Chamber Music:
Letters Home (2011)
Instrumentation: Clarinet & Viola (Also available for Clarinet & Cello, Violin & Cello)
Premiered: July 6th 2011 London, U.K.
Duration ca. 6 minutes
Abu Jmeel’s Daughter (2011)
Instrumentation: Narrator, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello
Premiere: March 12, 2011 Péroy-lès-Gombries, France
Duration ca. 30 minutes
A modern telling of an old Arab folk tale from a collection edited by Salma Khadra Jayyusi. Ridha is a clever girl with average looks who wishes for beauty and Alwan is a prince who seeks the hand of a beautiful bride whom he’s never laid eyes. Seven djinn sisters intervene to grant Ridha’s and Alwan’s wishes, but at what price?
Abu Jmeel’s Daughter- SCORE (English)
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Resonances (2009) – Instrumentation: Arabic violin, solo cello, hand percussion & string quartet.
Commissioned by Philadelphia Orchestra cellist Ohad Bar-David and Intercultural Journeys.
Premiered October 27th 2009 at Villanova University Hanna Khoury and Ohad Bar-David soloists.
Duration ca. 32 minutes.
I. The Tightening of Strings
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II. Aqsaq
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III. The Repose of Souls
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Buhur (2008) – Instrumentation: Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello
Commissioned by the Syria Trust for Development
Premiered by the Damascus Festival Chamber Ensemble
Damascus, Syria March 2008
Duration 19 minutes
Al-Ramal (The Running)
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Al-Kamel (The Complete)
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Al-Muttadarek (The Continuous)
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That Which Is Adorned (2007) – Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano, Violin, Viola & Cello
Premiered by X-Band in December 2007
Rachel Calloway – Mez. Sop., Noah Geller – Violin, Eric Nowlin – Viola, Jason Calloway – Cello
Duration 27 minutes
That Which Is Adorned-SCORE-2010
I. To A Persian Reed Blown About By The Wind
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II. Absence
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III. White Stallion
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Amar Es Combatir (2007) – Instrumentation: Alto, Viola & Piano
Private commission that was recorded for the commissioning party. Premiered by the Ibis Camerata March 2009.
Duration 7 minutes
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