download
WORKS LIST PDF
ONE-SHEET PDF
BROCHURE PDF
purchase
scores:
www.lulu.com
amazon.com
perusal scores,
recordings & parts:
karim@alzand.com
contact
karim@alzand.com
Rice University
Shepherd School of Music
MS 532
6100 Main St.
Houston TX 77005-1892
(713) 348-3740
www.alzand.com
News
REVIEW — Two recent reviews of Imaginary Scenes in the Deseret News and the Salt Lake Tribune.
PRESS — Feature article on Musiqa’s ‘Imaginary Scenes’ concert in CultureMap Houston.
REVIEW — Review of Fontana Chamber Arts' March 12 concert (including Lamentation on The Disasters of War) in the Kalamazoo Gazette.
PRESS — Upcoming Ensemble Pi premiere performance of Swimmy is previewed in Sequenza21.
PRESS — Upcoming performance of Lamentation on The Disasters of War is featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette.
GRANT — Al-Zand awarded a MetLife Creative Connections Grant from Meet The Composer for events related to the March 12th Fontana Chamber Arts presentation of Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
REVIEW — Review of Contempo's November 14 concert (including Lamentation on The Disasters of War) in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Classical Review.
RADIO — Visions from Another World is featured on American Public Media’s Performance Today (includes interview).
RADIO — Appearance on KUHF’s The Front Row to promote Musiqa’s ‘Music About Music’ concert
PRESS — Al-Zand featured in Houston Chronicle article about upcoming concert Damaged Romanticism.
PRESS — River Oaks Chamber Orchestra text message responses from audience members about the October 11th concert premiere of Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Houston Chronicle feature on Da Camera artistic director Sarah Rothenberg mentions the upcoming ‘Damaged Romanticism’ concert, which includes a performance of Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
RADIO — Appearance on KUHF’s The Front Row to promote River Oaks Chamber Orchestra season opening concert with conductor JoAnn Falletta. The concert features the premiere of Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Houston Chronicle feature on conductor JoAnn Falletta previews the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s season opening concert, featuring Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Musiqa is featured on a story for NPR’s All Things Considered. The spot includes music from Al-Zand’s Red Pajamas and Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
PRESS — Upcoming performance of The Art Of Conversation is previewed in Stamfordplus.com.
PRIZE — Awarded Rice University’s Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize.
PRESS — The Composers Inc. performance of Pattern Preludes is previewed in the San Francisco Classical Voice.
PERFORMANCE — The composers of Musiqa perform ‘Story’ from John Cage’s Living Room Music on KUHF's The Front Row.
RECOGNITION — City Scenes awarded special distinction in ASCAP's Rudolph Nissim Prize.
GRANT — Al-Zand awarded 2008 Canada Council for the Arts Grant.
PRESS — Featured with the Enso String Quartet in the Laguna Beach Independent.
CD RELEASE — The Sky With All Its Stars is released on a new CD from Capstone Records.
PERFORMANCE — Musiqa’s ‘Stay Tuned’ concert features the premiere of new downloadable ringtones. The concert is reviewed in the Houston Chronicle.
CD RELEASE — Four Fables is released on new a CD from Capstone Records.
PRESS — The Secret Of Your Heart is reviewed in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul StarTribune.
PRESS — Blogger Charles Ward’s review of Musiqa’s February 17 concert
ARTICLE — Short article in Rice News about upcoming premiere of City Scenes.
COMMISSION — Winner of a commission for new piano work for the Renee B. Fisher Competition.
PUBLICATION — Four Fables published in the SCI Journal of Music Scores Vol. 38 available at Harmony Online
AWARD — The Sky With All Its Stars is a finalist in the San Francisco Song Festival Compeititon.
PERFORMANCE — Four Fables has been chosen by Forecast Music as winner of their ‘Call for Scores.’ The work will be performed on an upcoming concert.
RADIO — The Secret of Your Heart is featured on The Composer Next Door on KCSC 90.1 in Oklahoma.
AWARD — Musiqa awarded prestigious Aaron Copland Grant from the American Music Center
ARTICLE — Musiqa’s children’s progrom featured Chamber Music America Magazine’s latest issue.
PRESS — Announcement of residency at Southwestern University appears in In Focus
REVIEW — Review of Louisville Orchestra's performance of The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad appears in the Indiana Statesman
PRESS — Articles for Indiana State University's Contemporary Music Festival (featuring the Louisville Orchestra performing The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad) appears in ISU News
REVIEW — Review of Musiqa’s Ligeti memorial concert in the Houston Chronicle
PRESS — Announcement of Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition in ASCAP’s Playback magazine.
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa’s upcoming Ligeti memorial concert and the performance of Poeme Symphonique in the Houston Chronicle [PDF1 PDF2].
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa and its children's program in Houston Chronicle.
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa’s children's program in Rice News and on the Shepherd School of Music website.
RADIO — Pattern Preludes is featured as the ‘performance of the week’ on KUHF 88.7 podcast.
