A multi-instrumental performer of new and improvised music, Qasim has toured and collaborated with artists such as Reggie Workman, Don Byron, Lawrence D. Butch Morris, Vernon Reid, Brandon Ross, Carl Hancock Rux, Roswell Rudd, Charlie Burnham, and Buster Williams. He has performed with the New York based avant-rock group, Elysian Fields, Electrical Secrets, and, the Burnt Sugar Arkestra Chamber, a 21-piece ensemble for electro-acoustic improvisers. Qasim has also composed and arranged music for the BBC, Discovery Health, PBS, NBC, The Sundance Channel and the HBO Undercover Series. He has produced original dance works for the Israeli choreographer Yael Caravan, Tai Jiminez (Prima Ballerina for Dance Theater of Harlem), Gabri Christa and Berlin's Ten Pin Chi Bhuto. His works have premiered in London, Berlin, Paris, Boudreaux, Amsterdam, Sapporo and Lahore. Qasim has completed residencies and fellowships at the Studio for Electro Instrumental Music in Amsterdam, Harvest Works Digital Media Labs in New York, Art OMI, and is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in composition and performance in percussion at the California Institute of the Arts.

UPCOMING CONCERTS / COLLABORATIONS

The Midnight Winds Ensemble of Los Angeles will premiere Township for wind quintet.
Mp3 excerpt http://www.myspace.com/midnightwinds
midnight winds website: http://www.midnightquintet.com/