Musical Works
The works of Houston Bright comprise around a hundred original compositions, including pieces for concert band, choir, piano, and instrumental chamber ensembles. They have been performed not only throughout North America and Europe but in South America, Taiwan, Japan, and Africa as well. Diverse choral and instrumental groups have performed and recorded his music, including the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, the Wiener Singakademie, the American Woodwind Quintet, the Slovak Philharmonic Choir (Slovenský Filharmonický Zbor) of Bratislava, and Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians. Most of Bright's scores were originally published by Waring's Shawnee Press.
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