ARTICLE — Short write-up in Rice News.
PRIZE — The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad is the winner of the Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition. It will be featured as part of the 40th Annual Contemporary Music Festival held at Indiana State University, where Al-Zand will be a guest composer. Press release.
GUEST COMPOSER — Illinois Wesleyan University in March of 2007. There will be a concert of works (TBD) on March 15.
GUEST LECTURE — University of South Dakota on September 21, 2006.
FESTIVAL — Faculty member at the American Festival for the Arts June 12–July 14.
REVIEW — Review of Fontana Chamber Arts' March 12 concert (including Lamentation on The Disasters of War) in the Kalamazoo Gazette.
PRESS — Upcoming Ensemble Pi premiere performance of Swimmy is previewed in Sequenza21.
PRESS — Upcoming performance of Lamentation on The Disasters of War is featured in the Kalamazoo Gazette.
GRANT — Al-Zand awarded a MetLife Creative Connections Grant from Meet The Composer for events related to the March 12th Fontana Chamber Arts presentation of Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
REVIEW — Review of Contempo's November 14 concert (including Lamentation on The Disasters of War) in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Classical Review.
RADIO — Visions from Another World is featured on American Public Media’s Performance Today (includes interview).
RADIO — Appearance on KUHF’s The Front Row to promote Musiqa’s ‘Music About Music’ concert
PRESS — Al-Zand featured in Houston Chronicle article about upcoming concert Damaged Romanticism.
PRESS — River Oaks Chamber Orchestra text message responses from audience members about the October 11th concert premiere of Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Houston Chronicle feature on Da Camera artistic director Sarah Rothenberg mentions the upcoming ‘Damaged Romanticism’ concert, which includes a performance of Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
RADIO — Appearance on KUHF’s The Front Row to promote River Oaks Chamber Orchestra season opening concert with conductor JoAnn Falletta. The concert features the premiere of Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Houston Chronicle feature on conductor JoAnn Falletta previews the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s season opening concert, featuring Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Musiqa is featured on a story for NPR’s All Things Considered. The spot includes music from Al-Zand’s Red Pajamas and Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
PRESS — Upcoming performance of The Art Of Conversation is previewed in Stamfordplus.com.
PRIZE — Awarded Rice University’s Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize.
PRESS — The Composers Inc. performance of Pattern Preludes is previewed in the San Francisco Classical Voice.
PERFORMANCE — The composers of Musiqa perform ‘Story’ from John Cage’s Living Room Music on KUHF's The Front Row.
RECOGNITION — City Scenes awarded special distinction in ASCAP's Rudolph Nissim Prize.
GRANT — Al-Zand awarded 2008 Canada Council for the Arts Grant.
PRESS — Featured with the Enso String Quartet in the Laguna Beach Independent.
CD RELEASE — The Sky With All Its Stars is released on a new CD from Capstone Records.
PERFORMANCE — Musiqa’s ‘Stay Tuned’ concert features the premiere of new downloadable ringtones. The concert is reviewed in the Houston Chronicle.
CD RELEASE — Four Fables is released on new a CD from Capstone Records.
PRESS — The Secret Of Your Heart is reviewed in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul StarTribune.
PRESS — Blogger Charles Ward’s review of Musiqa’s February 17 concert
ARTICLE — Short article in Rice News about upcoming premiere of City Scenes.
COMMISSION — Winner of a commission for new piano work for the Renee B. Fisher Competition.
PUBLICATION — Four Fables published in the SCI Journal of Music Scores Vol. 38 available at Harmony Online
AWARD — The Sky With All Its Stars is a finalist in the San Francisco Song Festival Compeititon.
PERFORMANCE — Four Fables has been chosen by Forecast Music as winner of their ‘Call for Scores.’ The work will be performed on an upcoming concert.
RADIO — The Secret of Your Heart is featured on The Composer Next Door on KCSC 90.1 in Oklahoma.
AWARD — Musiqa awarded prestigious Aaron Copland Grant from the American Music Center
ARTICLE — Musiqa’s children’s progrom featured Chamber Music America Magazine’s latest issue.
PRESS — Announcement of residency at Southwestern University appears in In Focus
REVIEW — Review of Louisville Orchestra's performance of The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad appears in the Indiana Statesman
PRESS — Articles for Indiana State University's Contemporary Music Festival (featuring the Louisville Orchestra performing The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad) appears in ISU News
REVIEW — Review of Musiqa’s Ligeti memorial concert in the Houston Chronicle
PRESS — Announcement of Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition in ASCAP’s Playback magazine.
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa’s upcoming Ligeti memorial concert and the performance of Poeme Symphonique in the Houston Chronicle [PDF1 PDF2].
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa and its children's program in Houston Chronicle.
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa’s children's program in Rice News and on the Shepherd School of Music website.
RADIO — Pattern Preludes is featured as the ‘performance of the week’ on KUHF 88.7 podcast.
ARTICLE — Short write-up in Rice News.
