List of compositions by Michael Daugherty


The following list comprises works by American composer Michael Daugherty, arranged by musical forces required.

Compositions

Orchestra

String orchestra

  • Octet: Mendelssohn-Daugherty
  • ''Strut''

Concerti with orchestra

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

Symphonic band, concert band, or wind ensemble

  • Passacaglia in Primary Colors
  • Made for You and Me: Inspired by Woody Guthrie for adaptable band
  • Of War and Peace
  • Rio Grande
  • Winter Dreams
  • Vulcan
  • On the Air
  • Lost Vegas
  • Bells for Stokowski
  • Alligator Alley
  • Red Cape Tango
  • Niagara Falls
  • Bizarro
  • ''Desi''

Concerti with symphonic band or symphonic winds

  • Reflections on the Mississippi for tuba and symphonic band
  • The Gospel According to Sister Aimee for organ, brass and percussion
  • Raise the Roof for timpani and symphonic band
  • Ladder to the Moon for solo violin, wind octet, double bass and percussion
  • Brooklyn Bridge for clarinet and symphonic band
  • Rosa Parks Boulevard for three trombones and symphonic band
  • UFO for solo percussion and symphony band
  • Dead Elvis for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble

Chorus

  • Writ in Water for chorus
  • Mount Rushmore for chorus and orchestra

Voice and orchestra or chamber ensemble

Voice and wind ensemble or symphonic winds

  • Songs from a Silent Land for soprano and symphonic winds
  • Labyrinth of Love for soprano and chamber winds, piano, double bass and percussion

Opera

Large chamber ensemble

  • Steamboat for Trombone Choir
  • The Gospel According to Sister Aimee for organ, brass and percussion
  • Passage to Petra for solo bassoon, strings and percussion
  • Asclepius Fanfare for brass and percussion
  • Ladder to the Moon for solo violin, wind octet, double bass and percussion
  • Timbuktuba for euphonium/tubas ensemble and percussion
  • What's That Spell? for two sopranos and chamber ensemble
  • Motown Metal for brass and percussion
  • Snap!
  • ''Blue Like an Orange''

Small chamber ensemble

  • The Water is Wide for 5 trumpets and organ
  • The Old Man and the Sea for Cello, Violin and Piano
  • The Diaries of Adam and Eve for violin, double bass and optional narrators
  • The Lightning Fields for trumpet and piano
  • Prayer for two horns and piano
  • Steamboat for saxophone quartet
  • Bay of Pigs for acoustic guitar and string quartet
  • Diamond in the Rough for violin, viola and percussion
  • Elvis Everywhere for saxophone quartet and pre-recorded sound or three Elvis Impersonators
  • Regrets Only for violin, cello and piano
  • Walk the Walk for baritone saxophone and percussion
  • Crystal, from Tell My Fortune for flute, alto flute and piano
  • The High and the Mighty for piccolo and piano
  • Used Car Salesman for percussion quartet
  • Sinatra Shag for solo violin, bass clarinet, cello, piano and percussion
  • Yo amaba a Lucy for flute and classical guitar
  • Lounge Lizards for two pianos and two percussion
  • Dead Elvis for solo bassoon and chamber ensemble
  • Lex for electric violin, four percussion, timpani, synthesizers and electric bass
  • Firecracker for solo oboe, flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, percussion and piano
  • Viola Zombie for two violas
  • Bounce for two bassoons

Percussion ensemble

  • Used Car Salesman for percussion quartet
  • Shaken Not Stirred for three percussion and electric bass

String quartet and pre-recorded sound

  • Paul Robeson Told Me for string quartet and pre-recorded sound
  • Elvis Everywhere for string quartet and pre-recorded sound or three Elvis Impersonators and Baritone Saxophone
  • Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover for string quartet and pre-recorded sound

Solo instrument

  • Viva for violin
  • Buffalo Dance for piano
  • Everybody's Got the Right for piano
  • An Evangelist Drowns for organ
  • Venetian Blinds for piano
  • Monk in the Kitchen for piano
  • Jackie's Song for cello
  • Piano Plus for piano