I am back in the United States after a wonderful year in India! I’m excited to be a part of so many upcoming projects for the next season: a new piece for sarangi, bansuri and tabla for The HUM Ensemble and Sandeep Das, a commission from pianist Kimball Gallagher for a new solo piano piece for his seven-city tour of India in November; a project with poet/translator Diana Arterian to set poems by deceased Afghani poet Nadia Anjuman, both in their English translation, and in the original Farsi; and a commission from MuSE (Multicultural Sonic Evolution) for a violin and piano duo based on Indian folksong, which is part of MuSE’s larger project to set folksongs from around the world for violin and piano; and a few more projects of my own!