It’s pretty heady stuff…to know that we, the Indianapolis Symphonic Choir, is responsible for bringing to life the brand new ZABUR. Written by American composer Mohammed Fairouz, and set for full symphony orchestra, large mixed choir, children’s choir and soloists (tenor and baritone), ZABUR is a setting of familiar psalm texts cast in a dramatic… Read More
As you can see from the accompanying photo, we are excited to have copies of the piano vocal score of our new work, ZABUR, by composer Mohammed Fairouz. Though we only received the second half of the work a few days ago, we have already read through the entire thing. Wow! It is powerful…beautiful…haunting…compelling. The… Read More
Just this week, the Choir began its rehearsals of ZABUR, the just-written composition by New York composer Mohammed Fairouz. As we look eagerly to our April 24th premiere, Mohammed and I have been discussing the work, the choir and the world in which we find ourselves. When I asked “Momo” what drew him to… Read More