Karim Al-Zand

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Rice University
Shepherd School of Music
MS 532
6100 Main St.
Houston TX 77005-1892
(713) 348-3740
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News

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.