Daniel Bernard Roumain’s String Quartet No. 5, “Parks”
This February, the Daily Classical Music Post celebrates Black composers and musicians whose music has been suppressed and ignored. All of these musicians should be added to the music history and music theory curriculum. https://youtu.be/6As16bev638 https://youtu.be/_dx3LXTgADI https://youtu.be/EwArv7q3wCU Daniel Bernard Roumain (born in 1970) blends funk, rock, hip-hop, and his classical music training in his compositions and performance pieces. His list of works includes everything from orchestral pieces to chamber works to solo violin to opera to . . . well, the list is endless. He is also highly regarded as an educator. His live performances are wonderful and exhilarating. DBR’s String Quartet No. 5, “Parks,” was composed in 2005 and is dedicated to Rosa Parks. DBR said about this work, “As a Haitian-American composer, I was raised by immigrant parents from Haiti, who experienced American life both before, and after, the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Their views were informed by l...