Concert 3: Sokol Blosser/Daniel Bernard Roumain

We are delighted to return to Sokol Blosser, and to bring with us Daniel Bernard Roumain, making his WVCMF debut as 2020 'virtual' Composer-in-Residence!  We will present Daniel's Quartet #5 (inspired by Rosa Parks) and a selection of his Hip Hop Etudes and Studies, along with Beethoven's final String Quartet, and a strikingly beautiful violin sonata by Isabella Leonarda, a long neglected baroque woman.

Known for his signature violin sounds infused with myriad electronic, urban, and African-American music influences, Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) takes his genre-bending music beyond the proscenium. He is a composer of chamber, orchestral, and operatic works; has won an Emmy for Outstanding Musical Composition for his collaborations with ESPN; featured as keynote performer at technology conferences; and created large scale, site-specific musical events for public spaces.

The performance will be followed by a free post-concert Zoom where we can all hang out and chat with Daniel (and sip something tasty)!

Saturday, August 22, 5:30pm PDT: Daniel Bernard ROUMAIN, Composer-in-Virtual-Residence

Live from the Sokol Blosser Winery Tasting Room

Isabella LEONARDA - Sonata #12 for Violin and Cello

Daniel Bernard ROUMAIN - String Quartet No. 5 (PARKS)

Daniel Bernard ROUMAIN - Hip Hop Etudes and Studies

BEETHOVEN - String Quartet Op. 135

Sasha CALLAHAN, and Greg EWER, violin; Charles NOBLE, Viola; Leo EGUCHI, Cello.