On Not Being

On Not Being

This solo show for voice and electronics is part of an ongoing meditation on death and personal transformation. It explores how music creates a threshold space between one state of consciousness and the next. Learn More

Fahad Siadat's
Conference of the Birds

Fahad Siadat's
Conference of the Birds

Conference of the Birds is based on Sufi mystic poet Attar’s seminal text. The story follows the birds of the world who embark on a journey to find their king, the Simurgh, a divine, mythical creature. Learn More

The Moon Has Made Us Brothers

The Moon Has Made Us Brothers

Harlequin and Pierrot, two characters in the Commedia dell’arte often depicted as companions, are actually the same person in The Moon Has Made Us Brothers. The story chronicles how the sad and naive Pierrot eventually came to be the romantic Harlequin. Learn More

Saharava:
A Ritualized Dance-Opera

Saharava:
A Ritualized Dance-Opera

Saharava is the telling of the hero’s journey as portrayed in the Major Arcana of the Tarot. It is the journey of The Fool, as narrated by The Magician, from ignorance to understanding. Learn More

Fahad Siadat's
Conference of the Birds

Fahad Siadat's
Conference of the Birds

Premiered at the Broad Stage; Santa Monica, CA
June 18 & 19, 2022

Conference of the Birds is based on Sufi mystic poet Attar’s seminal text. The story follows the birds of the world who embark on a journey to find their king, the Simurgh, a divine, mythical creature.

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The Moon Has Made Us Brothers

The Moon Has Made Us Brothers

Premiered at the Sharon Lund Dance Theater
at the California Institute of the Arts
February 24-25, 2018 Harlequin and Pierrot, two characters in the Commedia dell’arte often depicted as companions, are actually the same person in The Moon Has Made Us Brothers. The story chronicles how the sad and naive Pierrot eventually came to be the romantic Harlequin. Learn More

Saharava:
A Ritualized Dance-Opera

Saharava:
A Ritualized Dance-Opera

Premiered at the Sharon Lund Dance Theater
at the California Institute of the Arts
April 9-11, 2009 Saharava is the telling of the hero’s journey as portrayed in the Major Arcana of the Tarot. It is the journey of The Fool, as narrated by The Magician, from ignorance to understanding. Learn More

Other Evening-Length Works

Stimmung
            for amplified vocal sextet, with HEX


Rise and Fall
            a semi-staged concert work for amplified singers and actors in collaboration with Theatre Dybbuk

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Fall of the House of Usher
            a live film soundtrack for twelve voices, with HEX

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