Chamber
Four Dances (2020)
For String Quartet. Work-in-progress.
Duration ca. 14′
String Quartet No. 1 Shades of Night (2018)
Duration ca. 27′
Tesserae (2015)
Instrumentation: brass quintet (two trumpets in C, french horn, trombone, & tuba)
Duration ca. 12′
Traces (2013)
Instrumentation: Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet
Duration ca. 23′
A Voice Exclaiming (2013)
Instrumentation: Triple String Quartet
Duration ca. 27′
Abu Jmeel’s Daughter (2011)
Instrumentation: Narrator, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello
Duration ca. 35 minutes
Buhur (2008)
Instrumentation: Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello
Duration 19 minutes
Resonances (2009)
Instrumentation: Arabic violin, solo cello, hand percussion & string quartet.
Duration ca. 32 minutes.
That Which Is Adorned (2007)
Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano, Violin, Viola & Cello
Duration 27 minutes
Solo/Duo
Gnizo (2021)
Instrumentation: Violin & Percussion
Duration ca. 12′
Soliloquia no. 1 (2017)
Instrumentation: piano solo
Duration ca. 12′
Aleppo Songs (2016)
Instrumentation: piano solo
Duration ca. 16′
Xarja (2016)
Instrumentation: Soprano & Percussion
Duration ca. 12′
A Muffled Scream (2013)
Instrumentation: Clarinet & Electronics
Duration ca. 13′
Hanjale (2012)
Instrumentation: solo Cello (or solo Mandolin)
Duration ca. 12′
Letters Home (2011)
Instrumentation: Clarinet & Viola (Also available for Clarinet & Cello, Violin & Cello)
Duration ca. 6′
Amar Es Combatir (2007)
Instrumentation: Alto, Viola & Piano
Duration 7′
Chamber Orchestra
Shades Of Night Suite for Strings (2020)
For String Orchestra
Duration ca. 16′
Violin Concerto No. 1 (2018)
for Violin & Chamber Orchestra or Violin & Orchestra
Dabke (2014)
Instrumentation: String Orchestra.
Duration: ca. 7′
Orchestra
Cross Currents (2020) For large orchestra
Work-in-progress. On commission from the Malmö Symphony Orchestra (Sweden). Duration ca. 25 to 30 minutes. World-premiere in May of 2021.
Violin Concerto No. 2: with might and main (2020) For solo violin and orchestra.
On commission from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra for soloist Angela Fuller-Heyde. Duration ca. 23 minutes. World-premiere in April of 2021.
Violin Concerto No. 1 (2018)
for Violin & Chamber Orchestra or Violin & Orchestra
CLARINET CONCERTO • Adrift on the Winedark Sea (2017)
for clarinet & orchestra
Instrumentation • Solo Instruments: Clarinet • Orch: 2(picc.)2.eh.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-str
Duration ca. 29′
Aleppo Songs for orchestra (2017)
Instrumentation: 2(picc.)2.(eh).2.2-2.2(tpt in D).3.0-timp.2perc-hp-str
Duration ca. 16′
Hewar (2015)
Instrumentation: takht (nay, oud, qanun, violin, 2 hand percussion & double bass) Orchestra: 2(picc.).2.2.2-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-str
Duration ca. 25′
Ramal (2014) for orchestra
Instrumentation: pic.2.2.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str
Duration ca. 12′ 30″
Upon Eastern Breezes (2007) This work has been removed from the active repertoire list and is no longer available for performance.
– Instrumentation: Clarinet, Oud, Arabic percussion, Arabic violin, Cello and Orchestra.
Commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra’s Education Department and premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra February 2007.
Duration 8 minutes.
Choir With Orchestra/Accompaniment
Choral Music:
Ice, Wind, War & Spring (2019)
Duration ca. 18 minutes
For mixed chorus and orchestra.
Work-in-progress on commission from the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen. Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II and the 75th anniversary of the founding the Württembergische Philharmonie Reutlingen this work will be premiered in January of 2020.
Turn To The World: A Whitman Cantata (2019)
Duration ca. 18 minutes
Instrumentation: 3(picc.)2.eh.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-pno-SATB-str
Hurry To The Light (2019)
for S.S.A. and String Orchestra
A choral cycle of the women in The Odyssey of Homer, as translated by Emily Wilson
Duration ca. 37 minutes.
Rage Against the Tyrant(s) (2017)
Embroidered Verses (2015)
Instrumentation: S.A.T.B. and takht: Nay (ad lib.) qanun, oud, percussion, violin & cello.
Duration ca. 19 minutes.
The Son of Man (2011)
Instrumentation: Trumpet, Percussion, Soloists (Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Alto, Tenor & Bass Baritone) S.A.T.B. & Organ.
Duration ca. 58 minutes
Text by Kahlil Gibran from “Jesus The Son of Man: His words and His deeds as told and recorded by those who knew Him”
Hot Tea, Mint & Olives (2009)
For S.S.A. & piano. Three movements based on the poetry of Ibtisam Barakaat. Duration ca. 12 minutes
A Cappella
Vigilando (2021)
for SATB Chorus (divisi) unaccompanied
Duration ca. 8 minutes
A WOMAN, ONE OF MARY’S NEIGHBORS:
A Lamentation (2011)
For mezzo soprano soloist and S.A.T.B. The a capella movement from The Son of Man can be performed as a stand alone work. Duration ca. 5 minutes.
Wind Ensemble
Dabke (2015) for wind ensemble
Instrumentation: 2(picc.)2.ca.3.bcl.2-2asx.tsx.bsx.-4.3.3.1-cbs-timp.3perc.
Duration ca. 7′
Arrangements & Transcriptions
Arrangements & transcriptions
Armenian Dances (2016)
Instrumentation: 2.2.2.2-4.3.3.0-timp.3perc-hp-str
Duration ca. 12′ 30″
Three Rivers (2011)
Instrumentation:
Nay, Clarinet in Bb, Oud, Qanun
Percussion(2) (Frame Drums, Riqq & Dumbek)
Yayli Tanbur doubling on Arabic Violin
Violin I, Violin II, Viola, Cello & Contrabass
I. Mayr Araxi Aperov (traditional Armenian) – anonymous
II. Evç Ilahi’Uyaney Gözlerim Gafletden Uyan’
Sultan Murad 1612-1640 (Turkey)
III. Al-Nahr Al-Khaled ‘The Eternal River’
Mohammad Abdel Wahaab 1902-1991 (Egypt)
Duration ca. 15 minutes
Three Rivers
Browse the score here.
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Bernard Herrmann – Overture to North by Northwest (2012) transcribed for string quartet. Duration ca. 4 minutes.
John Field – Nocturne 4 (solo piano) (2010) transcribed for string quartet. Duration ca. 6 minutes.
Three Klezmer Dances – (2009) for violin, tambourine & strings or clarinet, tambourine & strings.
Bela Bartok – Roumanian Folk Dances (2011) transcribed for solo violin & string quartet. Duration ca. 5 minutes.
Classical Arabic Compositions
Classical Arabic Music Compositions:
The Sama’i is a classical Arabic musical form that dates back to 16th century Ottoman music. A Sama’i is often performed as an instrumental introduction to a vocal suite of classical songs. Here are two offerings with my own interpretation of the genre.
Sama’i Hijazkar – Recorded in 2009 at the Concord Library Concert Series. Kareem Roustom – Oud, Michel Moushabeck – Percussion
Sama’i Nahwand – Recorded Live at the Kennedy Center 2005. Kareem Roustom – Oud, Hanna Khoury – Solo Violin with the Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble.