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THURSDAY,  OCTOBER 29
7:30 pm  |  ZOOM

 

Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, Festival Director Melvin Chen, and Afa S. Dworkin, President and Artistic Director of The Sphinx Organization, discuss DBR's Norfolk commission and the role of art in society.

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"However, as artists, educators, and learners, we are clear and committed to the sanctity of life, the promise of liberty, and the most fundamental and absolute right to personal safety regardless of race and gender."

–Daniel Bernard Roumain 

 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 7:30 PM
A ZOOM WEBINAR

The Norfolk Chamber Music Festival and composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain – known as DBR – begin a monthly series exploring DBR's summer 2021 Norfolk premiere: Can We Talk About Why The Fires Burn? In this first event DBR, Festival Director Melvin Chen, and Afa S. Dworkin, President and Artistic Director of The Sphinx Organization, will discuss the Norfolk commission and the role of art in society.

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DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN (DBR)

Daniel Bernard Romain
 

 

 

 

DBR is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur. “About as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” (New York Times), DBR has worked with artists from Philip Glass to Bill T. Jones to Lady Gaga; appeared on NPR, American Idol, and ESPN; and has collaborated with the Sydney Opera House and the City of Burlington, Vermont. Acclaimed as a violinist and activist, DBR’s career spans more than two decades, earning commissions by venerable artists and institutions worldwide.  MORE

 

MELVIN CHEN

Melvin Chen

 

 

 

 

 

A native of Tennessee, Dr. Melvin Chen has received acclaim for solo and chamber performances throughout the United States, Canada, and Asia. Chen’s performances have been featured on radio and television stations around the world, including KBS television and radio in Korea, NHK television in Japan, and NPR in the United States. As a Professor in the Practice of Piano at the Yale School of Music, Chen teaches a studio of graduate and undergraduate piano students. In addition, he is the Deputy Dean.  MORE

 

AFA SADYKHLY DWORKIN

AFA SADYKHLY DWORKIN

 

 

 

 

 

A recipient of Kennedy Center’s Human Spirit Award, as well as one of Musical America’s Top 30 Influencers in the nation and Detroit Crain’s 40 Under 40, Afa Sadykhly Dworkin is a musical thought leader and cross-sector strategist driving national programming that promotes diversity in classical music. She currently serves as President and Artistic Director of the Sphinx Organization, the nation’s leading organization transforming lives through the power of diversity in the arts.   MORE

What is "Musical Bridges"?

A multiyear project of the Norfolk Chamber Music Festival which commissions new works that place classical chamber music within a broader musical and cultural context.