The three movements that comprise this orchestral work were inspired by selected illustrations created in 1946 by the artist Marc Chagall for a special edition of Arabian Nights Entertainments, a book of tales. This work is programmatic since it intends to describe musically the…
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Zion is a five movement vocal work with a computer-generated sound tape. It is based on texts from the Bible, the poets William W. Phelps and Edward Partridge and The Doctrine and Covenants of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The word Zion metaphorically is defin…
The Light is a twenty-four minute composition for two narrators and chamber orchestra. The two narrators perform the roles of the Apostle John and Moses. After an overview of the piece and a brief history of pieces incorporating narrators, the essay focuses on my compositional p…
The portfolio consists of four original compositions: (1) Triptych (for orchestra); (2) Rain Sketch (for oboe & orchestra); (3) Rain Sketch II (for percussion quartet); (4) Calligraphy Fantasia (for Chinese instrumental ensemble). Triptych is written for a large orchestra, is di…
The dissertation consists of a musical, theatrical cycle of five pieces for eleven instrumentalists, six singers and electronics. This work is the outcome of research that first started with the exploration of metaphors and numbers in the framework of matrix representations as a…
Bird Scenes is a six-movement operatic work for soprano, tenor, narrator, and chamber orchestra adapted from Aristophanes' comedy entitled Birds. The narrative derives only slightly from the original comedy. The original plot situations are used to present dramatic conflicts in …
Night Dance was inspired by the contemplation of opposite worlds, the Ancient and the Modern, the East and the West, Piety and Decadence. My plan was to integrate these concepts into a composition in such a way that they all complimented one another, coexisting as a whole. I wan…
Beyond Rivers of Vision is a three-movement work for orchestra based on passages from three books in the Bible regarding rivers, prophets, and their visions. Composing this work emanates from a deep desire to musically convey the visions suggested in the books of Genesis (moveme…
This study is an analysis of the Sufistic context, philosophical approach and actual composition of a 10-minute musical text entitled Echo (for orchestra and choir, with one classical Persian percussion instrument, the Clay Tonbak), involving an attempt at synthesizing Eastern a…
“Boz” means grey in Turkish and is a word that also connotes unclear or mixed substances or situations. The source of all the pitch material in the piece is a tetrachord, that is, the first tetrachord of a Turkish makam “Sedaraban” (0145). The lines and the vertical sound in the…
Prophecies is a thirteen minute piece for full orchestra (3333 4331 timp perc(3) strings). It incorporates an Iranian melody, “Ey Iran,” which can be considered the unofficial Iranian national anthem, and some of the melodic material in the rest of the work is derived from this …
Incarnation for Soprano Duo and Chamber Ensemble explores the passion, anxiety, and joy surrounding the Biblical account of Christ's incarnation. It captures the composer's fascination with creating a continuum of densities, timbres, and formal structures through the use of free…
Road to Damascus for Piano and Orchestra is based on the story of the Apostle Paul's repentance and conversion to Christianity. This dramatic event is one of the most inspirational in the New Testament. Also, through this momentous story, Paul is admired by many artists in vario…
Scored for large wind orchestra/symphonic band, Symphony no. I "Persepolis" draws heavily on Persian history and culture. Persepolis, the ancient capital of the Persian empire, was captured and destroyed by Alexander "the Great" of Macedon (c. 330 BC). "Rytme" embodies the bustl…
The current study reveals how the political, the digital, and the compositional content is related in the author's work Scars . Philosophically, Scars aims to stimulate questions of choice in our highly cultural, pluralistic and interconnected world. The main theme depicts the e…
I have composed an oratorio for orchestra, choir and vocal soloists, titled "Shemot." It is based on the Jewish Bible Book of Exodus with the libretto in the Hebrew language. While the text is based on certain sections of the Book of Exodus, it does consist of direct quotations.…
The dissertation is in two parts, a musical composition and a theoretical study. Part I, Bethany (2004), is an original composition in a freely atonal style referencing the hymn tune “Bethany” (“Nearer my God to Thee”). It is scored for flute, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, percussion…
Requiem for New Times is a nine-movement requiem mass for choir, orchestra, percussion ensemble, soprano soloist and mezzo-soprano soloist. In addition to the traditional liturgy of the Catholic Church and its tenets, this work incorporates texts and philosophies of non-Western …
Songs Lost and Forgotten is a fifteen minute work in three movements for orchestra that explores the experience of musical memory. The piece deals with my memories of being sung to and evokes the act of remembering by distorting elements of recognizable musical materials associa…