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"Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey with special guest Samuel Pott, founder and artistic director of Nimbus Dance.In this episode of "Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey interviews Samuel Pott, the artistic director of Nimbus Dance. They explore his journey into dance, the founding of Nimbus Dance, and the upcoming world premiere of the re-imagined Firebird. They touch on the collaboration with the New Jersey Symphony, the thematic elements of Firebird, and the personal connections that inform the work.Together they discuss the benefits of dance, the importance of community engagement, and the creative process behind reimagining classic works. Samuel shares insights from his experiences with the Martha Graham Dance Company and emphasizes the significance of authenticity in storytelling through dance.Samuel Pott (Founding Artistic Director) founded Nimbus in 2005 . Mr. Pott's work as a performer, choreographer, educator, and arts leader, is dedicated to the authentic, humanistic, and equitable engagement that emerges in individuals and in communities through deep exploration and learning in the dance and the arts.Under his direction, the organization has toured nationally, built the Nimbus Arts Center at The Lively in Downtown Jersey City, developed the School of Nimbus which serves over 400 students onsite and many thousands in offsite community programs annually, and become the largest contemporary dance organization in the State of New Jersey. Mr. Pott's choreography has embodied the organization's endless fascination with exploration and engagement with important themes of the day, and collaboration with artists from many genres, among them: composers Daniel Bernard Roumain, Samson Young, Judd Greenstein, Aaron Parks, and Qasim Naqvi; visual artists Nicola Lopez, Bryant Small, Laia Cabrera/Isabelle Duverger, Theda Sandiford; and writers Alysia Souder and Rashad Wright. Pott maintains a multi-year artistic partnership with the New Jersey Symphony. Mr. Pott's 20+ original works for Nimbus are complemented by his commitment to support the work of diverse established and emerging choreographers through commissions, including: Dawn Marie Bazemore, Sofia Nappi, Darshan Singh Bhuller, Yoshito Sakuraba, Pedro Ruiz, Vernard Gilmore and Korhan Basaran. As a performer, Mr. Pott danced as a soloist with the Martha Graham Dance Company, performing in iconic roles–the Husbandman in Appalachian Spring, Agamemnon in Clytemnestra, and Adam in Embattled Garden–and new choreographic works created by a range of leading contemporary choreographers including Larry Kegwin, Ann Bogart, Robert Wilson, and Lar Lubovitch. Prior to joining the Graham company, Mr. Pott performed as a lead dancer with American Repertory Ballet, Oakland Ballet, and Savage Jazz Dance Company, in a wide range of new and classical repertory. A recipient of Choreography Fellowships from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts in 2008, 2017, and 2023, and named a Distinguished Teaching Artist by the Council in 2012, Pott was one of 25 arts leaders nationally selected for the Association of Performing Arts Presenters' (APAP) inaugural Leadership Fellows Program, serves on the Dance Advisory Council for New Jersey Performing Arts Center and the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee for ArtPride NJ, and is a co-founder of the Jersey City Arts Council.To get tickets to see Nimbus Dance, March 7th, 8th & 9th and to catch this world premiere click belowhttps://www.njsymphony.org/events/detail/the-firebird-with-xian-zhangTo learn more about the company and their programshttps://www.nimbusdance.org/“Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey wherever you listen to your podcasts. https://dancetalkwithjoannecarey.com/Follow Joanne on Instagram @westfieldschoolofdanceTune in. Follow. Like us. And Share.Please leave a review!“Dance Talk” ® with Joanne Carey"Where the Dance World Connects, the Conversations Inspire, and Where We Are Keeping Them Real."
Host Seth Boustead features a variety of pieces by composers who ask the performers to vocalize in some way while also playing their instrument. Music by Frederick Rzewski, George Crumb, Daniel Bernard Roumain and Tom Johnson.
This weekend, the Albany Symphony Orchestra will present two concerts of a program featuring Beethoven's “Pastoral” Symphony (Symphony No. 6), and recent works by Carlos Simon and Daniel Bernard Roumain at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall. The performances will take place this Saturday, January 11 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, January 12 at 3:00 p.m.
