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SHARIF LABBAN • MUSIC

Highlights

Beating Aerophobia • electric violin & tape (2015)

Commissioned by Sarah Curro of the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra.

Runner-up in the 2016 American Composers Forum national composition contest.


  • Live Performance (Youtube)
  • Score & Backtrack (Bandcamp)

Koyo - Autumn's Changing Leaves • piano (2014)

Thesis from my undergraduate music degree with Professor Stephen Jaffe, performed by pianist Valeria Mastrorosa in 2014.

Short and Suite • piano and orchestra (2010)

Tim Keyes Consort debuted my first major composition, Short and Suite, in 2010 at Richardson Auditorium in Princeton, NJ. 

The Rest

Exhale • string orchestra (2026)

Coming soon



Worlds (Excerpts) • violin & piano (2015)

Performed by violinist Sarah Curro and pianist Elyane Laussade:

  • The Toiling Inventor - YouTube 
  • George & Ira in the Park - YouTube
  • Another Summer Gone - YouTube



Worlds Slipped Through the Cracks • solo piano (2015)

10 short works for solo piano (self-recorded): 

  • YouTube playlist



The Elusive Horizon • viola & piano (2014)

Self-recorded:

  • YouTube



Farben - Colors • orchestra (2013)

Debuted by Tim Keyes Consort:

  • YouTube



By the Dusk’s Early Shade • soprano sax & piano (2013)

Read through by Professor of Saxophone Susan Fancher and my composition Professor Stephen Jaffe (piano):

  • YouTube



Invierno - Winter • solo piano (2009)

Self-recorded:

  • YouTube



Rain Water • cello & piano (2006)

Performed and recorded at the Cleveland Institute of Music Young Composer Program (2007):

  • YouTube



Creativity, Music & Design

Interview with Jack O'Donoghue, exploring music, design, psychology & creativity:


  • 14:27 • Art vs. design, amateurs & pros, the motive to create
  • 20:43 • Design Thinking, different conditions for creativity
  • 29:26 • 3-stage creative process, the psychology of flow
  • 40:27 • Thinking Fast & Slow, aha moments & tunnel vision
  • 53:11 • Music composition principles applied to UX design 

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Sharif Labban • UX Designer • Music Composer

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