List of compositions by Michael Daugherty



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

Orchestra

 * To the New World (2019)
 * Night Owl (2018)
 * Rio Grande (2015)
 * American Gothic (2013)
 * Lost Vegas (2012)
 * Radio City: Symphonic Fantasy on Arturo Toscanini and the NBC Symphony Orchestra (2011)
 * Mount Rushmore for chorus and orchestra (2010)
 * Letters from Lincoln for baritone and orchestra (2009)
 * Achilles Heel from Troyjam (2009)
 * Troyjam for Narrator and Orchestra (2008)
 * March of the Metro (2008)
 * Ghost Ranch (2005)
 * Above Clouds from 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 (1988–1993)
 * 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/rev.2015)
 * 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

 * Made for You and Me: Inspired by Woody Guthrie for adaptable band (2020)
 * 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, wind octet, double bass and percussion (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

 * Writ in Water for chorus (2018)
 * Mount Rushmore for chorus and orchestra (2010)

Voice and orchestra or chamber ensemble

 * This Land Sings: Inspired by the Life and Times of Woody Guthrie for soprano, baritone and chamber ensemble (2016)
 * 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)

Voice and wind ensemble or symphonic winds

 * Songs from a Silent Land for soprano and symphonic winds (2019)
 * Labyrinth of Love for soprano and chamber winds, piano, double bass and percussion (2013)

Opera

 * Jackie O (1997)

Large chamber ensemble

 * Steamboat for Trombone Choir (2014)
 * 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 Water is Wide for 5 trumpets and organ (2018)
 * The Old Man and the Sea for Cello, Violin and Piano (2016)
 * 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)
 * Elvis Everywhere for saxophone quartet and pre-recorded sound or three Elvis Impersonators (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)
 * 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)
 * Shaken Not Stirred for three percussion and electric bass (1994)

String quartet and pre-recorded sound

 * Paul Robeson Told Me for string quartet and pre-recorded sound (1994)
 * Elvis Everywhere for string quartet and pre-recorded sound or three Elvis Impersonators and Baritone Saxophone (1993)
 * Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover for string quartet and pre-recorded sound (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)