
Concert Works
“…and every hour will tell its own tale” (2025)
Commissioned by Groundwork(s) & Dallas Symphony Orchestra principal harpist, Emily Levin. For flute, viola, & harp. Duration ca. 12 – 14 minutes
Oud Quintet (2024 – 2025)
Composed for the Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music and the Apple Hill String Quartet. For oud, 2 violins, viola and cello. Duration ca. 27 minutes.
Syrian Folk Songs – Book 1 (2023)
Composed for the Willamette Valley Chamber Music Festival. For String Quartet Duration ca. 12 minutes.
Palestinian Songs & Dances (2024)
for Clarinet, String Quartet, or String Quintet, & Audio Playback. Duration ca. 18 minutes
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
Pavane (pour les enfants défunts) (2024)
Commissioned by the Pierre Boulez Saal in Berlin for Michael Barenboim and Gilbert Nouno. For viola & electronics or cello & electronics. Duration ca. 9 minutes.
Hymn No. 2 (2021/2025)
Commissioned by cellist, Leo Eguchi. Duration: ca. 9′ 30″ Instrumentation: solo cello or solo viola
Hymn (2023)
From Violin Concerto No. 1 Commissioned by the Pierre Boulez Saal and the Daniel Barenboim Stiftung. Duration ca. 7′ 30″ Instrumentation: violin & piano
Reflections & Refractions (2023)
Commissioned by and dedicated to Hsin-Lin Tsai and Miguel Perez-Espejo, the L’Etoile Violin Duo. For violin duo or viola duo. Duration ca. 11 minutes.
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)
Hushed (2025)
Composed for the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. SATB and string orchestra. Duration ca. 16′
Syrian Folk Songs (2023/24)
This arrangement of the string quartet version was commissioned by Palaver Strings. For String Orchestra. Scores and parts will be available in January 2026.
Sostenere (2022)
Commissioned by Community MusicWorks. Duration: ca. 10′ Instrumentation: Solo violin and string orchestra
Shades of Night Suite (2021)
Commissioned by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. For String Orchestra. Duration ca. 18′
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.
Trumpet Concerto (2025)
Commissioned by the Tonhalle Düsseldorf. For trumpet & orchestra. Duration ca. 13 minutes
The Clustered Vine – Songs of Love, Loss, and Remembrance (2023)
Commissioned by John Kongsgaard and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Duration: ca. 29 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra
Strange Sea (2022)
Commissioned by Robert Trevino and the Malmö Symphony Orchestra 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.
Aleppo Songs for orchestra (2017)
Commissioned by Boston Landmarks Orchestra 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
Ramal (2014)
Duration ca. 12′ 30″ Instrumentation: pic.2.2.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-hp-cel-str
Hushed (2025)
Composed for the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and the Tallinn Chamber Orchestra. SATB and string orchestra. Duration ca. 16′
There Will Come Soft Rains (2025)
Commissioned by Coro Allegro, Boston. Duration ca. 28 minutes. For mixed chorus, French horn, and string orchestra.
Lenten Prayer (2023)
Commissioned by Emmanuel Music, Boston. Duration ca. 4 minutes. For unaccompanied chorus
The Clustered Vine – Songs of Love, Loss, and Remembrance (2023)
Commissioned by John Kongsgaard and the Grand Teton Music Festival. Duration: ca. 29 minutes Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano and Orchestra
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)
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.
DOWNFALL [working title]
A chamber opera in 60 minutes. Set in one location with three main actors, it addresses human and psychological issues within a tense political and social context.
Clorinda Agonistes (2021)
Co-commissioned by the Shobana Jeyasingh Dance company, Sadler’s Wells Theatre, & the Royal Philharmonic Society. 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)
Commissioned by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra Duration ca. 12′ 30″ Instrumentation: 2(picc.).2.2.2-4.3.3.0-timp.3perc-hp-str
For Beginning String Orchestra Grade Level 2
Commissioned by Boston Landmarks Orchestra
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.
Duration: ca. 7′
Instrumentation: String Orchestra.
Duration ca. 17 minutes
Instrumentation: 3(picc.)2.eh.2.bcl.2.cbsn-4.3.3.1-timp.2perc-pno-SATB-str
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
Duration ca. 32 minutes.
Instrumentation: Arabic violin, solo cello, hand percussion & string quartet.
Duration 7 minutes
Instrumentation: Alto, Viola & Piano
[Not available for performance. Removed from active repertoire]
Duration 27 minutes
Instrumentation: Mezzo Soprano, Violin, Viola & Cello
[Not available for performance. Removed from active repertoire]
