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Ms. Shirazi’s “The Shadow of a Leaf in Water,” composed for Ensemble Dal Niente, unfolds with deliberation, speaking in a musical language that whispers and sighs.

The New York TimesRyan Ebright

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Lullaby for Shattered Angels” by Aida Shirazi, a composer from Iran for the Debussyan combination of flute, viola, and harp, is affecting and well-made.

The New YorkerRussell Platt

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When more prolonged melodic fragments call out, they seem to come from the beyond, like “Death and the Maiden,” reaching out from the middle of Black Angels. Beautiful sounds combine in new ways, and other sounds seem entirely unfamiliar. Vestiges is unusually creative; I left wanting more.

San Francisco Classical VoiceRebecca Wishnia

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Beyond a three-note lullaby motif, little melody or meter anchored the audience’s temporality. Instead, they were pulled by "Lullaby for Shattered Angels'" taffy adventure

I Care If You ListenLana Norris

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In “Orbis,” we see Persian letters swirling, recombining and glomming together as electronically generated sounds and music eerily intertwine with often-whispered vocals. The effect is both mesmerizing and unnerving

Signal TribuneAnita W. Harris