[@ 4 min] We go ‘Inside the Huddle' with soprano Whitney Morrison, the Chicago native who created the role of Yasmine Miller in Daniel Bernard Roumain and Anna Deveare Smith's “The Walkers” at Lyric Opera of Chicago, where Whitney is the company's inaugural Artist-in-Residence… [@ 28 min] It's not a field report from our friend PJ!, but from George at the 2023 Opera America conference in Pittsburgh. See if he can find out the consensus from his peers on how many operas Handel wrote… [@ 45 min] In the ‘Two Minute Drill'… Breaking News: Met Orchestra Not Bored… SHOW NOTES https://www.athloneartists.com/artists/whitney-morrison/ https://web.cvent.com/event/4923e5a9-e47e-4b61-ab89-5486007df183/summary https://operawire.com/metropolitan-opera-orchestra-fires-back-at-nathalie-stutzmann-comment-in-new-york-times/ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/may/16/turbocharge-philanthropy-conga-to-beethoven-ditch-the-ukeleles-10-ways-to-save-classical-music GET YOUR VOICE HEARD operaboxscore.com facebook.com/obschi1 @operaboxscore IG operaboxscore
Learn more about Daniel Bernard Roumain and Marc Bamuthi Joseph's opera We Shall Not Be Moved and contextual historical elements pivotal to the opera: the 1985 police bombing of MOVE headquarters and the 2011 Pennsylvania education budget crisis which saw the closing of 24 schools within the School District of Philadelphia. Interviews include Philadelphia resident in 1985 Eric Owens, former SDP Principal Otis Hackney, arts administrators and creators Valerie Gay and Nina Ball, countertenor John Holiday, and the composer and librettist - Daniel Bernard Roumain and Marc Bamuthi Joseph. Mike Bolton hosts. To learn more about Mike, visit michaeljbolton.com. Video of Osage Avenue in 2015, the site of the 1985 police bombing can be seen at https://youtu.be/QOANsBbkbpA. News coverage from 1985 can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X03ErYGB4Kk. The Philadelphia Inquirer archive about the bombing is located here: https://www.inquirer.com/move-bombing. The final project of the Hip H'opera program, a series of Oral History videos from those impacted by the themes in We Shall Not Be Moved called The Un/Sung Stories of We Shall Not Be Moved: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpbhbGwbWvNLbpl50NUkvISzeE7sZQG6L
A collection of highlights of my conversations from the past year, with short musical excerpts, starting with the Zach Brock episode from January and including Natalie Haas, Sara Caswell, Billy Contreras, Roberto Sierra, Diana Ladio, Danny Seidenberg, Sirius String Quartet, Tomoko Akaboshi, Mark Summer, Mia Asano, Eugene Friesen and Daniel Bernard Roumain.
Synopsis From its founding in 1986 the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet has both commissioned new works and arranged old ones for their ensemble of four virtuoso guitarists. On today's date in 2001, the Quartet premiered a new commission, a suite of four pieces entitled Ghetto Strings, written by the Haitian-American composer Daniel Bernard Roumain. Daniel Bernard Roumain – or DBR as he likes to be called – was born in Skokie, Illinois, but grew up in Southern Florida, surrounded by music from Latin communities – the Bahamas, Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic – as well as his own family's Haitian music. He took up violin at age five, and says he absorbed a variety of classical and contemporary music. In junior high, he formed his own rock and hip-hop band and in high school played in a jazz orchestra which brought in guests like Dizzy Gillespie and Ray Charles. He later pursued formal musical studies with mentors William Bolcom and Michael Daugherty, earning both his masters and doctoral degrees. The four movements of his Ghetto Strings evoke four places Roumain has called home at various points in his life: Harlem, Detroit, Liberty City in Miami, and Haiti. Music Played in Today's Program Daniel Bernard Roumain (b. 1970): Haiti, fr Ghetto Strings (Minneapolis Guitar Quartet) innova CD 858
Composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain shares his unique perspective as a black progressive string player and composer in a very traditional classical world. We talk about his journey of self-discovery and the importance of advocating for new ideas and updating of traditions. Then I quiz the composer of one of the better known contemporary solo violin works, "Filter", about the rock band Filter. Hilarity ensues.
