Sami Seif - Composer

Miniatures from Phoenicia — Foundation for Modern Music
2024-05-03 | MATCH – Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston, 3400 Main St, Houston, TX, 77002, United States
Performance of Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone by Colleen Matheu Johnson.

Rhapsodic Reflections — University of Cincinnati
2024-05-04 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | Watson Hall — University of Cincinnati Conservatory, 290 CCM Blvd, Corbett Center for the Performing Arts, Watson Hall, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
Performance of Rhapsodic Reflections by Yasmine Bougacha (Violin) and Trinity Le (Piano).

Rhapsodic Reflections — First Lutheran Church
2024-05-05 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | First Lutheran Church (Downtown Cincinnati), 1208 Race St, Cincinnati, OH, 45202, United States

Ya Layl — Central Washington University
2024-05-08 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver) | Concert Hall, Central Washington University, 400 E University Way, Ellensburg, WA, 98926, United States
Dr. Michelle Rahn performs Ya Layl | یا لیل for Viola Alone.

Les Musicales du Liban
2024-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 (Europe/Helsinki) | Musicales du Liban, Mairie du 5ᵉ, 21 Pl. du Panthéon, Paris, Île-de-France, 75005, France
Ana Suhaila performs Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone. This is the French premiere of this piece.

Syriac Fugato 2 (Violin and Viola Version)
2024-05-20 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Denver) | Old First Church, 1751 Sacramento St, San Francisco, CA, 94109, United States
Earplay Chamber Ensemble performs Syriac Fugato 2 (Version for Violin and Viola) as a result of of that work winning the ensemble’s Vibrant Shores competition.

Ensemble Phoenicia—Orientalism
2024-05-26 15:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Woodbridge, CT, 06525, United States
Ensemble Phoenicia performs Orientalism for String Quartet.

Miniatures from Phoenicia—New Music on the Bayou
2024-06-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | Walker & Co (The Loft), 107 W Mississippi Ave, Ruston, LA, 71272, United States
Performance of Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone by Elizabeth McNutt. The performance may be livestreamed here.

Presentation on Shubho Lhaw Qolo—American Viola Society Festival
2024-06-19 15:30 - 16:00 (America/Denver) | Colburn School, 200 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA, 90012, United States
Sami Seif presents on his composition Shubho Lhaw Qolo | شوبحو لھاو قولو for Viola Solo and Orchestra. The presentation will be held in Classroom 1.

Evergreen Music Festival—Ya Layl
2024-07-16 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | Central Washington University, 400 E University Way, Ellensburg, WA, 98926, United States
Performance of Ya Layl | یا لیل for Viola Alone by Dr. Michelle Rahn in the Evergreen Music Festival. More details TBA

Ensemble Phoenicia at the CUNY Graduate Center
2024-10-02 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Halifax) | CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Ensemble Phoenicia will perform Orientalism for String Quartet

Central Washington University—New Music Festival
2024-10-12 10:00 - 12:00 (America/Denver) | Central Washington University, 400 E University Way, Ellensburg, WA, 98926, United States
Performance of Come with me from Lebanon | هيّا معي من لبنان for viola alone by Dr. Michelle Rahn

Adams Low Flutes Festival
2024-11-02 17:00 - 18:00 (Europe/Paris) | Adams Muziekcentrale, Aziëstraat 17, Ittervoort, 6041DA, Netherlands
Rarescale Ensemble led by Carla Rees premiere Syriac Fugato 3 for Six Low Flutes at the Adams Low Flutes Festival.

Riwaya Ensemble at the Palestine Museum US
2024-11-10 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | Palestine Museum US, 1764 Litchfield Turnpike, Woodbridge, CT, 06525, United States
Riwaya Ensemble will perform Syriac Fugato 2 for Violin and Viola

Riwaya Ensemble at Yale University MENA Cultural Center
2024-11-17 13:30 - 15:30 (America/Halifax) | Yale University MENA Cultural Center, 305 Crown St, New Haven, CT, 06510, United States

Riwaya Ensemble at the CUNY Graduate Center
2024-11-19 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax) | CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States

Miniatures from Phoenicia — SCION Region I-II conference
2025-02-21 08:00 - 2025-02-22 17:00 (America/Halifax) | NY
Elizabeth Downing performs Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone at the University of Maine in Orono, ME. This will be part of the Society of Composers Inc. Region I-II conference. More details TBA

Shubho Lhaw Qolo: One Found Sound
2025-04-05 | NY
One Found Sound delivers a performance of Shubho Lhaw Qolo | شوبحو لھاو قولو for Viola Solo and Orchestra. More details TBA

Premiere by Tak
2025-04-07 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | CUNY Graduate Center, Elebash Recital Hall, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
TAK Ensemble will premiere a new work for soprano and violin

Society for New Music performs Orientalism
2025-04-13 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Halifax) | CNY Jazz Central, 441 E. Washington St., Syracuse, NY, 13202, United States
The Society for New Music will perform Orientalism for String Quartet in the SNM Prizewinners Concert. In August 2024, Orientalism received the coveted Brian Israel/Sam Pellman Prize.

GCFS premieres duo for flute and clarinet
2025-04-27 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax) | Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Cleveland, 21600 Shaker Blvd, Shaker Heights, 44122, United States
The Greater Cleveland Flute Society (GCFS) will premiere Duo for flute and clarinet at their Cleveland Composers’ Connection concert, featuring Kaleb Chesnic (flute) and Benjamin Chen (clarinet).

Our Polyphonic World
2025-05-10 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Denver) | St. Clare’s Episcopal Church, 3350 Hopyard Rd, Pleasanton, CA, 94588, United States
Our Polyphonic World performs Syriac Fugato 2 and Rhapsodic Reflections by pianist Yu-Ting Chen, and violinists Kai-Li Cheng and Cecilia Huang.

Syriac Fugato 2—New Music on the Bayou
2025-06-06 16:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago) | Black Box Theatre, University of Louisiana at Monroe, 700 University Ave, Monroe, LA, 71209, United States
Syriac Fugato 2 will be performed at the New Music on the Bayou Festival, in Monroe, LA

Miniatures from Phoenicia at NFA
2025-08-08 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Halifax) | Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Rd NE, Atlanta, GA, 30303, United States
Kelly Mollnow Wilson will perform Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone as part of a program titled “it’s A Small World: Music from the Middle East and Africa.”

The Flute as You Don't Usually Hear It
2025-09-20 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Halifax) | Corfu United Presbyterian Church, 63 Alleghany Rd, Corfu, NY, 14036, United States
Jaclyn Renee Warren performs Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone, alongside a selection of contemporary flute music in a series of concerts in upstate New York.

NACUSA—Miniatures from Phoenicia
2025-09-21 16:30 - 17:30 (America/Halifax) | Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU, 2900 W Lowden St, Fort Worth, TX, 76109, United States
Miniatures from Phoenicia for Flute Alone will be performed at NACUSA’s 2025 National Festival by Kiana Fatemifar at Van Cliburn Hall.

The Flute as You Don’t Usually Hear It
2025-09-28 12:30 - 13:30 (America/Halifax) | First Presbyterian Church, 34 E Albion St, Holley, NY, 14470, United States

The Flute as You Don’t Usually Hear It
2025-10-12 11:30 - 12:30 (America/Halifax) | First Presbyterian Church of Le Roy, 7 Clay St, Le Roy, NY, 14482, United States

The Flute as You Don't Usually Hear It
2025-10-19 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Halifax) | United Methodist Church of North Chili, 2200 Westside Dr, Rochester, NY, 14624, United States

Syriac Fugato 2 - musicON
2025-10-25 | OPERA America’s National Opera Center, 330 7th Ave, 7th Floor, New York, NY, 10001, United States
Syriac Fugato 2 will be performed by the Mayflower Art Center at OPERA America’s National Opera Center.
