I am a Haitian vocalist and researcher based in upstate New York. I serve as an assistant professor and director of the Voice Program at Cornell University.  My current research explores the history of Haitian classical music. On the concert stage, I perform as a baritone with leading early music ensembles throughout the United States.  On the recital platform, I tour the country with my crossover music group, Kuwento Mizik, pushing the boundaries of the genre by blending classical vocal literature with folk music and traditional storytelling from around the world.

Don't Miss THIS year's NYE Bach Celebration. Ring in 2023 with us and Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV 248! For more information: http://www.choralarts.com/20222023season-413746.html Choral Arts Philadelphia and The Philadelphia Bach Collegium Matthew Glandorf, Artistic Director and Conductor December 31, 2016 at the Philadelphia Episcopal Cathedral Bass: Jean Bernard Cerin

Kuwento Mizik Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone Veena Kulkarni-Rankin piano arr. Moses Hogan Video edited by John Churchville www.kuwentomizik.com

Last Breaths by Armando Bayolo SJSU Wind Ensemble - Fall 2020 Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone "Last Breaths sets the last words of six young men killed by police in the last ten years. I hope it honors their memories in some small way, and it is to those memories, along with countless others’, that this work is dedicated." - Armando Bayolo

Allah's Favorite Butterfly - words adapted & composed by Veena Kulkarni-Rankin & Jean Bernard Cerin. Source material: "The Butterfly Who Wished to Be a God" from Lanao del Sur, Mindanao, Phillipines. Story published in "Tales from the 7,000 Isles: Filipino Folk Stories," by Dianne de Las Casas and Zarah C. Gagatiga (2011). www.kuwentomizik.com

Jean Bernard Cerin, baritono Veena Kulkarni-Rankin, piano Complainte Paysanne Raoul Guillaume arr. Julio Racine Jean Bernard (Best Singer, Best Performance, Best Performance of Latin American Art Song) Jean Bernard Cerin is a baritone, storyteller, educator and researcher based in southern Pennsylvania. Praised for his “burnished tones and focused phrasing,” he has charmed audiences throughout the United States, France, Austria, and his native Haiti. A gifted recitalist, he won the Gerard Souzay Prize for best performance of a French Melodie in the 2018 Joy in Singing International Song Competition. Jean Bernard Cerin es un barítono, narrador, educador e investigador con sede en el sur de Pensilvania. Elogiado por su “tono pulido y fraseo enfocado”, ha cautivado al público en los Estados Unidos, Francia, Austria y su natal Haití. Un talentoso recitalista, ganó el Premio Gerard Souzay a la mejor interpretación de una melodía francesa en el Concurso Internacional de Canción Joy in Singing 2018. Veena Kulkarni-Rankin is a solo & collaborative performer and composer. Veena completed her doctorate in Piano Performance and Pedagogy under Logan Skelton and John Ellis at the University of Michigan. Veena Kulkarni-Rankin es una intérprete solista, colaborativa y compositora. Veena completó su doctorado en interpretación de piano y pedagogía con Logan Skelton y John Ellis en la Universidad de Michigan. Follow Jean Bernard and Veena on Social Media: facebook.com/duo1717 Website: www.duo1717.com Instagram: @duo.1717

Jean Bernard Cerin, baritone Eve Miller, baroque cello Debra Nagy, baroque oboe Richard Stone, baroque guitar Please visit www.lisetteproject.org for more info **This performance features an alternate text published by Moreau de St. Mery in his book, Description topographique, physique, civile, politique et historique de la partie française de l'isle Saint Domingue (Paris: Société de l’histoire des colonies françaises, 1958).**