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain joins Bill to discuss his upcoming performance of his work The Telling on September 29th at Waterfire Arts Center, a PVDFest Happening presented by FirstWorks.Support the show
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain sees pain, legacy, and enduring hope in this famous photograph of Ella Watson, one of many by Gordon Parks. Performance poet Lady Caress describes it as “the physical form of stolen expectations.” Together, they respond to the iconic photograph with a combination of music and poetry. In the ebb and flow of his composition, DBR hopes to capture the rhythm of Watson's life—an elegy for someone he longs to have known. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at www.nga.gov/music-programs/podc…merican-gothic.html. Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app https://feeds.megaphone.fm/NGAT6207729686. Still haven't subscribed to our YouTube channels? National Gallery of Art ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtUS National Gallery of Art | Talks ►►https://www.youtube.com/NationalGalleryofArtTalks ABOUT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART The National Gallery of Art serves the nation by welcoming all people to explore and experience art, creativity, and our shared humanity. More National Gallery of Art Content: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nationalgalleryofart Twitter: https://twitter.com/ngadc Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ngadc/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/ngadc/_created/ E-News: https://nga.us4.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=e894a1837aca4526f7e8a11b3&id=2085ff9475
This hour on Disrupted, we speak with three young leaders whose faith plays a big role in their lives and communities. A Reverend on using his struggles to inspire young people. We also hear from two Muslim sisters who are breaking barriers. And, a conversation with the Director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival about a new project trying to shake up classical music. Guests: Rev. Quavon Newton - Senior Pastor at Rush Temple AME Zion Church in Queens, NY and a 2021 Graduate of the Yale Divinity School Ayah Galal - WFSB Reporter and Multimedia Journalist Bayan Galal - Student Body President at Yale University Melvin Chen - Director of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Deputy Dean of the Yale School of Music and Professor in the Practice of Piano Click here to listen to Daniel Bernard Roumain's full performance. Disrupted is produced by James Szkobel-Wolff, Zshekinah Collier, and Catie Talarski. Our interns are Maisy Carvalho and Kelly Langevin. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
On July 9th the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival will present the world premiere of "Twin Stars: Diamond Variations for Dae'Anna", written in honor of the girlfriend and stepdaughter of the late Philando Castile by Daniel Bernard Roumain. He joins Garrett, alongside pianist Melvin Chen, to talk about the upcoming premiere and continued activism in concert hall spaces. Scott honors the voice of singer Jimmy Scott, and the guys celebrate Queen Latifah, Randall Goosby and several other Black artists. Garrett speaks to avoiding the trivialization of Indigenous land acknowledgments in the final movement. Playlist: Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson - "Blue/s Forms" Queen Latifah - "Simply Beautiful" BLKBOK - "George Floyd and the Struggle for Equality" Rick and Morty - "Human Music" Deniece Williams - "Free" Breland (feat. Keith Urban) - "Throw It Back" Jimmy Scott - "Sycamore Trees" Daniel Bernard Roumain - "Black Man Singing in Echo Mountain" More: Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Presents 'Music From Troubled Times': https://music.yale.edu/concerts-summer-2021-july-9 Downbeat (Diamond Reynolds and Dae'Anna): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oHiQS5qgmo&t=46s Ensemble Evolution, presented by International Contemporary Ensemble: https://www.iceorg.org/ensemble-evolution Meg Quigley Repertoire Sessions, feat. Garrett McQueen and Titus Underwood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbIzuYzRWjs&t=78s Randall Goosby Solo Album Debut: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/25/arts/music/randall-goosby-roots.html Nashville Honors Bianca Paige: https://www.newschannel5.com/news/nashville-renames-street-for-a-drag-queen-who-raised-a-million-dollars-for-hiv-research BLKBOK Inspiring Classical Musicians: https://www.forbes.com/sites/andreazarczynski/2021/06/18/how-detroit-piano-prodigy-blkbok-is-inspiring-classical-musicians/?sh=260016e83815 Pinchas Zukerman Apologizes: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/28/arts/music/pinchas-zukerman-violinist-asians.html Four Catholic churches burned down on native land in Canada in last week amid residential school uproar: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/catholic-church-canada-fire-pope-b1874954.html
