DESCRIPTION:
In Houston for a collaboration with the University of Houston Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts (where he is also an artist in residence) renowned composer and violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain stopped by Houston Public Media's TV 8 studios for a recording session and interview. In this video, he performs an improvisation for violin.

Daniel Roumain is an artist in residence with the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Center for the Arts, which is dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration across the performing, visual, and literary arts. Based at the University of Houston, the Mitchell Center commissions and produces new works, presents public performances and exhibitions, offers curriculum and scholarships, and hosts residencies with renowned visiting artists from throughout the world. The Center is home to the Mitchell Artist Lecture, an annual event featuring a pioneer in contemporary art-making, as well as CounterCurrent, an annual spring festival of new performance. The Mitchell Center forms an alliance among five departments at UH: the School of Art, Moores School of Music, School of Theatre & Dance, Creative Writing Program, and Blaffer Art Museum. For more information visit www.mitchellcenterforarts.org.

Recorded April 11, 2014.