Join us on Monday, July 1st, 2024 at the Civitella Ranieri Castle for Presentations by Sungji Hong & Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). We will welcome you with light refreshments at 6:00 PM.
Sungji Hong
Music, Korea
Sungji Hong has received notable honors, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She’s been commissioned by the Fromm Music Foundation at Harvard University, the National Flute Association, the Tongyeong International Music Festival, and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra. Her work “Missa Lumen de Lumine,” performed by Trio Mediaeval, reached the top ten on the Billboard Classical Chart and iTunes. Hong holds degrees from Hanyang University, the Royal Academy of Music, and the University of York.
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Music, Haiti/USA
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a Black, Haitian-American composer who sees composing as collaboration with artists, organizations, and communities within the farming and framing of ideas. He is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur. “About as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” (New York Times), Roumain has worked with artists from J’Nai Bridges, Lady Gaga, and Philip Glass to Bill T. Jones, Marin Alsop, and Anna Deavere Smith.
Monday, July 1st, 2024
6:00 PM Welcome cocktail
6:15 PM Presentations
Please RSVP here