Compositions

Alphabetically by title
A Betrothal, 1989, original chamber musical (libretto by Lanford Wilson, directed by Rob Bundy). Performances: November 10–13, 1989, Circle Repertory Company, New York, NY.
A Sinfonian Prayer, 1979, for a capella chorus (t.t.b.b.). First performance: March 30, 1979, Phi Mu Alpha Men’s Chorus, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Ad-Meyer-ation, 1978, for jazz ensemble. First performance: March 30, 1979, University of Miami Jazz Band, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
After Orion, 1990, for English horn and piano. First performance: August 19, 1990, Thomas Stacy, English horn, Kenneth Fuchs, piano, Thomas Stacy English Horn Seminar, Towson State College, Towson, MD.
American Rhapsody (Romance for Violin and Orchestra), completed July 2008. Recorded?
An American Letter (Text by Archibald MacLeish), 1976, for a capella chorus (s.s.a.a.t.t.b.b.). First performance: April 11, 1976, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
An American Place, 2002, for orchestra. First performance: Virginia Symphony Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta, conductor, March 5, 2005, Norfolk, VA. Recorded?
Apothegm, 1977, for band. First performance: March 23, 1978, University of Miami Symphonic Band, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Aster Flowers (Seven Poems by Robert Frost), 1993, for baritone and piano. Commissioned by Joseph Wiggett. First performance: May 13, 1993, Joseph Wiggett, baritone, William Lewis, piano, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY.
Atlantic Riband, for orchestra, completed July 2008. Recorded?
Autumn Rhythm (Idyll for Woodwind Quintet After a Painting by Jackson Pollock), completed May 2006, was commissioned by the University of Miami School of Music. First performance September 17, 2006, at Maurice Gusman Concert Hall, Coral Gables, FL. Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at LSO-St. Luke’s, London, November 22, 2006.
Brontosaurus, 1992, original chamber musical (libretto by Lanford Wilson, directed by Carolann Page). Performances: March 4–6, 1994, Circle Repertory Company, New York, NY; January–March, 1993, ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshop, New York, NY.
Burlesque Overture (by Herbert Chappell), transcription for band, 1982. Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company, New York, NY, 1982. First performance: December 8, 1982, Lakeland High School Wind Ensemble, John C. Carmichael conducting, Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic, Chicago, IL.
Burning Blue (Fanfare-Overture for Winds, Brass, and Percussion), 2004. Commissioned by the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band (Langley Air Force Base, Virginia). Recorded? Larry Lang?? First performance: April 16, 2004, University of Oklahoma Wind Symphony, Music Educators National Conference (national convention).
Canticle to the Sun (Concerto for Horn and Orchestra), completed April 2005, was composed especially for Timothy Jones, principal hornist of the London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded at LSO-St. Luke’s, London, November 21, 2006.
Chorale and Toccata, 1978, for clarinet choir. Commissioned by the Maple Valley School Music Association, Maple Valley, IA. First performance: March 30, 1979, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Christina’s World (Idyll for Winds, Brass, and Percussion After a Painting by Andrew Wyeth), 1997. Commissioned by the University of Miami School of Music. First performance: October 14, 1997, University of Miami Wind Ensemble, Gary Green conducting, Festival Miami, Coral Gables, FL. Recorded?
Concerto Grosso (for String Quartet and String Orchestra), completed May 2009.
Discover the Wild (Overture for Winds, Brass, and Percussion), transcribed from the orchestral original, completed August 2010.
Discover the Wild, for orchestra, completed October 2007. Recorded?
Divinum Mysterium (Concerto for Viola and Orchestra), completed March 2008, was composed especially for Paul Silverthorne, principal violist of the London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded?
Duo for Flute and Doublebass, 1978. Commissioned by Lucas Drew. First performance: April 14, 1978, Lucas Drew, doublebass, Laura Larson, flute, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Duo for Violin and Piano, 2013. Commissioned by violinist Julie Rosenfeld. First performance: University of Missouri, April 2016. Recorded at SUNY Purchase Conservatory of Music by Judith Sherman with Rosenfeld and pianist Peter Miyamoto. Distributed by Albany Records (Troy 1717) under the title “Duo in One Movement.”
Evensong (for Horn and Guitar), commissioned by David Wick, completed March 2010.
Eventide, 2003, for English horn, percussion, harp, celesta, and string orchestra. Composed especially for Thomas Stacy, solo English hornist, New York Philaharmonic. Recorded?
Face of the Night (After a Painting by Robert Motherwell), 1989, chamber concerto for oboe and English horn. Commissioned by Thomas Stacy. Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company, New York, NY, 1990. First performance: January 14, 1990, New York Philharmonic Ensembles, Thomas Stacy, oboe and English horn, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY.
Falling Canons (Seven Canons for Piano), completed June 2009. Recorded?
Falling Man (for Baritone Voice and Orchestra), text by Don DeLillo from his novel Falling Man, adapted by J. D. McClatchy, completed June 2010. Recorded?
Falling Trio (for Piano, Violin, and Violoncello), commissioned for Trio21, completed December 2010. Recorded?
