Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR), violin Friday, February 22, 2013, 8pm Location Schwartz Center for Performing Arts Emerson Concert Hall 1700 North Decatur Road Atlanta, GA 30322 University Event Topic Arts Type of Art Arts - Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series Series Flora Glenn Candler Concert Series Event Open To All Cost Tickets Available. Student Tickets Limited. Contact Name Arts at Emory Box Office Contact Phone 404-727-5050 Contact Email boxoffice@emory.edu Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) presents "Filter" featuring members of the Sphinx Orchestra Having carved a reputation for himself as an innovative composer, performer, violinist, and bandleader, Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) melds his classical music roots with his own cultural references and vibrant musical imagination. Proving that he's "about as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets" (New York Times), DBR is perhaps the only composer who has collaborated and performed with Philip Glass, Cassandra Wilson, Bill T. Jones, and Lady Gaga. He's received commissions from Carnegie Hall, the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), the Library of Congress, and the sports channel ESPN. DBR will perform with members of the Sphinx Orchestra, the unique all African American and Latino orchestra comprised of top professionals from around the country. This ensemble fulfills a unique multi-purpose role: its members serve as mentors to our young musicians both on stage and through providing master classes and lectures, in addition to promoting works by African American and Latino composers during the Sphinx Finals Concert. "Filter" sets works from the classical cannon-Bach, Bartók, Mendelssohn, and Brahms-alongside DBR's own compositions in an effort to show their shared creative impulses. "Roumain is…able to make his richly amplified violin sing, shriek or seduce." - Chicago Sun Times