As Juneteenth becomes a more wide-spread celebration, musicians and content creators of all types are jumping in to honor the holiday. Garrett goes into why he chose not to offer anything this year in an emotional final movement. Scott shines a light on the continued struggle for equity across the pond, and helps unpack a think piece written to demean the work of composer Daniel Bernard Roumain. Violinist Rachel Barton Pine talks about her decades-long work supporting and promoting Black composers, and asks Garrett a few questions, herself. Playlist: Gladys Knight & the Pips - "I've Got to Use My Imagination" Jimi Hendrix - "Freedom" (Live at the Atlanta Pop Festival 1970: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDvlErh5zcc) Daniel Bernard Roumain - String Quartet No. 5 "Rosa Parks" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54Its8ukW2k) J. Cole - "Be Free" (Live from David Letterman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQZc8SH6EFk) Wayne Shorter - "Terra Incognita" David Baker - "Blues (Deliver My Soul)" Traditional - "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen" More: Rachel Barton Pine Foundation: https://www.rbpfoundation.org Classical Music From Africa and the African Diaspora: https://www.musicbyblackcomposers.org Downbeat (Nina Simone interview excerpt): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jicLmH8tlU Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It's Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist: https://www.npr.org/2021/06/13/1005725990/tom-hanks-is-a-non-racist-its-time-for-him-to-be-anti-racist?fbclid=IwAR1CUgGJ-DeY91KovbfPh6r8EVFRKwV7vl7oSImxQ310L_TO726kuoz7_fk Barbican Centre described as 'inherently racist' by current and former staff: https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57438754 Resisting Racial Demagoguery: https://www.city-journal.org/tulsa-opera-daniel-bernard-roumain?wallit_nosession=1&fbclid=IwAR3ojFbdRfSDieDpdAkzBeBsApTTU_rGPb2Qv2t_ITYd8WAxS3NDBMOKf64 Deontay Wilder Blasts Radio Rahim: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h30uTmahNFQ
For week 2 of TRILLOQUY's two-week break, Garrett reprises his and Scott's conversation with Kalena Bovell, Assistant Conductor of the Memphis Symphony Orchestra and one of the nation's few Black woman conductors. This conversation from February 2020 highlights Kalena's unique role as a Black conductor in one of the nation's predominately Black cities, her love of Metal, and more! Garrett and Scott return next week with an all-new opus and the start of season 3! More: Meg Quigley Competition and Symposium: https://megquigley.org Wichita State/Wichita Symphony Fellowship: https://www.instagram.com/p/CPJoO3NJgAB/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link 5 Questions to Daniel Bernard Roumain: https://www.icareifyoulisten.com/2021/05/5-questions-to-daniel-bernard-roumain-about-they-still-want-to-kill-us/ D.C. Mayor Bowser names new chairman of arts commission, which is facing accusations of cronyism and racism: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/dc-art-commission-new-chairman/2021/05/20/89c5b1f2-b97e-11eb-96b9-e949d5397de9_story.html
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain works with performance poet Lady Caress to respond to this iconic photograph with a combination of music and poetry. In the ebb and flow of his composition, DBR hopes to capture pain, legacy, enduring hope—and the rhythm of the subject's life. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/daniel-bernard-roumain-american-gothic.html. Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain works with performance poet Lady Caress to respond to this iconic photograph with a combination of music and poetry. In the ebb and flow of his composition, DBR hopes to capture pain, legacy, enduring hope—and the rhythm of the subject's life. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/daniel-bernard-roumain-american-gothic.html. Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain works with performance poet Lady Caress to respond to this iconic photograph with a combination of music and poetry. In the ebb and flow of his composition, DBR hopes to capture pain, legacy, enduring hope—and the rhythm of the subject’s life. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/daniel-bernard-roumain-american-gothic.html. Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain works with performance poet Lady Caress to respond to this iconic photograph with a combination of music and poetry. In the ebb and flow of his composition, DBR hopes to capture pain, legacy, enduring hope—and the rhythm of the subject’s life. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/daniel-bernard-roumain-american-gothic.html. Subscribe directly to Sound Thoughts on Art from the National Gallery of Art on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast app
Join LSO for an evening of birthdays! Celebrate Beethoven’s 250th and Florence Price’s 134th with some of their greatest masterpieces. Solo winds and strings perform an intimate performance of Beethoven’s masterful Septet (op. 20). LSO’s strings will be featured in “Klap Ur Handz”, the second movement from Daniel Bernard Roumain’s “[Rosa] Parks” string quartet, and will celebrate the great African-American composer Florence Price with her Andante Moderato for String Orchestra. To conclude the concert, LSO Principal Keyboard Richard Fountain takes the stage with the orchestra for Beethoven’s spectacular Piano Concerto No. 2.
