“here must have been at least a slight sense of déjà vu for Kareem Roustom when he was approached to compose his recent work “Hurry to the Light.” The idea for the piece came from the string orchestra A Far Cry, whose season-ending concert on May 17 is a collaboration with Lorelei Ensemble, the inventive female vocal ensemble. Sarah Darling, violist for A Far Cry and the program’s curator, suggested to Roustom that he base the new work on “The Odyssey.” Read more here.
Kareem Roustom
composer - performer