Other Minds Special Programs ➔ Other Minds Presents: A Civil Rights Reader: for strings, laptop, and DJ, 2 of 5

Digital Audio

Event Type

Music

Origin

Other Minds

Identifier

OMP.2006.03.06.B

Program Series

Other Minds Presents

Program Length

109 min

Part

2 of 5

Dates

| broadcast
| 2006-03-06 | created

Description

Full of energy and passion, the spirited Del Sol String Quartet reunite with Daniel Bernard Roumain (whose “String Quartet No. 4” they premiered at Other Minds 11 in March 2005) for an evening of cutting edge music-making. Daniel Bernard Roumain is a pioneer in new forms, as he marries the instrumentation of string quartet with electric violin, laptop, and a Hip-Hop turntablist. This first-ever presentation of all four of his works for the quartet medium celebrates iconic figures of American Civil Rights who are the dedicatees of each piece: Malcolm X, Martin Luther King, Jr., Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., and Maya Angelou. The program concludes with a brief panel discussion in which Roumain and DJ Scientific discuss their musical partnership and perform Roumains signature work for violin “Filter.”

Genres

Electro-Acoustic / Electronic
New music

Musical Selections

String Quartet No. 2, King (2001) (42:15) / Daniel Bernard Roumain

Performers

Daniel Bernard Roumain, electric violin
DJ Scientific, turntable, electronics
Del Sol String Quartet:
Kate Stenberg, violin
Rick Shinozaki, violin
Charlton Lee, viola
Monica Scott, cello

Subjects

Electro-acoustic
Electronic music
Quintets (Violins (2), viola, cello, electric violin)
String quartets
Sampling (Sound)
New music

Related Event

A Civil Rights Reader: for strings, laptop, and DJ

Related place

San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)

Related Entities

Other Minds (Organization)
Del Sol String Quartet
Roumain, Daniel Bernard
Stenberg, Kate (Violinist)
Shinozaki, Rick
Lee, Charlton
Scott, Monica