List of compositions by Faye-Ellen Silverman

The following is a list of musical works by Faye-Ellen Silverman.

Opera and musical theatre

 * K. 1971 for narrators, tenor, bass, female chorus, chamber ensemble and electronic tape (1972); based on Kafka's The Trial, added texts from the Kafka Diaries, Balzac, and the Chinese poet Wen Yiduo.
 * The Miracle of Nemirov, opera in 1 act (1974); libretto by the composer based on a short story by I. L. Peretz.
 * A Free Pen, cantata for narrator, soprano, alto, tenor, bass, chorus (8 singers) and chamber ensemble (1990); libretto compiled by the composer from texts by Socrates, Spinoza, Zenger, and others

Orchestra

 * Madness for narrator and chamber orchestra (1972)
 * Stirrings for chamber orchestra (1979)
 * Winds and Sines for orchestra (1981)
 * Adhesions for orchestra (1987)
 * Candlelight for piano and orchestra (1988)
 * Just For Fun for chamber orchestra (1994)
 * Orchestral Tides for clarinet and chamber orchestra (2012/13)

Large chamber ensemble

 * Shadings for fl, ob, alto sax, bn, hn, tuba, 2 perc, vln, vla, cb (1978)
 * No Strings for fl/picc, ob, bcl, bn, alto sax, hn, tpt, tb, tuba, and 1 perc (1982)
 * Passing Fancies for picc/fl, ob, cl/bcl, bn, hn, tpt, tb, perc, 2 vln, vla, vc, cb (1985)
 * Bridges in Time for tpt, perc, 4 vln, 2 vla, 2 vc, cb (1986)

Brass

 * Dialogue for horn and tuba (1976)
 * Kalends for brass quintet (1981)
 * Quantum Quintet for brass quintet (1982)
 * Trysts for 2 trumpets (1982)
 * Zigzags for tuba (1988)
 *  First Position for trombone and marimba (1992)
 * At the Colour Café for brass choir (4 C tpts, 4 hns, 2 tb, bass tb, tuba, perc) (1997)
 *  Dialogue Continued for horn, trombone and tuba (2000)
 * From Sorrow for trumpet, horn and bass trombone (2001)
 * Triple Threat for 3 trumpets (2001)
 * Alternating Currents for bass trombone and piano (2002)
 * Double Threat for two trumpets (2002)
 * Meetings for 2 euphoniums and 2 tubas (2003)
 * Protected Sleep for horn and marimba (2006)
 * Stories for Our Time for trumpet and piano, (2007)
 * Edinboro Sonata for tuba and piano. (2009)
 * Combined Efforts for euphonium, tuba, and piano. (2014)
 * Custom-made Shades for trombone and piano (2015)

Woodwinds

 * Three Movements for Saxophone Alone for soprano saxophone (1971)
 * Conversations for alto flute and clarinet (1975)
 * Speaking Alone for flute (1976)
 * Windscape for woodwind quintet (1977)
 * Oboe–sthenics for oboe (1980)
 * Layered Lament for English horn and electronic tape (1983); Tape realized at the University of Utah Electronic Music Studio.
 * On Four for electronic valve instrument, oboe/English horn, and piano 4 hands (1983)
 * Restless Winds for woodwind quintet (1986)
 * Xenium for flute and piano (1992)
 * Taming the Furies for solo flute (2003)
 * Interval Untamed: Five Miniatures for alto saxophone (2010)
 * Conversations Continued for alto flute and clarinet (2011)
 * Tides for clarinet and piano (2011/13)
 * Colored Tones for soprano saxophone. (2014)

Strings

 * Memories for viola (1974)
 * String Quartet (Untitled) (1976)
 * Speaking Together for violin and piano (1981)
 * Volcanic Songs for harp (1983)
 * Azure Skies for violin, cello and harp (1993)
 * Duplex Variations violin and piano (1995)
 * Paula’s Song for string quartet (1996)
 * Obsessions for cello and piano (1999)
 * Trial Balance for double bass (1999)
 * Reconstructed Music for violin, cello and piano (2002)
 * Translations for violin and cello (2004)
 * Let's Play for string quartet (2007)
 * A Brief Conversation for violin (2012)

Chamber music

 * For Him for flute, cello and vibraphone (1975)
 * Yet for Him for flute, cello and piano (1980)
 * Hollowed Refrains for oboe, violin and piano (1987)
 * Unquiet Dreams for clarinet, violin and piano (1992)
 * Connections for clarinet, cello and marimba (1994)
 * Troubled Repose for flute, viola and double bass (1998)
 * Shifting Colors for guitar, percussion, double bass, and piano (2012)

Piano

 * Settings for piano (1978)
 * Gliffs for piano (1984); Influenced by the dance techniques of Pina Bausch.
 * Two/Three (1996)
 * Two Bagatelles (2007)
 * Three/Four (2007)
 * Fleeting Moments for piano (2011/12)

Guitar

 * 3 Guitars (1980)
 * Processional for solo guitar (1996)
 * Pregnant Pauses for guitar quartet (2005)
 * The Mercurial Guitarist for solo guitar (2012)

Percussion

 * Three by Three for percussion trio (1979)
 * Pas de Deux for marimba and piano (1991)
 * Of Wood and Skins for percussion duo (2003)
 * Memories and Alterations solo marimba (2008)

Choral

 * For Showing Truth for female chorus a cappella (1972, revised 1978); text by John Keats
 * Hymn of Compassionate Love for soloists, choir, trumpet, timpani, and strings (2005); Biblical text: I Corintheans 13
 * The Wings of Night for mezzo-soprano and baritone soloists, SATB choir, and guitar. (2008); Texts by Shakespeare, Teasdale, Dickinson, and Colborne-Veel, illustrate the contrasting aspects of night.

Vocal

 * In Shadow for soprano, guitar and clarinet (1972); texts by Emily Dickinson
 * Echoes of Emily for alto and English horn (1979); texts by Emily Dickinson
 * To Love? for bass-baritone and piano (1980); settings of an Elizabethan song and poems by Coventry Patmore and Ralph Waldo Emerson
 * Journey Towards Oblivion for soprano, tenor and chamber ensemble (1991); based on texts by Christina Rossetti and D.H. Lawrence
 * Mariana for mezzo-soprano, clarinet and piano (1995); text by Alfred Lord Tennyson
 *  Love Songs for soprano and flute/alto flute (1997) or mezzo-soprano and flute/alto flute (2005); texts by Sara Teasdale
 * Wilde’s World for tenor, viola and guitar (2000); text: "To L.L." by Oscar Wilde
 * Left Behind for horn and mezzo-soprano (2006); poetry by Edna St. Vincent Millay
 * Manhattan Fixation for soprano, mezzo-soprano and cello (solo voices) or female chorus and cello (2008)
 * Danish Delights for soprano and guitar (2009); Texts by Sara Teasdale, Corinna, and Thomas Campion.