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Darwin’s Meditation for the People of Lincoln
Saturday, November 7, 2009 at 8pm
Stewart Theatre
The wildly popular Haitian-American artist Daniel Bernard Roumain – renowned for seamlessly blending funk, rock, hip-hop and classical music – returns to Center Stage for the last of a three-year arc of performances. DBR has created an evening length piece, a quartet concerto setting of a pocket play by Obie Award-winning writer Daniel Beaty, that explores the imagined dialogue between Charles Darwin and Abraham Lincoln, two extraordinary men born within hours of each other in 1809. This grandly conceived work employs the expansiveness of a chamber orchestra (featuring our own Raleigh Civic Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Dr. Randolph Foy), together with four arresting soloists – DBR (violin), Wynne Bennett (piano), DJ Mendel (actor), and Emeline Michel (singer). Darwin’s Meditation for The People of Lincoln sculpts the sound of liberation, survival, and legacy in the image of two of its most tireless proponents.
Pre-show discussion with Daniel Bernard Roumain and Dr. Randolph Foy;
6:45pm, Walnut Room.
DBR will also be in residence in the triangle area for two weeks prior to the concert, offering master classes and special workshops to area schools and the public. Follow the residency activities on Center Stage's blog: followdbr.com
The NCSU Center Stage performance and residency by Daniel Bernard Roumain is supported by the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Raleigh, based on recommendations of the Raleigh Arts Commission; a grant from the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts and the North Carolina Arts Council; Meet The Composer’s MetLife Creative Connections program; and the PTA of Hunter Elementary School in Raleigh.
Related Links
DBR covered in the News & Observer!
Darwin's Meditation for the People of Lincoln
Click here to download the program information for the November 7 concert.