Fire, Ice, and Summer Bronze (After Two Works on Paper by Helen Frankenthaler), 1986, for brass quintet. Commissioned by the Eroica Brass Quintet. First performance: March 2, 1986, Eroica Brass Quintet, Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY. Recorded?
Flute Quartet (flute, violin, viola, violoncello), 1981. First performance: March 23, 1982, John Littlefield, flute, Joel Pinchon, violin, Paul Neubauer, viola, Steven Balderston, violoncello, the Juilliard School, New York, NY.
Forever Free (Fanfare-Overture for Band), commissioned by the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, André Raphel, Music Director, for the West Virginia Sesquicentennial, completed August 2013. Recorded? Performed?
Forever Free (Fanfare-Overture for Orchestra), commissioned by the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, André Raphel, Music Director, for the West Virginia Sesquicentennial, completed April 2013.
Four Poems of Dennis Britten, 1981, for tenor and chamber ensemble. Commissioned by Dennis Britten. First performance: April 10, 1981, Dennis Britten, tenor, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, St. Peter’s Church, New York, NY.
From the Field to the Sky (Celebration Fanfare for Brass and Percussion), commissioned by United States Air Force Band of Flight (Wright-Petterson Air Force Base, Ohio), Lt. Daniel W. Boothe, Commander and Conductor, dedicated to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, completed October 2012. Recorded?
Gazing at Orion, 1989, for clarinet and piano. First performance: April, 1989, Edward Gilmore, clarinet, Yehudi Wyner, piano, Queens Symphony Orchestra’s Sounds From the Left Bank, Long Island City, NY.
Glacier (Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra), commissioned by the Bozeman Symphony Orchestra, Matthew Savery, Music Director, completed September 2014. Recorded?
If Wishes Were Horses, 1981, original chamber musical (libretto by Dennis Britten). First performance: November 6, 1981, Three Muses Theatre, New York, NY, Kenneth Fuchs conducting.
Immigrants Still (After a Poem by Richard Wilbur), for a cappella chorus (s.a.t.b.), 2004. Commissioned by the Oklahoma Choral Directors Association. First performance: January 22, 2005, All-OMEA Honors Chorus, OMEA annual convention, Tulsa, OK. Recorded?
In the Clearing (eight poems by Robert Frost), 1994, for a capella chorus (s.a.t.b.). Commissioned by Coro Allegro. First performance: May 20, 1995, Coro Allegro, David Hodgkins conducting, Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA. Recorded?
Incidental Music and Arrangements for Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, 1977, for flute and guitar. First performance: December 4, 1977, Kenneth Fuchs, flute, Robert Lozada, guitar, Ring Theatre, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Into October (After Three Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler), 1986, for piccolo trumpet, C trumpet, flugelhorn, and organ. Commissioned by Douglas Hedwig. First performance: April 28, 1987, Douglas Hedwig, trumpets, Leonard Raver, organ, the Juilliard School, New York, NY.
Kerygma (Psalm 123), 1976, for a capella chorus (s.s.a.a.t.t.b.b.). First performance: November 11, 1976, Raymond Barr conducting, South Miami First Methodist Church Choir, Miami, Florida.
Lamentation (Text by Alfred Lord Tennyson), 1976, for baritone and chamber ensemble. First performance: October 30, 1976, University of Miami, Don Bennett, baritone, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Licorice Sticks (for Clarinet and Percussion), commissioned for Duo Avanzando, completed September 2010.
Movie House (Six Poems by John Updike for Baritone, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet, String Trio, and Harp), completed May 2007. Recorded?
Night Thoughts (Text by Rainer Maria Rilke), 1975, for soprano, violin, and violoncello. First performance: February 14, 1976, Lisa Esposito, soprano, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Nothing Gold Can Stay (Text by Robert Frost), 1976, for a capella chorus (s.s.a.a.t.t.b.b.). First performance: April 12, 1977, University of Miami Chamber Singers, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. Recorded?
On Silver Wings, for band, completed August 2006, was commissioned by the United States Air Force Band of Liberty (Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts), in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the United States Air Force. First performance October 1, 2006; recorded October 14, 2006 (for release summer 2007). Larry Lang? Recorded?
Orion Nocturne, for oboe and piano, completed July 2005, was composed especially for Johanna Cox, who gave the first performance October 7, 2006, at Weill Recital Hall, New York City. Recorded?
Ostinato Fantasia (on the theme FCHS), commissioned by the American Guild of Organists (Regions I & II), completed August 2012. Todd Wilson, organ?
Out of the Dark (After Three Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler), 1984, version for chamber ensemble. Published by Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1987. First performance: January 24, 1985, Juilliard Chamber Ensemble, JoAnn Falletta conducting, FOCUS! Festival, the Juilliard School, New York, NY.
Out of the Dark (After Three Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler), 1986, version for chamber orchestra. Commissioned by JoAnn Falletta. Published by Theodore Presser Company, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1987. First performance: November 9, 1986, Denver Chamber Orchestra, JoAnn Falletta conducting, Trinity United Methodist Church, Denver, CO. Recorded?
