Large Ensemble / Orchestral
When they broke down the door (2022)
for soprano and orchestra - ca. 15'
for soprano and orchestra - ca. 15'
Based on a poem by Fatemeh (Shahrzad) Shams, translated by Dick Davis
(1, 1, 1, 1 – 2, 1, 1, 0 – 1 percussion – piano/melodica – strings)
Premiere: July 2022, Brandeis University, MA
Sharon Harms, Soprano – Holly Druckman, Conductor
Remembrance of a duty (2019)
for chamber orchestra - ca. 8'
for chamber orchestra - ca. 8'
Commissioned by Fresh Inc. Festival, Steven R. Gerber Trust Commissioning Grant
(1, 1, 1, 1 – 1, 0, 0, 0 – piano – 1, 0, 1, 1, 1)
Premiere: 16 June 2019, University of Wisconsin Parkside, Francis Bedford Recital Hall, Kenosha, WI
Members of the Fifth House Ensemble and participants of the Fresh Inc. Festival
Eli Chen, Conductor
In this dead end (2019)
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra - ca. 5'
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra - ca. 5'
Based on a poem by Ahmad Shamloo
(1, 0, 1, 1, 1 alto sx – 0, 1, 1, 0 – 1 – perc, piano — 1 , 1, 1, 1, 1 or more)
Premiere: 27 April 2019, Staples Family Concert Hall, School of Music, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI
CMU New Music Ensemble
Elena Zelinko, Mezzo Soprano
Sepehr Pirasteh, Conductor
Sacrifice of brothers (2017)
for string orchestra - ca. 5'
for string orchestra - ca. 5'
*Winner of the Call for score “Crianca Cidada String Orchestra”
(strings 4, 4, 4, 2, 2 or more)
Premiere: 07 July 2018, Sinagoga de la Congregación Israelita Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Orquestra Criança Cidadã
Nilson Galvão Jr., Conductor