List of compositions by Michael Daugherty

Michael Kevin Daugherty

Compositions

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Orchestra

• Rio Grande (2015) for orchestra
• American Gothic (2013)
• Lost Vegas (2012)
• Radio City: Symphonic Fantasy on Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra (2011)
• March of the Metro (2008)
• Ghost Ranch (2005)
• Tell My Fortune (2004)
• Time Machine for three conductors and orchestra (2003)
• Pachelbel's Key for youth orchestra (2002)
• Philadelphia Stories (2001)
• Motor City Triptych (2000)
• Sunset Strip (1999)
• Route 66 (1998)
• Leap Day for youth orchestra (1996)
• Metropolis Symphony (1988–93)
• Flamingo (1991)

String orchestra

• Octet: Mendelssohn-Daugherty (2002)
• Strut (1989)

Concerti with orchestra

• Tales of Hemingway for cello and orchestra (2015)
• Dreamachine for solo percussion and orchestra (2014)
• Fallingwater for violin and string orchestra (2013)
• Reflections on the Mississippi for tuba and orchestra (2013)
• Passage to Petra for bassoon, strings and percussion (2011)
• Trail of Tears for flute and orchestra (2010)
• Gee's Bend for electric guitar and orchestra (2009)
• Deus Ex Machina for piano and orchestra (2007)
• Bay of Pigs for classical guitar and string orchestra (2006)
• Above Clouds for four horns and orchestra (2005)
• Crystal for flute, alto flute, and chamber orchestra, from Tell My Fortune (2004)
• Once Upon a Castle: Symphonie Concertante for organ and orchestra (2003)
• Fire and Blood for violin and orchestra (2003)
• Raise the Roof for timpani and orchestra (2003)
• Tell-Tale Harp for two harps and orchestra, from Philadelphia Stories (2001)
• UFO for solo percussion and orchestra (1999)
• Hell's Angels for bassoon quartet and orchestra (1998–99)
• Spaghetti Western for English horn and orchestra (1998)
• Le Tombeau de Liberace for piano and orchestra (1996)
• Mxyzptlk for 2 flutes and chamber orchestra, from Metropolis Symphony (1988)

Symphonic band, concert band, or wind ensemble

• Of War and Peace (2017)
• Rio Grande (2015)
• Winter Dreams (2015)
• Vulcan (2014)
• On the Air (2012)
• Lost Vegas (2011)
• Bells for Stokowski (2002)
• Alligator Alley (2002)
• Red Cape Tango (1999)
• Niagara Falls (1997)
• Bizarro (1993)
• Desi (1991)

Concerti with symphonic band or symphonic winds

• Reflections on the Mississippi for tuba and symphonic band (2015)
• The Gospel According to Sister Aimee for organ, brass and percussion (2012)
• Raise the Roof for timpani and symphonic band (2007)
• Ladder to the Moon for solo violin and chamber ensemble (2006)
• Brooklyn Bridge for clarinet and symphonic band (2005)
• Rosa Parks Boulevard for three trombones and symphonic band (2001)
• UFO for solo percussion and symphony band (2000)
• Dead Elvis for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble (1993)

Chorus

• Mount Rushmore for chorus and Orchestra (2010)

Voice and orchestra or chamber ensemble

• This Land Sings: Songs of Wandering, Love and Protest inspired by the life and times of Woody Guthrie for soprano, baritone, small chamber ensemble and optional narrator (2016)
• Labyrinth of Love for soprano and large chamber ensemble (2012)
• Letters from Lincoln for baritone and orchestra (2009)
• TROYJAM for narrator and orchestra (2008)
• What's That Spell? for two sopranos and chamber ensemble (1995)

Opera

• Jackie O (1997)

Large chamber ensemble

• The Gospel According to Sister Aimee for organ, brass and percussion (2012)
• Passage to Petra for solo bassoon, strings and percussion (2011)
• Asclepius Fanfare for brass and percussion (2007)
• Ladder to the Moon for solo violin, wind octet, double bass and percussion (2006)
• Timbuktuba for euphonium/tubas ensemble and percussion (1996)
• What's That Spell? for two sopranos and chamber ensemble (1995)
• Motown Metal for brass and percussion (1994)
• Snap! (1987)
• Blue Like an Orange (1987)

Small chamber ensemble

• The Diaries of Adam and Eve for violin, double bass and optional narrators (2016)
• The Lightning Fields for trumpet and piano (2015)
• Prayer for two horns and piano (2014)
• Steamboat for saxophone quartet (2014)
• Bay of Pigs for acoustic guitar and string quartet (2006)
• Diamond in the Rough for violin, viola and percussion (2006)
• Regrets Only for violin, cello and piano (2006)
• Walk the Walk for baritone saxophone (or bass clarinet or contrabassoon) and percussion (2005)
• Crystal, from Tell My Fortune for flute, alto flute and piano (2004)
• The High and the Mighty for piccolo and piano (2000)
• Used Car Salesman for percussion quartet (2000)
• Sinatra Shag for solo violin, bass clarinet, cello, piano and percussion (1997)
• Yo amaba a Lucy (I Loved Lucy) for flute and classical guitar (1996)
• Lounge Lizards for two pianos and two percussion (1994)
• Shaken Not Stirred for three percussion and electric bass (1994)
• Dead Elvis for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble (1993)
• Lex for electric violin, four percussion, timpani, synthesizers and electric bass (1991)
• Firecracker for solo oboe, flute (piccolo), bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano (1991)
• Viola Zombie for two violas (1991)
• Bounce for two bassoons (1988)

Percussion ensemble

• Used Car Salesman for percussion quartet (2000)

String quartet and pre-recorded sound

• Paul Robeson Told Me (1994)
• Elvis Everywhere (1993)
• Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover (1992)

Solo instrument

• Viva for violin (2014)
• Buffalo Dance for piano (2012)
• Everybody's Got the Right for piano (2012)
• An Evangelist Drowns for organ (from The Gospel According to Sister Aimee for organ, brass and percussion) (2012)
• Venetian Blinds for piano (2002)
• Monk in the Kitchen for piano (2001)
• Jackie's Song for cello (1996)
• Piano Plus for piano (1985)

References