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Join us for Episode 2 of the Active Hope Podcast, featuring CNN commentator and New York Times best-selling author Van Jones. Kamilah Forbes, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, and Paola Prestini of the Apollo Theater, the Kennedy Center, and National Sawdust engage in conversation surrounding the topics of incarceration, law, and politics, and the role of arts and culture in freedom design. A special thank you to all artists featured in this episode: Daniel Bernard Roumain, Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Asha Bandele, Samora Pinderhughes, Adam Drazan, Brianna Mims and Tanya Tagaq, Nels Cline and Glenn Kotche. The views and opinions expressed in this podcast do not necessarily reflect the opinions or position of the Kennedy Center. For more information on Active Hope, including a transcript of this episode, please visit https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/special-programming/active-hope-podcast/
The violinist, composer and teacher Daniel Bernard Roumain discusses his work as a social justice activist, his Trump-loving older sister, how the opera and classical music world need to change, the importance of open dialogue, and some of his recent and upcoming musical projects. https://www.danielroumain.com/
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain works with performance poet Lady Caress to respond to this iconic photograph with a combination of music and poetry. In the ebb and flow of his composition, DBR hopes to capture pain, legacy, enduring hope—and the rhythm of the subject's life. Find full transcripts and more information about this episode at https://www.nga.gov/music-programs/podcasts/daniel-bernard-roumain-american-gothic.html.
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain doesn't ask for permission. He is a revolutionary, changing the world of concert music and opera by creating unapologetically black music--opera, string quartets, a YouTube requiem--all for black audiences. Taking the classical music world by storm, DBR is challenging some of the most powerful names and revered institutions in the classical music world to examine their repertoire and their hearts. Why in spite of blind auditions are there so few black musicians in the world's orchestras? Why are classical music audiences so white? Are the orchestras and opera companies racist? Maybe. Or maybe it's the repertoire. Well, not anymore. Join Tarik and Anna for an important conversation about the future of American concert music.
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur. Known for his signature violin sounds infused with myriad electronic, urban, and African-American music influences, DBR takes his genre-bending music beyond the proscenium. He is a composer of chamber, orchestral, and operatic works; has won an Emmy for Outstanding Musical Composition for his collaborations with ESPN; featured as keynote performer at technology conferences; and created large scale, site-specific musical events for public spaces. Learn more about DBR and his music at https://www.danielroumain.com/. View show notes with time stamps at https://www.electricviolinshop.com/blog Rockstar Violinist is the Electric Violin Shop podcast, hosted by Matt Bell and featuring interviews with the most creative and noteworthy electric strings performing and recording artists. Electric Violin Shop is the world leader in amplified strings. Shop at www.electricviolinshop.com or contact us at info@electricviolinshop.com for advice.
