Charismatic Haitian-American artist, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), is a composer, violinist and bandleader who seamlessly blends funk, rock, hip-hop and classical music into a new and wildly creative sonic vision. Melding his classical music roots with his own cultural references and vibrant musical imagination, DBR has become a classical-urban ambassador for the next generation and for a widening audience. On a growing national and international scene, he is simply revolutionary.

His dramatic soul-inspiring pieces range from orchestral scores to energetic chamber works to rock songs and electronica, all embracing modern musical genres woven through the multicolored spectrum of popular music.

A Civil Rights Reader
DBR and the string quartet unit of his eclectic team, The Mission, perform a series of quartets for strings that honor great heroes of the American Civil Rights Movement. These hip works, performed by this young, multi-cultural ensemble, celebrate the lives of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. and Maya Angelou in a spellbinding performance by a 21st century musical pioneer that includes the actual voices of these American giants in excerpts from their famous speeches and poems.

DBR & The Mission present an electrifying show described as “an evening of chamber music with the accessible feel of a rock concert” (Albany Times-Union).

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