2010/2011
Yousif is the Alan and Wendy Pesky Artist-in-Residence this year at Lafayette College in Easton PA. The year-long residency is based around Ethos Percussion Group who will perform and work with the students in February. Yousif will teach world percussion and coach the college’s percussion ensemble on contemporary percussion works as well as music from the Middle East, India, Ghana and Brazil.

Manhattan School of Music will host Yousif for six frame drum master classes throughout the fall and spring. The classes will culminate in a performance with the students in the spring.

duoJalal’s first CD will be released this fall on Innova Recordings. The CD features works by Philip Glass, John Patitucci, David Krakauer, Derek Bermel, Kenji Bunch, Glen Velez, Enzo Rao and Yousif Sheronick. Stay tuned for release information.

duoJalal has a busy fall playing in PA, MA, IN and TX. A few highlights; a collaboration with dancers in MA, a performance/clinic at Percussive Art’s Society’s International Convention in IN, and the premier of a new work for duoJalal and string trio in TX. For more information, please visit www.duoJalal .org.

Stephan Said’s project “difrent” has finally been launched. difrent: is the global broadcasting platform for music for social change. The band/project kicked off with a launch party at New York City’s Le Poisson Rouge in September. Difrent: promotes young, upcoming voices that are taking a stand and creating music and using culture to change our world. www.difrent.org

Yousif will premier a new work by Glen Velez with the Lark Quartet in Monterey Bay CA in October. The piece was commissioned by the Lark Quartet and features frame drum and shakers along with string quartet. www.larkquartet.com

duoJalal was honored to be chosen to showcase at Chamber Music America's Conference in January. duoJalal played to a full house of managers, presenters and musicians. The group then went into the studio the following weekend to record tracks for their upcoming CD. Stay tuned for the release date. Over the summer, the duo played concerts in Australia, Maine and Connecticut. Visit the duo at www.duoJalal.org.

Yousif is proud to announce the release of his new instructional DVD Advanced Frame Drum Techniques. The DVD covers contemporary Riq, Tar and Bodhran techniques including Glen Velez Fast Fingerings, Split Hand Technique, Snapping and the South Italian Triplet. Click here for more information.

"A Silk Road Journey" with bansuri flute player Steve Gorn played a wonderful concert in Philadelphia at the Psalm Salon in October. What a fantastic, and intimate, venue! The duo will also be featured at the American Museum of Natural History in April as part of the museum's Silk Road Exhibit.