Mohammed Fairouz
2010

Ughnia't Mariam
Approximate Duration: Five minutes
2 Clarinets in B flat
Commissioned by the Ach-Zed Duo

Wind Quintet
Approximate Duration: Fifteen minutes
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon
Commissioned by the Imani Winds

Rubiyaat
Approximate Duration: Seven minutes
Tenor, Flute, Cello, Piano
Commissioned by Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble, Inc
as part of the 09-10 Composer in Residence Program

Furia
Approximate Duration: Thirty Five minutes
Baritone, Wind Quintet, String Quartet
Commissioned by Musicians For Harmony for Randall Scarlata,
the Borromeo String Quartet and the Imani Winds
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Three Fragments of Ibn Khafajah
Approximate Duration: Ten minutes
Soprano, Flute, Guitar, Violin, 'Cello
Commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble

2009

No Orpheus
Approximate Duration: Fourteen minutes
Contralto, Cello
Commissioned by Christina Ascher

Piano Miniature #6 'Addio'
Approximate Duration: Two minutes
Piano

Symphony #2
Approximate Duration: Seventeen minutes
Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/1.1.1./timp./1 perc./pno./hrp.
/strings)
Commissioned by Alea III

Two Venetian Frescos
Approximate Duration: Seven minutes
Flute, Piano
Commissioned by Laura Falzon

We Are Seven
Approximate Duration: Seven minutes
Baritone, Piano

Kālas
Approximate Duration: Twelve minutes
Clarinet, Viola
Commissioned by Counter)induction for their 11th Season
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Sumeida’s Song
Opera in 3 Acts
Approximate Duration: Eighty minutes
2.2.2.2/4.2.3./timp./1 perc./pno./strings
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Ok, Hit, Hit but Don't Run
Duration: Six minutes
Prerecorded electronic sounds
Music to accompany animation by Shadi Habib.
For the 53rd Venice Biennale

Four Critical Models
Duration: Twelve minutes
Alto Saxophone, Violin
Commissioned by the Second Instrumental Unit  for David Fulmer
and
Eliot Gattegno
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After the Revels
Approximate Duration: Four minutes
Baritone, Piano
For Kyle Alexander Cronin
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2008

Tahwidah
Approximate Duration: Seven minutes
Soprano, Clarinet
Commissioned by Alwan for the Arts for Christine Moore and Kinan
Azmeh
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Airs
Approximate Duration: Eleven minutes
Guitar
Commissioned by David Gutkin

Three Novelettes
Approximate Duration: Fourteen minutes
Alto Saxophone, Piano
Commissioned by the and written for Michael Couper

Lamentation and Satire
Approximate Duration: Ten minutes
String Quartet
Commissioned by the Béla String Quartet


2007

Bonsai Journal
Approximate Duration: Twenty minutes
High Soprano, Piano
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Symphony #1 "Symphonic Aphorisms"
Approximate Duration: Twenty four minutes
Orchestra (2.2.2.2/2.2.2./timp./1 perc./strings)
Commissioned by the New England Conservatory Composers'
Series Orchestra
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Collisions
Approximate Duration: Seven minutes
Percussion Ensemble

Litany
Approximate Duration: Six minutes
Flute Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon, Double Bass
Commissioned by and written for Nathaniel Chase

Lan Abkee
Approximate Duration: Five Minutes
Mezzo Soprano, Piano

Piano Sonata "Reflections on Exile"
Approximate Duration: Fifteen Minutes
Piano
Commissioned by and written for Katie Reimer
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2006

Two Short Diversions
Approximate Duration: Four minutes
Saxophone, Harp

Three Shakespeare Songs
Approximate Duration: Twelve minutes
Clarinet, Bassoon, Trumpet, Trombone, Harp, Mezzo
Soprano, Violin, Double Bass

Elegy for Naguib Mahfouz
Approximate Duration: Three minutes
Violin, Cello

Piano Miniature #5
Approximate Duration: Indeterminate
Piano

Requiem Mass
Approximate Duration: Twenty minutes
Mixed Chorus

Panopticon
Approximate Duration: Seven minutes
Tenor, Piano

2005

Chamber Symphony #1 "Sabra"
Approximate Duration: Thirty minutes
Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/0.1.1./timp./1
perc/pno/strings), Actors

Canto
Approximate Duration: Six minutes
Violin Viola, Cello, Double Bass, Piano

The Stolen Child
Approximate Duration: Three minutes
Baritone, Piano

Piano Miniature #4
Approximate Duration: One minute
Piano

Elegy for David Diamond
Approximate Duration: Five minutes
Violin, Cello

Piano Miniature #3
Approximate Duration: One minute
Piano

Piano Miniature #2
Approximate Duration: One minute
Piano

Piano Prelude #4
Approximate Duration: Three minutes
Piano

Piano Miniature #1"Nocturnal Snapshot"
Approximate Duration: One minute
Piano

Two Sonnets and a Closing Couplet
Approximate Duration: Ten minutes
Harp

Cello Sonata "Elegiac Verses"
Approximate Duration: Fifteen minutes
Cello, Piano
Also in a version for Piano, Cello, Actor, Singer and Dancer
Dedicated to Michael Katz

2004

The 89th Street Rag
Approximate Duration: Three minutes
Clarinet, Piano

Memoriam
Approximate Duration: Fifteen minutes
String Orchestra

Four Haiku Poems
Approximate Duration: Four minutes
Tenor, Piano

Naaman's Song
Approximate Duration: Fifteen minutes
Soprano, Tenor, Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1.1/0.1.1./timp./1
perc/strings)

Piano Prelude #3
Approximate Duration: Four minutes
Piano

2003

Piano Prelude #2
Approximate Duration: Three minutes
Piano

Piano Prelude #1
Approximate Duration: Five minutes
Piano

Elegy for Edward Said
Approximate Duration: Four minutes
Violin, Cello


2002

The True Knowledge
Approximate Duration: Five minutes
Soprano, Piano

Duet for Piano and Violin
Approximate Duration: Sixteen minutes
Piano, Violin
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