They Still Want to Kill Us
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) + J'Nai Bridges
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Best Song For Social Change
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
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Calling it a “work of social justice and global change,” composer and activist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) created “They Still Want to Kill Us”, an aria featuring mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. Bright Shiny Things is proud to release the single version to mark the 101th anniversary of the Massacre, an atrocity all but deleted from history until recently. DBR states, “Violence against BIPOC people is part of our American history… Together, we can fight back and find love among the willing.” Proceeds from this release will be donated to Castle of Our Skins and may be shared with other BIPOC artists and organizations working in classical music and the performing arts. theystillwanttokillus.com
DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN (DBR)
Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur. “About as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” (New York Times), DBR has worked with artists from Philip Glass to Bill T. Jones to Lady Gaga; appeared on NPR, American Idol, and ESPN; and has collaborated with the Sydney Opera House and the City of Burlington, Vermont. Acclaimed as a violinist and activist, DBR’s career spans more than two decades, earning commissions by venerable artists and institutions worldwide.
J’NAI BRIDGES
American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, known for her “plush-voiced mezzo-soprano” (The New York Times), and “calmly commanding stage presence” (The New Yorker) has been heralded as “a rising star” (Los Angeles Times), gracing the world’s top opera and concert stages.
In the midst of the worldwide pandemic, she emerged as a leading figure in classical music’s shift toward conversations of inclusion and racial justice in the performing arts.
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