# List of compositions by Michael Daugherty

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

## Compositions
### 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

* Passacaglia in Primary Colors (2023)
* 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)