Mountains are often symbolic for a higher state of being; early civilizations built tall structures or even structures on hills/mountains to be closer to their respective higher powers. Were they on to something? Either way, love and light, y'all! Playlist: Rocky Mountain High by The O’Neill Brothers Group Big Rock Candy Mountain by Harry “Haywire Mac” McClintock Sugar Mountain by Neil Young Ain’t No Mountain High Enough by Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell Mountain’s Shadow by Mutual Benefit A Bo Story: Ngakso by Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts; Mountains by Filippo Cocco; Om Pana Phem Choying Drolma & Steve Tibbetts Blue Ridge Mountains by Fleet Foxes Black Man Singing in Echo Mountain by Daniel Bernard Roumain & Laurelyn Dossett Over the Mountain by Heather Masse Tiger Mountain Peasant Song by Fleet Foxes Mountains by Charlotte Day Wilson Misty Mountain Hop by Bruce Lash Mountain Sound by Of Monsters and Men Close to Fine by Indigo Girls Misty Mountain Hop by Sweet Little Band
"I think in this moment, my job is to convene, listen, activate, imagine, propose, procure, provoke, push... all the things that a really qualified virtuoso arts administrator would do." Composer and educator Daniel Bernard Roumain talks with Aaron about being a change agent in the arts sector.
Daniel Bernard Roumain performs in Providence February 29th #WPRO Violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain performs Saturday, Feb. 29 for FirstWorks at First Unitarian Church in Providence first-works.org danielroumain.comPhoto by Erin X. Smithers
Daniel Bernard Roumain performs in Providence February 29th #WPRO Violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain performs Saturday, Feb. 29 for FirstWorks at First Unitarian Church in Providence first-works.org danielroumain.comPhoto by Erin X. Smithers
That’s not a violin – it’s a woodbox! Daniel Bernard Roumain talks about creative appropriation in classical music. The Haitian-American composer’s creative world was cracked open when he realized that everything – including the definition of “violin” – was ripe for reinterpretation. As a kid in garage bands, he took the decidedly uncool violin and made it his own. As a classically trained musician, he brings classical music together with hip hop, rock, bluegrass, and other genres to create his signature sound. We talk about DBR’s creative journey and about how innovators like John Cage have changed classical music by adding an important ingredient to the genre: imagination. Audio production by Todd “T-Dawg” Hulslander with super disco breaking by Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: Lots of woodbox improvisation by Daniel Bernard Roumain “Sonata No. 2” from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano by John Cage, played by Boris Berman “Sonata for Violin and Turntables, Part 1” from Woodbox Beats & Balladryby Daniel Bernard Roumain To see DBR perform in our studios on Skyline Sessions, go here. Daniel Roumain is an artist in residence with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration across the performing, visual, and literary arts. Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world. The Center is home to the Mitchell Artist Lecture, an annual event featuring a pioneer in contemporary art-making, as well as CounterCurrent, an annual spring festival of new performance. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH: the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum. For more information visit www.mitchellcenterforarts.org.
Marc Bamuthi Joseph and Daniel Roumain join me and Donna in The Lounge this week. They gave us life! In Atlanta for a reprisal of Home In 7 with the Atlanta Ballet, Marc and Daniel share wonderful insight on art, activism, collaboration, community and a million nuances that occupy the space in between. Enjoy!
That’s not a violin – it’s a woodbox! Daniel Bernard Roumain talks about creative appropriation in classical music. The Haitian-American composer’s creative world was cracked open when he realized that everything – including the definition of “violin” – was ripe for reinterpretation. As a kid in garage bands, he took the decidedly uncool violin and made it his own. As a classically trained musician, he brings classical music together with hip hop, rock, bluegrass, and other genres to create his signature sound. We talk about DBR’s creative journey and about how innovators like John Cage have changed classical music by adding an important ingredient to the genre: imagination. Audio production by Todd “T-Dawg” Hulslander with super disco breaking by Dacia Clay. Music in this episode: Lots of woodbox improvisation by Daniel Bernard Roumain “Sonata No. 2” from Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Pianoby John Cage, played by Boris Berman “Sonata for Violin and Turntables, Part 1” from Woodbox Beats & Balladry by Daniel Bernard Roumain To see DBR perform in our studios on Skyline Sessions, go here. Daniel Roumain is an artist in residence with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration across the performing, visual, and literary arts. Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world. The Center is home to the Mitchell Artist Lecture, an annual event featuring a pioneer in contemporary art-making, as well as CounterCurrent, an annual spring festival of new performance. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH: the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum. For more information visit www.mitchellcenterforarts.org.
