live movement and moving pictures.
Jennifer graduated summa cum laude from the Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT with a Bachelor of Music in piano performance and studied for two years at the Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst and Universität Stuttgart in Germany. She was awarded several Distinctions for her Masters Degree achievements in performance and musicological research at the Trinity College of Music in London, England in the Historically Informed Piano Performance degree program. Jennifer performs regularly as a solo and collaborative artist and has presented, curated, and produced numerous shows, festivals, and workshops in the U.S., the U.K., Europe, and Cuba.