Performance

This concert will represent variety of my compositions written during my BM degree at the Chicago College of Perfroming Arts.

Program:

-In His Boat (solo piano)

-Surna (B-flat clarinet and cello)

-I'll Meet You There (fixed media and horn)

-Qaasedak (tenor and vibraphone)

-Lahzeh Didar (tenor and vibraphon)

-Chakameh (duo piano)

-Miniatures (solo harp and small ensemble)

All pieces will be perfromed by wonderful musicians at Chicago College of Performing Arts.

Free Admission

Written for soprano, tenor, flute, and harp.

Text: Bahai Writings

Chicago College of Performing Arts musicians

Written in the memory of a dear friend who died of cancer.

Shauna Raja (piano)

Written for Bb clarinet, oboe, and four percussionists in two movements (Bahar and Tahvile Sal). 

Chicago College of Performing Arts Musicians

Written for chorus and large ensemble in honor of Neda Agha-Soltan.

 Text: Quran, Sureh Altakvir.

 Chicago College of Performing Arts Musicians

 My duo piece, Surna, written for surna (zurla) and cello will be perfromed by

Blagoj Lamnjov and Sarah Zilonis.

Also, my four-hand piano piece, Chakameh, will be perfromed by Jana Pavlovska and John Urban.

Written for solo piano based on Nima Yushij's poem, In His Boat. 

Diana Botelho Vieira (piano)

Written for tenor and vibraphone based on Mehdi Akhavan-Saless' poem, Ghasedak.

Daniel Berry (tenor), Scott Crawford (vibraphone)

Written for horn and fixed media based on one of Jalaluddin Rumi's poems.

Rhonda Kremer (horn)

A piano piece written for four hands influenced by Aminoullah (Andre) Hossein's piano piece, Miniatures, and Debussy's En Blanc Et Noir for two pianos.

John Urban, Parvesh Java (piano)