Sharon's new work, "ASHKINA", for mixed choir and chamber orchestra, commissioned by The Foundation for Universal Sacred Music, was premiered with great success on October 9th, 2004 at the Merkin Hall, Kaufman Center in New York. The piece integrates English, Hebrew and Turkish text, and featured the amazing musicianship of Omar Faruk Tekbilek on Ney flute, Oud and percussion, as we ll as guest artists David Kontesz on Dumbeck and Freddi Shiftan on Flamenko guitar.
