The work is both in Hebrew and Arabic and is a meditation on two very popular phrases found in both languages. The phrases are parallel in sound and meaning. Many interpretations can be derived from their similarities as well as their musical juxtaposition and overlap.
Clear Light (2011)
Eternal Light (2010)
Clouds and Flames (2010)
Instrumentation: piano trio: violin, cello and piano (14:30)
Clouds and Flames is a piano trio in seven movements. The title Clouds and Flames and the names of the movements come from moments in Colum McCann's novel Let the Great World Spin. The movements, inspired by events in the novel, are a set of impressions on loss and rebirth, and, a meditation on the tightrope wire walk of Philippe Petit between the World Trade Center towers on August 7, 1974.
Material Rhythms (2010)
Quiet Rhythms - Book II (2010)
Quiet Rhythms - Book I (2010)
Camille (2010)
Snow Lion of Peace (2009)
Scatter My Ashes (2009)
Living These Seasons (2009)
Amores Montuños (2008)
Fate (2007)
Zydeco Madness for accordion (2006)
Zydeco Madness for string orchestra (2006)
Native New Yorker (2005)
Duo Montuño (2004)
Instrumentation: alto sax and piano (7:00)