Piano Concerto ("Spiritualist," After Three Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler) 2016. Commissioned by the Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Rhodes, Music Director, and the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, André Raphel, Music Director. Jeffrey Biegel was the soloist for the first performances (March 12 and May 20, 2016). Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, Abbey Road Studios, London, August 22, 2017, JoAnn Falletta, conductor.
Poems of Life (Twelve Poems by Judith G. Wolf for Countertenor, Violoncello and Orchestra), 2017. Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company, New York, NY. Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra, Abbey Road Studios, London, August 22, 2017
Proclamatory Overture for Band, 1973. First performance: June 2, 1975, Piper High School Symphonic Band, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
Quiet in the Land (American Idyll), for flute, clarinet, English horn, viola, and cello, 2003. Commissioned by the Oklahoma Music Teachers Association in a joint venture with the Composers Commissioning Program of the Music Teachers National Association. First performance: May 30, 2003, OMTA annual convention, Duncan, OK. Recorded by the London Symphony Orchestra at LSO-St. Luke’s, London, November 22, 2006.
Reconciliation Elegy (After a Painting by Robert Motherwell), 1988, for orchestra. First performance: November 10, 1989, Juilliard Symphony, Paul Zukofsky conducting, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY.
Rondeau des Songes (by Jean-Philippe Rameau), transcription for band, 1979. Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company, New York, NY, 1979. First performance: October 16, 1979, University of Miami Wind Ensemble, Dennis Kam conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Ronny’s Tune, 1979, for jazz ensemble. First performance: March 30, 1979, University of Miami Jazz Band, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Rush (Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Band), commissioned by TSgt. Ryan Janus, United States Air Force Academy Band (Colorado Springs), and a consortium of saxophonists and ensembles, completed December 2012.
Rush (Concerto for Alto Saxophone and Orchestra), commissioned by TSgt. Ryan Janus, United States Air Force Academy Band (Colorado Springs), and a consortium of saxophonists and ensembles, completed August 2013. Recorded?
Short and Suite, 1978, for jazz ensemble. First performance: March 30, 1979, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Someone, Somewhere, 1979, for voice and piano. First performance: March 30, 1979, Don Bennett, baritone, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience (Four Poems by William Blake for Baritone, Flute, Oboe, Cello, and Harp), completed November 2006. Recorded?
Sticks and Tom(s), 1998, for English horn and percussion. Commissioned by Thomas Stacy. First performance: November 1, 1998, New York Philharmonic Ensembles, Thomas Stacy, English horn, Christopher Lamb, percussion, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY.
String Quartet No. 4 (Bergonzi), 1998. First performance: September 23, 1999, Bergonzi String Quartet, Festival Miami, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL. Recorded?
String Quartet No. 5 (“American”), commissioned for the Delray String Quartet, completed January 2012. Recorded?
String Quartet, 1982. Published by Edward B. Marks Music Company, New York, NY, 1984. First performance: August 14, 1983, The Cleveland Orchestra’s Blossom Music Festival, Teri Hilyard and Wei Shu Co, violins, Beth Deanovic, viola, Kent Collier, violoncello. Still in your catalog?
Symphony Park, 1975, for band. First performance: April 1, 1976, University of Miami Symphonic Band, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
The Great Nebula in Orion, 1985, original chamber musical (libretto by Lanford Wilson, directed by Andy Cadiff). Performances: November 14, 1988, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York, NY; August 12–14, 1988, Lucille Lortel’s White Barn Theatre, Westport, CT; May 13–6, 1988, Circle Repertory Company, New York, NY.
The Heavens’ Embroidered Cloths and A Drinking Song (Two Poems of W. B. Yeats), 1981, for a capella chorus (s.s.a.a.t.t.b.b.). Commissioned by Mark Aliapoulios. First performance: June 17, 1981, Wellesley Hills Congregational Church Choir, James David Christie conducting, Wellesley Hills, MA.
The Second Sun, 1974, for band. First performance: April 16, 1975, University of Miami Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Three Poems of Emily Dickinson, 1985, for medium voice and piano. First performance: November 11, 1985, David Harris, baritone, Lowell Liebermann, piano, the Juilliard School, New York, NY.
United Artists (Fanfare-Overture for Winds, Brass and Percussion), transcribed from the orchestral original, completed August 2008.
United Artists, for orchestra, completed May 2006, was composed especially for the London Symphony Orchestra. Recorded at LSO-St. Luke’s, London, November 21, 2006.
Variations, 1976, for woodwind quintet. First performance: April 12, 1977, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Visions From an Elegy, 1976, for band. First performance: March 20, 1977, University of Miami Symphonic Band, Kenneth Fuchs conducting, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL.
Where Have You Been? (String Quartet No. 2 After Five Collages by Robert Motherwell), 1993. Commissioned by the Trustees of Manhattan School of Music in honor of Gordon K. Greenfield on the occasion of his retirement as Chairman of the Board, and in celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the School and the twentieth anniversary of the American String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the School. First performance: May 9, 1994, American String Quartet, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY. Recorded?
Whispers of Heavenly Death (String Quartet No. 3 After Poems by Walt Whitman), 1996. First performance: February 7, 1999, American String Quartet, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. Recorded?