DBR & LORD JAMAR TO PRESENT TWO MUSEUM SHOWS THIS MONTH

BROOKLYN MUSEUM: TARGET FIRST SATURDAY

Inspired by Brooklyn Museum's current exhibition of QUESTION BRIDGE: BLACK MALES composer/violnist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) and legendary emcee, produdcer, actor and member of the hip-hop group Brand Nubian, Lord Jamar, will perform a special duo set in the glass pavilion of the museum. The show will feature tracks from their recent album and live show SYMPHONY FOR THE DANCE FLOOR.

SAT FEB 4, 2012 at 9pm
Brooklyn Museum
The Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion
200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn NY
Subway: 2, 3, 4 to Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
FREE

SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN ART

The duo premieres a new work for solo violin and electronics. Inspired by Ousmane Sow’s powerful sculpture Toussaint Louverture et la vieille esclave.

SAT FEB 25, 2012 at 3pm
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C.
FREE

 

STRINGS MAGAZINE SELECTS DBR AMONG TOP 25 TO SHAPE THE FUTURE OF STRING MUSIC

Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Violinist, educator, composer
Multidisciplinary inspiration as an educator with street cred

Daniel Bernard Roumain is an artist who forges connections with his work: classical, hip-hop, music, dance, photography, poetry—DBR, as he’s known, and his collaborators fuse them all into a kind of living canvas, where all the pieces contribute to a rather dazzling whole. But his ability to connect doesn’t stop there, because he’s using his imagination to inspire a new generation of artists that, like him, want to create using more than one brushstroke. It’s his connection with these young musicians that will take music to the next level and into the next century. Read more.