Shock World Service 051 Long Distance Call by Jon Averill 01/02/2013 London, United Kingdom 1. Chromatics – The Telephone Call Some late night atmospherics to start us off from ‘Night Drive/Original Motion Picture Soundtrack IV' accompanied by some London rain I recorded. 2. How To Dress Well – When I Was In Trouble HTDW bring melancholy & starkness to the genre. Sounds more like the soundtrack to the walk home after breaking up with your girlfriend (suitable to this podcast) than champagne & gold chains. 3. Inc. – Swear Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on Ketamine. 4. fLako – Mating Dance For me music is at it's best when it sounds unconventional, surprises you & demands your attention. fLako's afro-electronics ticks all the boxes. 5. Chosen Gospel Singers – Prayer For The Doomed This track was recorded at some time in the late 1950s & though a million miles away in process, to me has a lot in common with the previous tracks by How To Dress Well & Inc. 6. Daniel Bernard Roumain & Ryuichi Sakamoto – The Need To Be ‘The Need To Be' is taken from a compilation with the lengthy title of ‘DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid* – Sound Unbound Audio Companion: Excerpts & Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives', which is to accompany his book of the same name. 7. Edgar Froese – Icarus Edgar Froese was a founding member of seminal German act Tangerine Dream. in 1978 Froese released his solo album ‘Ages' after major differences with his bandmates. According to Froese, it was recorded at a very emotional time in his career. 8. Dom Thomas – Gin & Tonic From the Finders Keepers & B-Music Crew; Dom Thomas blurs the lines between mixtape & original composition 9. Robert Ashley – Bruno Part 1 Robert Ashley is a contemporary American composer whose work traverses opera, experimental electronic music & theatrical works. ‘Bruno Part 1' is a hypnotic spoken word piece that is similar in tone to Laurie Anderson's ‘O Superman'. 10. Lee Hazlewood – Hands Ah, our old pal Lee Hazlewood is back – possibly the most featured artist ever on the World Service. Wouldn't you know it, poor old Lee is down on his luck & of course it's a woman that's the source of his troubles. Chin up son. 11. Hackman – Forgotten Notes This track is released on Gilles Peterson's Brownswood Records, named after North London's Brownswood Road, which my old house backs on to. A fact interesting only to me. 12. Vangelis – Multi Track Suggestion Van the man in rare disco mode, disco with his unique take on it as you would expect. This is from the 1980 album ‘See You Later' which sees him experimenting with electronic sounds for the first time. 2 years later he would take his electronic sounds to new heights & greater acclaim with the Blade Runner soundtrack. 13. Oneohtrix Point Never – Betrayed In The Octagon The Brooklyn-based musician Daniel Lopatin describes the track as "a stoned space epic about one really bad day in the life of an astronaut.", & that is good enough for me. 14. Robert Frost – Reluctance Another piece of spoken wordery by American poet Robert Frost 15. Julia Holter – Goddess Eyes (Echo Manor Version) Holter's music builds up from layers of patient, breathy voices & strings that seem to slowly sneak up on, rather than impose themselves on you. 16. Bill Fay – The Never Ending Happening Revealing itself behind some Arsenal fans (thanks lads) is ‘The Never Ending Happening', simply one of the most heartfelt & beautiful pieces of music i've heard in a long time. 17. Seti The First – Sugar To Sea Lion I've been a big fan of Seti The First for a while, only very recently discovering they were two Irish musicians; Kevin Murphy & Thomas Haugh. 18. F.J. McMahon – Sister Brother Released in 1969, following a stint serving in the U.S. Air Force. The album's outsider, lo-fi folk vibe pulls from his experiences in Vietnam & has become a top item among collectors & folk/psych lovers alike.
