DBR / (c) Leslie Lyons
Strings is pleased to announce Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) as the featured artist of 2012 and 2013 Strings School Days. In
short, he is a
composer, violinist and educator, holds a D.M.A. from the University
of Michigan, has performed with Lady Gaga on American Idol and has
participated in outreach activities across the country.
Daniel
Bernard Rounain's acclaimed work as a composer and performer has spanned more
than two decades and has been commissioned by venerable artists and
institutions worldwide. Roumain is perhaps the only composer whose
collaborations span the worlds of Philip Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T.
Jones, Savion Glover and Lady Gaga.
Roumain made his Carnegie Hall debut in 2000 with the American Composers Orchestra
performing his Harlem Essay for Orchestra, a Whitaker commission. He went on to compose works for the Albany Symphony, the American Composers
Orchestra, the Boston Pops Orchestra, Carneige Hall, the Library of Congress
and the Stuttgart Symphony. Additionally, Roumain's music has been performed
by the Brooklyn Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Noord Nederlands Orkest and
the Vancouver Symphony, among many others.
Roumain was the first artist to be awarded Arizona State University's prestigious
Residency, "a three-year commitment to an extraordinary performing artist
that includes performance, creative time and resources, intensive training for
ASU students and local artists and engagement with many of the local
communities." His outreach and residencies have garnered extravagant
praise and long-term relationships with countless universities, orchestras and
performing arts centers including the Berklee School of Music (Boston), More
Music @Moore (Seattle), The Academy - a program of Carneigie Hall, The Juilliard
School and the Weill Music Institute, PACE University and the Tribeca
Performing Arts Center (New York City), The University of North Carolina
(Raleigh) and Vanderbilt University (Nashville). He served as Chair of the
Music Composition/Theory Department and Composer-in-Residence at the Harlem
School of the Arts.
Roumain has recently performed at the Macau International Music Festival, Ten Days in
Tasmania, Central Park Summer Stage, 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics and the
Sydney Opera House.
Watch DBR video here