PRIZE — The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad is the winner of the Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition. It will be featured as part of the 40th Annual Contemporary Music Festival held at Indiana State University, where Al-Zand will be a guest composer. Press release.
GUEST COMPOSER — Illinois Wesleyan University in March of 2007. There will be a concert of works (TBD) on March 15.
GUEST LECTURE — University of South Dakota on September 21, 2006.
FESTIVAL — Faculty member at the American Festival for the Arts June 12–July 14.
REVIEW — Review of Contempo's November 14 concert (including Lamentation on The Disasters of War) in the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Classical Review.
RADIO — Visions from Another World is featured on American Public Media’s Performance Today (includes interview).
RADIO — Appearance on KUHF’s The Front Row to promote Musiqa’s ‘Music About Music’ concert
PRESS — Al-Zand featured in Houston Chronicle article about upcoming concert Damaged Romanticism.
PRESS — River Oaks Chamber Orchestra text message responses from audience members about the October 11th concert premiere of Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Houston Chronicle feature on Da Camera artistic director Sarah Rothenberg mentions the upcoming ‘Damaged Romanticism’ concert, which includes a performance of Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
RADIO — Appearance on KUHF’s The Front Row to promote River Oaks Chamber Orchestra season opening concert with conductor JoAnn Falletta. The concert features the premiere of Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Houston Chronicle feature on conductor JoAnn Falletta previews the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra’s season opening concert, featuring Visions from Another World.
PRESS — Musiqa is featured on a story for NPR’s All Things Considered. The spot includes music from Al-Zand’s Red Pajamas and Lamentation on The Disasters of War.
PRESS — Upcoming performance of The Art Of Conversation is previewed in Stamfordplus.com.
PRIZE — Awarded Rice University’s Phi Beta Kappa Teaching Prize.
PRESS — The Composers Inc. performance of Pattern Preludes is previewed in the San Francisco Classical Voice.
PERFORMANCE — The composers of Musiqa perform ‘Story’ from John Cage’s Living Room Music on KUHF's The Front Row.
RECOGNITION — City Scenes awarded special distinction in ASCAP's Rudolph Nissim Prize.
GRANT — Al-Zand awarded 2008 Canada Council for the Arts Grant.
PRESS — Featured with the Enso String Quartet in the Laguna Beach Independent.
CD RELEASE — The Sky With All Its Stars is released on a new CD from Capstone Records.
PERFORMANCE — Musiqa’s ‘Stay Tuned’ concert features the premiere of new downloadable ringtones. The concert is reviewed in the Houston Chronicle.
CD RELEASE — Four Fables is released on new a CD from Capstone Records.
PRESS — The Secret Of Your Heart is reviewed in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul StarTribune.
PRESS — Blogger Charles Ward’s review of Musiqa’s February 17 concert
ARTICLE — Short article in Rice News about upcoming premiere of City Scenes.
COMMISSION — Winner of a commission for new piano work for the Renee B. Fisher Competition.
PUBLICATION — Four Fables published in the SCI Journal of Music Scores Vol. 38 available at Harmony Online
AWARD — The Sky With All Its Stars is a finalist in the San Francisco Song Festival Compeititon.
PERFORMANCE — Four Fables has been chosen by Forecast Music as winner of their ‘Call for Scores.’ The work will be performed on an upcoming concert.
RADIO — The Secret of Your Heart is featured on The Composer Next Door on KCSC 90.1 in Oklahoma.
AWARD — Musiqa awarded prestigious Aaron Copland Grant from the American Music Center
ARTICLE — Musiqa’s children’s progrom featured Chamber Music America Magazine’s latest issue.
PRESS — Announcement of residency at Southwestern University appears in In Focus
REVIEW — Review of Louisville Orchestra's performance of The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad appears in the Indiana Statesman
PRESS — Articles for Indiana State University's Contemporary Music Festival (featuring the Louisville Orchestra performing The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad) appears in ISU News
REVIEW — Review of Musiqa’s Ligeti memorial concert in the Houston Chronicle
PRESS — Announcement of Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition in ASCAP’s Playback magazine.
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa’s upcoming Ligeti memorial concert and the performance of Poeme Symphonique in the Houston Chronicle [PDF1 PDF2].
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa and its children's program in Houston Chronicle.
ARTICLE — Feature on Musiqa’s children's program in Rice News and on the Shepherd School of Music website.
RADIO — Pattern Preludes is featured as the ‘performance of the week’ on KUHF 88.7 podcast.
ARTICLE — Short write-up in Rice News.
PRIZE — The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad is the winner of the Louisville Orchestra Composition Competition. It will be featured as part of the 40th Annual Contemporary Music Festival held at Indiana State University, where Al-Zand will be a guest composer. Press release.
GUEST COMPOSER — Illinois Wesleyan University in March of 2007. There will be a concert of works (TBD) on March 15.
GUEST LECTURE — University of South Dakota on September 21, 2006.
FESTIVAL — Faculty member at the American Festival for the Arts June 12–July 14.
Xhtml Valid | CSS Valid | © 2005
