2024 Orange House artist resident, Sia Ahmad, began developing an original 5 part song cycle for performance in theatre contexts with collaborators from The Letter String Quartet. Their focus was a re-examining of "liturgical music" as taken back from the Western classical tradition and they were interested in a queer interpretation of Islamic teachings and guidance as it is wrapped up and surrounded by a musical setting.

'Being able to spend 3 weeks away on the Orange House residency was the perfect situation for me to start focused development on a new work. As a maker with ongoing work and parenting responsibilities, it meant a lot to be supported by Chamber Made with space and time to have multiple creative conversations with my collaborators and dive headfirst into writing new music and words. It was a pleasure to work slowly and contemplate all the musical, visual and design chats I had.' Sia Ahmad