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain and Imani Winds discuss and rehearse the Carnegie Hall–commissioned piece "Five Chairs and One Table."
ART OF HUSTLE introduces you to the Executive Director of Joe Goode Performance Group, Dave Archuletta. Prior to joining Joe Goode Performance group Dave served as Program Director for Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, where he built the Company's first education and licensing programs from the ground up, increased earned income revenue by more than 60 percent, negotiated major commissioning agreements and oversaw the Company’s U.S. and international tours. Prior to joining the BTJ/AZ Dance Company, he was Managerial Associate in the Dance Division of IMG Artists, managing the touring and performance operations of major dance companies such as Twyla Tharp, Lyon Opera Ballet, Pilobolus, Miami City Ballet, and more. An honors graduate of UC Berkeley, Dave began his career in San Francisco as Curatorial Performing Arts Production Coordinator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Dave is also an independent musician and producer. Dave "Daveytree" Archuletta has been producing music in the underground scene for over 10 years. He plays several instruments, including piano, bass and drums. Dave is a founding member of the Funk Force Collective, and the visionary SF band Run the Voodoo Down (one of the first live music acts to incorporate turntablism as a primary musical element, featuring DMC Wold Champion DJ Pash "Mackintosh" Kamber on the wheels of steel). He has produced albums for Nidecker Snowboards, LRG clothing, the Mission Burrito Project, the Funk Force Collective, and the independent release "Noah D & B.Ski Soon to Be." In 2009 "Breez Deez Treez" with rapper Breez Evahflowin, was released on Domination Recordings to wide critical acclaim. In October 2011 Dave's productions will be performed by Daniel Bernard Roumain at BAM's Next Wave Festival in New York. Thank you for subscribing! Please rate the podcast and leave comments. I look forward to building with you. More information and tons of free tips on marketing and management at: ArtOfHustle.com.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago Artspeaks Fellows Program and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture presents a discussion between Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and Bakari Kitwana, hip-hop scholar in residence at the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The 2008 University of Chicago Artspeaks Fellows Program presents Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR),Composer/Violinist/Multi-media artistProgram to include: etudes4violin&electronix (aka Sonata for Violin & Turntables) with DBR & Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific followed by a talkback moderated by Travis Jackson, Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) in discussion with Kotoka Suzuki, Assistant Professor of Music at U of C, moderated by Shauna Quill, executive director of University of Chicago Presents.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The 2008 University of Chicago Artspeaks Fellows Program presents Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR),Composer/Violinist/Multi-media artistProgram to include: etudes4violin&electronix (aka Sonata for Violin & Turntables) with DBR & Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific followed by a talkback moderated by Travis Jackson, Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The 2008 University of Chicago Artspeaks Fellows Program presents Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR),Composer/Violinist/Multi-media artistProgram to include: etudes4violin&electronix (aka Sonata for Violin & Turntables) with DBR & Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific followed by a talkback moderated by Travis Jackson, Associate Professor of Music and the Humanities.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) in discussion with Kotoka Suzuki, Assistant Professor of Music at U of C, moderated by Shauna Quill, executive director of University of Chicago Presents.
If you experience any technical difficulties with this video or would like to make an accessibility-related request, please send a message to digicomm@uchicago.edu. The University of Chicago Artspeaks Fellows Program and the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture presents a discussion between Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and Bakari Kitwana, hip-hop scholar in residence at the Center for the Study of Race, Politics and Culture.
Daniel Bernard Roumain (or just DBR) is a classically trained musician whose style veers just as easily from hip-hop to Handel, a collision of influences he refers to as "dred violin." Born of Haitian immigrants and based out of Harlem, DBR has collaborated with artists as diverse as Phillip Glass and DJ Spooky. He's currently on tour with his nine piece orchestra, The Mission-which includes an amplified string quartet, drum-kit, keyboards, DJ and laptop-to perform "The Civil Rights Reader," a collection of compositions serving as musical portraits of leaders from the civil rights era. DBR and The Mission will bring "The Civil Rights Reader" to the Lied Center on February 2nd, and he was kind enough to sit down with us (via cellphone) for a chat.