Free Spirit: Trio for Cello, Flute, and Alto Saxophone
Noah Johnson         Cello
Rick Firestone           Alto Saxophone
Corin Rogers             Flute

Free Spirit

One of my best childhood's memories comes from a Copper Market in my hometown, Kerman. I always enjoy the mixture of different sounds in this market, but unfortunately these days lots of shops are closed because of cheap Chinese products and also there was a fire few years ago at this market. my Dad recorded some video and audio at the market for me and I tried to recreate the sound that I used to enjoy.

And Sounds Never Dies, for fixed media

For Solo Violin and Live Electronics 
Daniel Allen, violin (improvisation)
Badie Khaleghian, Electronics

Daniel and I No. 1

Badie Khaleghian: "Tahirih The Pure" (2017, commissioned by Liza Stepanova for a premiere at the San Francisco Center for New Music).

Performed by Liza Stepanova, piano at the Dancz Center for New Music, Dec 1, 2017.

I. The Day of Alast
II. Unchained
III. Badasht


This piece is about Tahirih, a prominent figure in 19th century Middle-Eastern history. She is the exemplar of women’s strength in Iran. At a time when most women were kept illiterate, she became a great poet, teacher, leader, and activist. She was executed for her beliefs and activities at age of 38. Her last recorded words were:
“You can kill me as soon as you like, but you will never stop the emancipation of women.”

Tahirih The Pure

For Fixed Media

This piece is inspired by some news videos and some interviews with people who experienced crossing US-Mexico border illegally. The goal of this piece is making a sound space for audience to think about what they hear.

Voice of Crossing

"The Story of life" for choir and B flat Clarinet
poem by Shahin Janpak .
UGA Repertory Singers
Justin Bowen          conductor
Ivan Hernandez      clarinet 

من
ظريفترين شاخه ی درخت بودم
تو
لطيفترين گنجشک شهر 
آمدی
نشستی
دل دادی
دل بستم
پريدی
شکستم
I, 
was the most delicate branch of the tree.
You,
the softest sparrow of the town.
You came, 
and sit.
You gave me your heart,
I fell in love,
You flew
and I broke.

The Story of Life

Mesoamerican

Debilitator (2019)

I.	Shock-Pain-Guilt-Anger	
II.	Sinking into the Sludge
III.	Introspection
IV.	The Turn

solo saxophone: Dan Phipps
conductor: Emily Eng
Benjamin Dawson, Sydney Doemel, Vivian Cheng, Judy Bixler, violin
Claudia Malchow, Elitsa Atanasova, viola
Jack Rose, Ayako Pederson, violoncello
Davide Sorbello, double bass
Alison Gilbert, piano
Brendan Williams, Hayden Johnson, percussion

Debilitator (2019)for alto saxophone and chamber orchestra

Badie Khaleghian is an Iranian contemporary music composer, who incorporates western and eastern music. He was born in Kerman, Iran in 1985. He started his journey with violin with his father at age of 7, and piano with Safa Shahidi. He studied piano performance at Baha’i Institute of Higher Education in Tehran Iran. In January 2014 he came to U.S. as a religious refugee. He studies music composition at University of Georgia with Dr. Adrian Childs, and electronic music with Dr. Peter Van Zandt Lane and piano with Dr. Liza Stepanova. His music is influenced by culture, society, and personal emotions, and he is interested in using middle-eastern modes and micro tonality in his music. Badie has composed for a wide variety of instrumental and vocal combinations in addition to his work in electronic music. His music has performed at Georgia, Illinois, Austria, and Iran. He currently works on large-scale orchestral piece, a saxophone quartet, and choir and live electronics.

Badie Khaleghian

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