Congrats to @bamuthi360 on the premiere of Carnival of the Animals with @wendyw ! 🎉 Poems from the performance work are now available as a PDF book at SozoMart.com/carnival 📖 #poetry #blackcreators
Meet the creator Earl Maneein
Meet the creator: Earl Maneein! Earl is a violinist and violist whose work stands at the crossroads of Western Classical music 🎼, Heavy Metal 🤘, and Hardcore Punk. He's a member of SEVEN)SUNS and Vitamin String Quartet, and an excellent composer. Listen to & buy Earl's piece "Indefinite Detention" for advanced solo violists 🎻 here: https://www.sozomart.com/indefinite-detention Thanks to Bloodlines Media for the video! #viola #heavymetal #classicalmusic #AAPIHeritageMonth
The Just and the Blind
Congratulations to Marc Bamuthi Joseph on a sold out performance of The Just and the Blind with Daniel Bernard Roumain at Orcas Center last week! 👏👏👏🔥🔥🔥
Poems performed can be purchased at https://www.sozomart.com/justblind ✍
Congratulations to Brittany J. Green’s World Premiere 🌎 of Against/Sharp on April 12th, 2023 at Kresge Theatre, College of Fine Arts, played by the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble! 👏👏👏
Score and parts 🎼are available at https://www.sozomart.com/againstsharp
Video is from Curtis Institute of Music, conductor Jacob Niemann, Philadelphia, 2023
🥳🎉Celebrating Daniel Bernard Roumain’s Opera premiere of PROXIMITY at Lyric Opera of Chicago for his piece, The Walkers, with libretto by Anna Deavere Smith 🎶
Additional operatic works 🎼 by DBR are available at www.sozomart.com including We Shall Not be Moved , another amazing work with libretto by Marc Bamuthi Joseph 🌟
Sheet music available at https://www.sozomart.com/weshallnotbemoved
Viola players 🎻, this is your time to shine✨NYC’s Earl Maneein, composer with Chinese and Thai roots, has “Indefinite Detention” available at www.sozomart.com/indefinite-detention
Check it out if you are interested in “unlikely crossroads of Western Classical music, Heavy Metal, and Hardcore Punk” (Maneein).
Video credit: Jiwon Kim
Hip-Hop Dances and Prayers
ATTENTION: Violinists, want to challenge your violin journey with extended techniques? Try playing “Hip-Hop Dances and Prayers” by Daniel Bernard Roumain! The piece is aimed at advanced players.
Purchase sheet music at https://www.sozomart.com/hip-hop
Watch the video of Rachel Barton Pine, Violinist playing Hip-Hop Dances and Prayers.