Daniel Bernard Roumain applies a multitude of influences to compositions
2/20/09

Daniel Bernard Roumain applies a multitude of influences to compositions

By Christopher Blank

Thursday, February 19, 2009

Daniel Bernard Roumain spent his teens and early 20's basking in the cacophony that is South Florida's musical melting pot.

He'd get earfuls of the local Latin-flavored music, then hang out in the meavy metal clubs where he was a fan of the up-and-coming Marilyn Manson.

Roumain was also a top violin player in his local youth orchestra.

That wide array of music still impacts Roumain, 38, known to his friends as DBR.

"I'm really a child of the MTV generation," he said, calling from his home in Brooklyn to talk about his "classical" compositions, which will be heard Sunday at the Germantown Performing Arts Centre.

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