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Kareem Roustom

Kareem Roustom

composer - performer

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Concert Works

Chamber
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Opera & Dance
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Arrangements & Transcriptions
Traditional Arab Compositions
Chamber

Four Dances from Clorinda Agonistes (2021)

Duration: ca. 16 minutes Instrumentation: String Quartet

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String Quartet No. 1: Shades of Night (2018)

Duration: ca. 27 minutes Instrumentation: String Quartet

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Tesserae (2015)

Duration ca. 12′ Instrumentation: brass quintet (two trumpets in C, french horn, trombone, & tuba)

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Traces (2013 rev. 2018)

Duration ca. 23′ Instrumentation: Clarinet, Piano and String Quartet

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A Voice Exclaiming (2013)

Duration ca. 27′ Instrumentation: Triple String Quartet

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Resonances (2011)

Duration ca. 32 minutes. Instrumentation: Arabic violin, solo cello, hand percussion & string quartet.

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Abu Jmeel’s Daughter (2011)

Duration ca. 35 minutes Instrumentation: Narrator, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello

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Buhur (2008)

Duration 19 minutes Instrumentation: Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello

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Amar es Combatir (2007)

Duration 7 minutes Instrumentation: Alto, Viola & Piano [Not available for performance. Removed from active repertoire]

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That Which Is Adorned (2007)

Duration 27 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano, Violin, Viola & Cello [Not available for performance. Removed from active repertoire]

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Solo/Duo

Grisaille No. 1 & 2 (2021)

Duration: varied durations Instrumentation: Solo Piano

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Breviary (2021)

Duration: ca. 8 minutes Instrumentation: Solo Cello

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Gnizo (2021)

Duration: ca. 14 minutes Instrumentation: Violin & Percussion, or Cello & Percussion, or Viola and Percussion

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Soliloquia No. 1 (2016 rev. 2018)

Duration ca. 12′ Instrumentation: piano solo

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Hanjale (2017)

Duration ca. 12' Instrumentation: solo Cello (or solo Mandolin)

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Xarja (2017)

Duration ca. 12′ Instrumentation: Soprano & Percussion

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A Muffled Scream (2016)

Duration ca. 13' Instrumentation: Clarinet & Electronics

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Aleppo Songs (2016)

Duration ca. 16′ Instrumentation: piano solo Also available for orchestra.

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Letters Home (2011 rev. 2018)

Duration ca. 6 minutes Instrumentation: Clarinet & Viola (Also available for Clarinet & Cello, Violin & Cello)

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Chamber Orchestra

Sostenere (2022)

Duration: ca. 10' Instrumentation: Solo violin and string orchestra

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Shades of Night Suite (2021)

Duration ca.  18′ for String Orchestra

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Violin Concerto No. 1 (2019)

Duration ca.  26' – For Violin & Chamber Orchestra Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1(cbsn.)-2.1.1.0-2perc-pno-VlnSolo-str(1.1.1.1.1) – For Violin &  Orchestra Instrumentation: 2(Picc.).2(E.H.).2.2(CBsn.).2.1.1.0.2perc-hp-VlnSolo-str.

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Dabke for string orchestra (2014)

Duration: ca. 7' Instrumentation: String Orchestra.

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Orchestra

The Clustered Vine – Songs of Love, Loss, and Remembrance (2023)

Duration: ca. 27 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra [Work-in-progress]

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Strange Sea (2022)

Duration ca. 20 minutes Instrumentation: 3(picc.).2.EH.2.BClr.2Cbsn-4.2.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str

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Violin Concerto No. 2: with might and main (2021)

Duration: ca. 25 minutes Instrumentation: 2(Picc).2.2.2(Cbsn).3.2.2.0.timp.1perc.hp.str

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Ice, Wind, War & Spring (2020)

Duration ca. 26 minutes for Orchestra and Mixed Voices Instrumentation: 3(picc.)1.ca.2.2(cbsn)-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hrp-SATB-str Languages: French, English and German

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Violin Concerto No. 1 (2019)

Duration ca.  26' – For Violin & Chamber Orchestra Instrumentation: 1.1.1.1(cbsn.)-2.1.1.0-2perc-pno-VlnSolo-str(1.1.1.1.1) – For Violin &  Orchestra Instrumentation: 2(Picc.).2(E.H.).2.2(CBsn.).2.1.1.0.2perc-hp-VlnSolo-str.

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Turn To The World – A Whitman Cantata (2019)

Duration ca. 17 minutes Instrumentation: 3(picc.)2.eh.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-pno-SATB-str

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Aleppo Songs for orchestra (2017)

Duration ca. 16' Instrumentation: 2.2.(eh).2.2-2.2(tpt in D).3.0-timp.2perc-hp-str Also available for solo piano.

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Clarinet Concerto: Adrift On The Wine-Dark Sea (2017)

Duration ca. 29' For clarinet & orchestra Instrumentation • Solo Instruments: Clarinet • Orch: 2(picc.)2.eh.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-str

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Hewar (2016)

Duration ca. 25' 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

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Ramal (2014)

Duration ca. 12' 30" Instrumentation: pic.2.2.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str

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Vocal

The Clustered Vine – Songs of Love, Loss, and Remembrance (2023)

Duration: ca. 27 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra [Work-in-progress]

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Vigilando (2021)

Duration ca. 9 minutes for Vocal Octet or Chamber Choir unaccompanied

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Ice, Wind, War & Spring (2020)

Duration ca. 26 minutes for Orchestra and Mixed Voices Instrumentation: 3(picc.)1.ca.2.2(cbsn)-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hrp-SATB-str Languages: French, English and German

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Hurry To The Light (2019)

Duration ca. 37 minutes Instrumentation: S.S.A. & String Orchestra (5, 4, 3, 3, 2 minimum)

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Turn To The World – A Whitman Cantata (2019)

Duration ca. 17 minutes Instrumentation: 3(picc.)2.eh.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-pno-SATB-str

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Gnen Abdē (2018)

Duration ca. 4:30 minutes for SATB divisi, unaccompanied.

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Rage Against the Tyrant(s) (2018)

Duration ca. 26′ Instrumentation: SATB Chorus & String Orchestra

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Embroidered Verses (2015)

Duration ca. 19 minutes Instrumentation: S.A.T.B. and takht: Nay (ad lib.) qanun, oud, percussion, violin & cello.

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Hot Tea, Mint & Olives

Duration ca. 12 minutes Instrumentation: S.S.A. & Piano

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The Son of Man (2011)

Duration ca. 58 minutes A six movement oratorio for Soli, (Soprano, Mezzo Soprano, Tenor & Bass Baritone) Chorus (SATB), Trumpet, Harp, Percussion and Organ.

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Opera & Dance

Clorinda Agonistes (2021)

Duration: 30 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano, tenor, string quartet and pre-recorded audio. Languages: Italian & Arabic

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Wind Ensemble

Dabke for Wind Ensemble (2015)

Duration ca. 7' Instrumentation: 2(picc.)2.ca.3.bcl.2-2asx.tsx.bsx.-4.3.3.1-cbs-timp.3perc.

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Arrangements & Transcriptions

Armenian Dances (2016)

Duration ca. 12' 30" Instrumentation: 2(picc.).2.2.2-4.3.3.0-timp.3perc-hp-str

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Traditional Arab 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.

© 2006–2023 Kareem Roustom, Layali Music