ca. 3″

For solo cello

Premiered March 3rd, 2021 By Cellist D Scot Williams
Commissioned by Mary Ann Haubenreich for the Knoxville Symphony Orchestra.

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Munajat (soliloquy)
Poetry by Ibn Arabi (1165-1240)
Duration ca 5′

Commissioned by the Illinois Wesleyan University Collegiate Choir
J. Scott Ferguson, Conductor
Made possible by the Sylvia Monti Anderson Commissioned Choral Work Fund
honoring Delta Omicron at Illinois Wesleyan University

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Based on a Chamber work with the same title.

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Exodus (Expanded version) – For Brass Sextet: Originally composed for Curtis’ The Brass Project. 2 Trumpets, French Horn, 2 Trombones, and Tuba.
Commercially recorded (one movement only): Cityscaping CD

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For Guitar and String Quartet.

The is a revised and expanded version based on a commission by LiveConnections. Supported in part through a grant from the American Composers Forum, Philadelphia Chapter. Originally for Guitar, Violin, Qanun, Oud, Cello and Percussion.
Premiered in 2015, by Jason Vieaux and Al-Bustan Takht Ensemble.

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Originally written for a smaller ensemble. Speak was revised-edited for the full orchestra.

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Premiered in 2016 by Ensemble39.

Commissioned by LiveConnections and based on 2 short poems by Nazih Abou-afach.

Written for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola, Double Bass, and Tape (Prokofiev’s same instrumentation as Prokofiev’s Op. 39)

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For Guitar and Harp. A suite-like work in 4 movements.

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Exodus – For Brass Sextet: Originally composed for Curtis’ The Brass Project. 2 Trumpets, French Horn, 2 Trombones, and Tuba.
Commercially recorded: Cityscaping CD

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For Mixed Choir, Ūd, Qanūn, Violin, Cello, Arab Percussion and Solo Female Voice.

Premiered in 2015 by Dalal Abu Amneh, The Crossing Choir, and Al-Bustan Ensemble.
Commissioned by Al-Bustan Seeds of Culture with the support of the Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.

Movements:

I. Moonrise – Prelude
II. hayyi al-wujuh (Greet These Faces)
III. Forsaken
IV. Interlude “A la Dulap”
V. Ya man ‘Ada (You who Left and Passed)
VI. Sunrise

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A string quartet, based loosely on the Sama’i traditional music form.

To be premiered in Amsterdam, Netherlands, by the New Europian Ensemble NEuE, December 11, 2019.

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