Concert Works
String Quartet No. 1: Shades of Night (2018. revised 2023)
Duration: ca. 27 minutes Instrumentation: String Quartet
Tesserae (2015)
Duration ca. 12′ Instrumentation: brass quintet (two trumpets in C, french horn, trombone, & tuba)
Abu Jmeel’s Daughter (2011)
Duration ca. 35 minutes Instrumentation: Narrator, Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Viola & Cello
Gnizo (2021)
Duration: ca. 14 minutes Instrumentation: Violin & Percussion, or Cello & Percussion, or Viola and Percussion
Letters Home (2011 rev. 2018)
Duration ca. 6 minutes Instrumentation: Clarinet & Viola (Also available for Clarinet & Cello, Violin & Cello)
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.
The Clustered Vine – Songs of Love, Loss, and Remembrance (2023)
Duration: ca. 27 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra [World-premiere on August 11 & 12, 2023]
Strange Sea (2022)
Duration ca. 20 minutes Instrumentation: 3(picc.).2.EH.2.BClr.2Cbsn-4.2.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
Hewar (2015)
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
Ramal (2014)
Duration ca. 12' 30" Instrumentation: pic.2.2.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str
The Clustered Vine – Songs of Love, Loss, and Remembrance (2023)
Duration: ca. 27 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra [World-premiere on August 11 & 12, 2023]
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
Hurry To The Light (2019)
Duration ca. 37 minutes Instrumentation: S.S.A. & String Orchestra (5, 4, 3, 3, 2 minimum)
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
Embroidered Verses (2015)
Duration ca. 19 minutes Instrumentation: S.A.T.B. and takht: Nay (ad lib.) qanun, oud, percussion, violin & cello.
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.
Clorinda Agonistes (2021)
Duration: 30 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo-soprano, tenor, string quartet and pre-recorded audio. Languages: Italian & Arabic
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.
Armenian Dances (2016)
Duration ca. 12' 30" Instrumentation: 2(picc.).2.2.2-4.3.3.0-timp.3perc-hp-str
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.