Mike Khoury is a composer, improviser, and curator focused on performance and documentation. He has worked to establish an Arab American avant-garde and document the movement's intellectual heritage through presenting his own work, publishing on the topic, and presenting other artists' work. Khoury has performed across North America, in Europe and the Arab World. In 2018, Khoury was awarded a Knight Arts Challenge Grant to create new work. Kresge Arts in Detroit named Khoury a fellow in 2020. He has authored a chapter on the composer Halim El-Dabh published in an anthology on the Arab Avant Garde by Wesleyan University Press. Among Khoury’s current projects is his quartet entitled Spite of Darkness, field kitchen, The Northwoods Improvisers, and The Sensorium Chamber Ensemble as well as his work as a soloist.