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DBR Official Newsletter 2.25.09
I've had an extraordinary few weeks on tour, visiting with friends and family in Maine, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Tennessee. Thank you for making me and my band mates always feel at home. I wanted to give very special shout-out's to Dysfunctional Mayhem (Portland, Maine); Sarah, the actor (Storrs, Connecticut); Jason, the conductor (Louisville, Kentucky), and Stephanie, Will, Phil, Katie, Tony, and everyone at GPAC (Germantown, Tennessee).
I'm off to Hattiesburg, Mississippi with the SQ UNIT of DBR & THE MISSION, and then Oswego, New York to collaborate with the Oswego Community Youth Orchestra. We're looking forward to breaking bread and making music and conversation with all of you.
All love,
DBR
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| People around the world are celebrating the bicentennial year of Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln, but not many are celebrating musically. DBR's latest work, Darwinís Meditation for the People of Lincoln, exploring an imagined dialogue between Darwin and Lincoln born within hours of each other, wowed audiences at the Jorgensen Center, Univ of CT, on the two giantsí birthday, Feb 12. Stay tuned for additional tour dates for this work in 2009-2010. |
"Four movements' worth of heat, histrionics and (literally) 'hollerin' that delighted in testing - and often shattering - conventional notions of how a concerto should go," said the Courier Journal, a Kentucky paper, describing the Feb 18th performance of Voodoo Violin Concerto No. 1 by DBR and the Louisville Orchestra. Don't miss the Mar 6 performance with the Tallahassee Youth Symphony Orchestra at The Moon. |
A Civil Rights Reader, a collection of DBR's five string quartets based upon the iconic figures of civil rights era (Malcom X, Martin Luther King Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Maya Angelou and Rosa Parks), continues to tour the US during the Black History Month. The next stop will be Feb 26 at Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. A Civil Rights Readerfeatures SQ Unit, the string quartet section of DBR & THE MISSION. |
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Back in Florida |
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| DBR was commissioned by Carnegie Hall to write a new work for Imani Winds, entitled Five Chairs and One Table, as part of the HONOR! Festival curated by Jessye Norman, in celebration of the African American cultural legacy. The world premiere will take place on Mar 8, at Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall. |
Nearly two decades have passed since DBR attended the Dillard High School for Performing Artsin Florida. Now, as part of his residency with Florida Youth Orchestra, he makes repeated visits to the school and surrounding communities to inspire young students and keep arts alive.
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DBRís new work commemorating the quandricentennial of Hudson River, Soundtrack for a Shared Dream, will be performed at the TriBeca PAC (Mar 13), Peekskill(Mar 14), Lake Placid (Mar 20), and in Oswego (Mar 21). Don't miss his lecture on the making of this work at the Albany Institute on Mar 15. |
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DBR 2009 Calendar (February-March)
Thursday, February 26, 2009 at 7:00pm
Saenger Theater (Hattiesburg, MS)
A Civil Rights Reader featuring DBR & THE MISSION: SQ Unit
Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 3:00pm
Sheldon Hall, SUNY Oswego (Oswego, NY)
The Kompa Variations featuring DBR performing with the Oswego Community Orchestra
All String Orchestra World Premiere
Friday, March 6, 2009 at 7:30pm
The Moon (Tallahassee, FL)
Voodoo Violin Concerto No. 1featuring DBR performing with the Tallahassee Youth Symphony Orchestra
Sunday, March 8, 2009 at Noon
Zankel Hall (New York, NY)
Five Chairs and One Table World Premiere
A new work written by DBR for Imani Winds; commissioned by Carnegie Hall
Thursday, March 12, 2009 at 8:00pm
Ferguson Hall, Tampa Bay PAC (Tampa Bay, FL)
etudes4violin&electronixfeaturing DBR & Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 7:30pm
Tribeca Performing Arts Center (New York, NY)
Soundtrack for A Shared Dream, music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR);
Film by Bill Morrison, featuring DBR & THE MISSION
Saturday, March 14, 2009 at 8:00pm
Paramount Center for the Arts (Peekskill, NY)
Soundtrack for A Shared Dream, music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR);
Film by Bill Morrison, featuring DBR & THE MISSION
Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 2:00pm
Albany Institute (Albany, NY)
Lecture on Soundtrack for A Shared Dream
March 17-19, 2009
Education Leaders Institute (Chicago, IL)
Lecture / Demontration for NEA Intiative
Friday, March 20, 2009 at 8:00pm
Lake Placid Center for the Arts (Lake Placid, NY)
Soundtrack for A Shared Dream, music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR);
Film by Bill Morrison, featuring DBR & THE MISSION
Saturday, March 21, 2009 at 7:30pm
Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall(Oswego, NY)
Soundtrack for A Shared Dream, music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR);
Film by Bill Morrison, featuring DBR & THE MISSION
March 26-28, 2009
Univeristy of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Residency with Arts Enterprise and performance of etudes4violin&electronix
featuring Elan Vytal aka DJ Scientific
March 29-31, 2009
Seattle Theatre Group (Seattle, WA)
More Music @ The Moore residency
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