Commissioned by 836M Gallery as part of a residency at the gallery

Text: Zara Houshmand based on a text by Fariddudin Attar

Visuals: John Sanborn

Premiered at 836M Gallery by:

San Francisco Girls Chorus

The Living Earth Show

Sahba Aminikia and

David Coulter

Commissioned by Kronos Quartet for 50th Anniversary of Kronos Quartet

Visuals by: Kevork Mouradd

For string quartet and choir. Written for Kronos Quartet and Shiraz Choir

Dedicated to Iranian women movement

For Shahram Nazeri and Kronos Quartet

For string quartet, children choir and tape

For David Coulter (composer) and Kronos Quartet

For String Quartet, Jawharp and Musical Saw

Fopr chamber orchestra and string quartet

For Viola, Clarinet, Cello and Narrator

For string quartet

Based on the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad

For amplified String Quartet, SA children choir and tape

Singers: Mina Momen and Ouldooz Pouri

For Flute Trio and Film

For Piano Trio

For Flute and Guitar

For String Quartet and Tape

For Viola and Cello

Commisioned by Music of Remembrance

Text: Zara Houshmand

Dedicated to Iranian Women Movement

Based on poetry by Rumi - Translated by Zara Houshman

Commissioned by Verdigris Ensemble

Visuals by Kevork Mourad

For alto, musical saw, and jaw harp

For string quartet and tape

For string quartet

For string quartet and narrator

Based on text by Hafiz and Allen Ginsberg

For amplified string quartet

In memory of Parviz Yahaghi

For Children Choir (SA), String Quartet and tape

Based on the text by: three lullabies from Birjand, Malayer and Tehran

Performed by Kronos Quartet and San Francisco Girls Chorus

Voices in the tape: Afghanistan National Institue of Music Children Choir

Premiered at SFJAZZ, San Francisco

February 5th, 2017 - Kronos Festival: Here and Now 2017

For Electric Guitar and Vibraphone

For Children Choir, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Vibraphone, Piano and Tape

Singers in the tape: Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, Ouldooz Pouri, Mina Momeni

Commissioned by: Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Artistic Director: Dianner Berkun Menaker

Premiere: January 14, 2017

For Flute trio and film

For Viola, Bass Clarinet, Piano and tape

For Electric Guitar, Percussions and tape

For String Quartet

For String Quartet

For girls choir and bass drum

Commissioned by San Francisco Girls Chorus as part a 2024 residency

Performed by San Francisco Girls Chorus and Andy Meyerson

For violin and piano. Commissioned by Svetozar Ivanov.

For string quartet, based on the poetry of Forough Farrokhzad, and commissioned by Ava Shadmani

For Violin, Clarinet, Cello, Piano, and 5 Children Narrators/Singers

Based on interviews and letters by refugee children who survived the stormy seas. Collected by: Mary Beth Leatherdale and Published by Annick Press

For string quartet

For Mahsa Vahdat and Kronos Quartet

For processed string quartet

For four-hand piano

For Children Choir, Bassoon, Bass Clarinet, Vibraphone, Piano and Tape

Singers in the tape: Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, Ouldooz Pouri, Mina Momeni

For Viola and Violin

For String Quartet

For amplified String Quartet and pre-recorded media 

For Piano trio

For Guitar trio

For Viola and Piano

For chamber orchestra