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LIST OF WORKS

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Solo instruments

Prayer, Tribute to Edward Said, for solo clarinet, 2003

A Sad Morning, Every Morning, for any solo instrument.

Self Mirrored, for solo piano, tape and video, 2007 commissioned by pianist Kathy Tagg

Waiting for Friday, for solo piano, commissioned by the Eduard Van Beinum for Pianist Marcel Worms 2011

It’s About Time, for solo harp, commissioned by Bridget Kibbey  2012

How Many Would It Take? for violin (or cello, or clarinet) and electronics, commissioned by Cornelius Dufallo, 2012

Prelude, For solo oboe, commissioned by Boulez Saal for Gregor Witt, 2017

Sahra Be Wyckoff, for solo violin, commissioned by Johnny Gandelsman, 2021


Chamber works and Multimedia

If You See Something, Say Something, for clarinet, tape and video 2007

Ibn Arabi Postlude, for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and Piano-or-DoubleBbass (also a trio version is available, clarinet, cello, piano) commissioned by Jane O’Hara 2005

Walls and Towers, for clarinet, violin, viola, cello and tape, commissioned by Juilliard’s Beyond The Machine festival, 2009

Five Flying Dutchmen, for clarinet, oboe, bassoon, bassclarinet and alto-saxophone, commissioned by Calefax reed quintet, 2012

A Scattered Sketchbook, for clarinet and violin (or two clarinets), commissioned by Romie de Guise-Langlois, 2012

Songs for Days to Come Vol I, II, III  , for clarinet, voice, cello and piano, . commissioned by Lenore Davis for St. Urban concert series, New York, 2015/2017/2019

Don’t RipEat After Me, Essay III for string quartet, tape and video, 2015

The Fence, The Rooftop And The Distant Sea, for clarinet and cello,  commissioned by the Elbphilharmonie for Yo-Yo Ma, 2016 (a string quartet and clarinet version is also available)

In The Element (run, rain, grounded) for Clarinet and String Quartet, commissioned by the Apple Hill String Quartet and Quatuor Voce, 2017/2018

Ibn Arabi Recitation, for choir and clarinet, commissioned by Classical Movements, 2018

Rima, for clarinet and violin, commissioned by Yefgeny Kutik

Café Damas, trio for violin, cello and doublebass, commissioned by the New York Philharmonic, 2018

Dabke On Martense Street, for string quartet, commissioned by Brooklyn Rider, 2020

Vol de Nuit, for cello octet, commissioned by Cello Octet Amsterdam, 2021

The Color of the Sun, for clarinet, string quartet, violin and soprano, 2021

Essays on Solitude and Other Ambiguous Emotions, for clarinet, violin, cello and piano, commissioned by Soli Chamber Ensemble, 2021

Jisreen, for clarinet and cello

Nafas, for flute and vibraphone, commissioned by Catherine Gregory, 2022


Lead sheets

Rituals, Ink, Airports, 139thst, Solo for Two, Evening, Get up, Truth in Mirror, November 22nd, Wedding, In the middle of East, Yasmine, Dance, Jisreen,


Orchestra

 Suite for Improvisor and Orchestra (139th st, November 22nd, Wedding) (also available for chamber orchestra and string orchestra) (139th street, November 22nd, Wedding) 2007

Fantasy in Three Characters, for clarinet, voice and symphony orchestra, commissioned by the Morgenland Festival, 2010

Ibn Arabi Suite, for solo clarinet, voice and syphony orchestra, commissioned by the Osnabruck Symphony Orchestra. 2013

Flute Concerto, for flute and string orchestra, commissioned by Melissa Richmond for Claremont, NH’s 250th anniversary, 2014

Concertino Grosso, for clarinet, violin, mandolin/guitar, percussion and strings. Commissioned by the Knights Orchestra 2017

Clarinet Concerto, for clarinet and full orchestra, commissioned by Classical Movements for the Seattle Symphony, 2019

Don’t Repeat After Me, three essays for chamber orchestra , tape and video, commissioned by Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, 2018

Syrian Dances, for string orchestra,   commissioned by Palaver Strings 2023

Dawning, double concerto for violin, clarient and orchestra, co-composed with Layale Chaker, commissioned by Nebraska Crossroads festival, Lincoln Symphony and the New York Philharmonic 2023


Film

Rigodon, feature film by Keith Sicat and Sari Dalena, 2005 (Phillipines/USA)

Not for Sale, short film by Mariam Keshavarz 2005 (Iran/USA)

Rodage, feature film by Nidal al-Dibs, 2008 (Syria)

Generation 9/11, documentary by Nigel Nobel 2010 (USA)

The Light in Her Eyes, documentary by Julia Meltzer and Laura Nix, 2011 (USA)

The Music of Strangers, documentary by Morgan Neville (USA)

Roxana, feature film by Elahe Massumi (Iran/USA)

The Red Lines, documentary by Oliver Lukacs and Andrea Kalin (USA)

The Day I lost My Shadow, feature film by Soudade Kaadan (Syria)

Four Acts for Syria, Animation by Kevork Mourad and Waref Abu Quba (Syria)

Dental Floss, short film by Farshad Hashemi and Saeed Sadeghi Seraroodi (Iran)

Our Memory Belongs to US, documentary film by Rami Farah (Syria/France)

Mother and Daughter, short film by Eyas al-Mokdad (Syria/Belgium)

From the Mountain, short film by Faisal al-Attrache (Syria/USA)


Theater and Dance

The Horse, a play directed by Naila al-Atrash, 2000 (Syria)

Consequences, a dance performance by Mey Sefan, 2007 (Syria)

The Tempest, a play directed by Nona Ciobanu, 2008, (Romania)

The Flight of the Ibis, a play directed by Beth Greenberg, 2011 (USA)

Iphigenia, an film-opera by Marion Schoevaert, 2018 (USA)


Opera

Songs for Days to Come, Opera in one act, commissioned by Osnabruck Theater and Morgenland Festival



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