SAMANTHA BOUNKEUA Interviewed by Kristen E. Nelson

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FOUR QUEENS Experiments in Autobiography Interview Series featuring Samantha Bounkeua, interviewed by Kristen E. Nelson

Samantha Bounkeua WEBSITE: https://www.rogueviolin.com/

Samantha Bounkeua is a classically trained violinist, composer, producer and founder of Rogue Violin Studios. A recipient of the California Arts Council Emerging Individual Artist Fellowship for 2023, she specializes in cross-media collaborations that amplify queer/femme voices that often explore themes of mental-health and social activism. A graduate of Oberlin Conservatory, Samantha has performed internationally as a guest artist with the Southern Arizona Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, Oberlin Contemporary Music Ensemble, Britten-Pears New Music Festival, Festival de Opera San Luis, the Rogue Theatre and the Re-Presence Artist Residency at Stanford University (2022). She is a recipient of multiple grants from the Arts Foundation for Tucson and Southern Arizona as well as the Arts Council of Santa Cruz County and in 2020, Samantha was the 2nd place finalist in the competitive University of Arizona FORGE Business Accelerator. She has been commissioned to write music for the Binational Encuentro (an event about the female migratory experience), ChamberLab, LuftBassoon, Hawkins Dance Company and more. Her work has featured in the International Meg Quigley Vivaldi Bassoon Symposium, Kerala Short Film Festival, Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance Festival, and more.

This interview series was made to accompany a 5-week course, Experiments in Autobiography, taught by Kristen E. Nelson & Selah Saterstrom (July 2024)

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