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Nurun Ala Nur: Light Upon Light | 2010
Premiered by: The Elmer Iseler Singers
Conductor: Lydia Adams
Inspired by the Verse of Light from the Quran. The piece was an exercise in discovering a variety of sonic expressions based on the parable of light as described in the verse. The composition includes references to a prayer for light, attributed to the Holy Prophet Muhammad. Peace be Upon Him.) The piece looks at the individual's journey to shed the layers of ego to reveal the light within. Like a rainfall of grace from the Divine, once touched by light we have the capacity to liberate others from their own light and live in peaceful co-existence with knowledge, understanding, and wisdom.