List of Compositions By Charles Wuorinen

The following is a reverse-chronological list of works by the American composer Charles Wuorinen.

• Cygnus - 2012, commissioned by the Cygnus Ensemble
• Brokeback Mountain - 2008-2012, an opera on the short story of Annie Proulx, with libretto by Proulx, commissioned by the Teatro Real, Madrid
• Adagio - 2011, for Peter Serkin
• Etude (for Chords and Dynamic Balance) - 2011, Commissioned by the Ferruccio Busoni International Piano Competition
• Big Spinoff - 2011, for 16 players
• Marian Tropes - 2010, for the Brentano String Quartet (on music of Dufay and Josquin)
• It Happens Like This, a dramatic cantata on poems of James Tate (writer) - 2010
• Oros - 2009, for Ursula Oppens
• The Haroun Piano Book - 2003/2009, premiered by Lynn Raley
• Marimba Variations - 2009 - commissioned by 22 percussionists
• Moon Clock - text of Donald Hall - 2009, premiered by Thomas Meglioranza, baritone and Peter Kolkay, bassoon
• Viola Variations - 2008, premiered by violist Lois Martin
• Trio for Flute, Bass Clarinet and Piano - 2008, premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
• Metagong - 2008 - for two pianos and two percussionists - premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
• Time Regained, a fantasy for piano and orchestra - 2008, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
• Second Piano Quintet - 2008, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet and pianist Peter Serkin
• Ave Maria: Josquin - 2007, premiered by Tashi Quartet
• Christes Crosse: Morley - 2008, premiered by Tashi Quartet
• Scherzo - 2007, premiered by Peter Serkin
• Synaxis - 2007, premiered on the inaugural concert of the League ISCM Orchestra, Louis Karchin conducing, soloists: Timothy Cobb (contrabass), Patrick Pridemore (horn), Robert Ingliss (oboe), Alan R. Kay (clarinet)
• Fourth Piano Sonata - 2007, written for and premiered by Anne-Marie McDermott
• Eighth Symphony (Theologoumena) - 2006, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor
• Spin 5 - 2006, for violin solo and 18 players, premiered by Jennifer Koh
• Iridule - 2006, for oboe and six players, premiered by Jacqueline Leclair, oboe and the New Millennium Ensemble
• Never Again the Same - text by James Tate (writer) - 2006, premiered by Wilbur Pauley, bass and Christopher Hall, tuba
• Eleven Short Pieces - 2006, premiered by Erik Carlson, violin and Michael Caterisano, vibraphone
• Flying to Kahani - 2005, premiered by Orchestra of St. Luke's, Roberto Abbado conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
• Heart Shadow - 2005, premiered by Bruce Levingston
• Theologoumenon - 2005, premiered by the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine conductor
• Duo Sonata for Flute and Piano - 2004, premiered by Robert Aitken, flute and James Avery, piano
• Visible - text by Paul Auster - 2004, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Mark Steinberg, violin
• Ashberyana - poems by John Ashbery - 2004, premiered by Leon Williams, baritone
• The Long Boat - poem by Stanley Kunitz - 2003, premiered by Mary S. Nessinger, mezzo-soprano and Jacqueline Leclair, English horn
• Dodecadactyl - 2003, premiered by William Anderson and Oren Fader, guitars
• Fourth Piano Concerto - 2003, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, James Levine conductor, Peter Serkin soloist
• The Haroun Songbook - 2002, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, soprano; Emily Golden, mezzo-soprano; James Schaffner, tenor; Michael Chioldi, baritone; and Phillip Bush, piano
• Hexadactyl - 2002, premiered by William Anderson, guitar
• Josquiniana - 2002, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
• Fifty Fifty - 2002, premiered by pianists Rolf Hind and Nicholas Hodges
• Pentecost poem by Derek Walcott - 2002, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and June Han, harp
• Fenton Songs II - 2002, text by James Fenton, premiered by Lucy Shelton
• September 11, 2001 - text by W. H. Auden - 2001, premiered by William Ferguson, tenor and Phillip Bush, piano
• Two Machine Portraits - poem by Les Murray, premiered by Ryan MacPherson, tenor and Marilyn Nonken, piano
• Haroun and the Sea of Stories - an opera with libretto by James Fenton, based on the novel by Salman Rushdie 1997 - 2001
• Andante Espressivo - 2001, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Charles Wuorinen, piano
• Alap, a Prelude to Contrapunctus IX of the Art of Fugue - 2001, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
• Stanzas Before Time - poem by John Ashbery - 2001, premiered by Neil Farrell, tenor and June Han, harp
• Buttons and Bows (or, Superparticular Variations) - 2001, premiered by Madeleine Shapiro, cello and Mikko Luoma, accordion
• Cyclops (2000) - 2001, premiered by the London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen conductor
• Fourth String Quartet - 2000, premiered by the Brentano String Quartet
• Brass Quintet - 1999, premiered at the June-in-Buffalo Festival
• An Orbicle of Jasp - 1999, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Charles Wuorinen, piano
• Lepton - 1999, premiered by SurPlus, Freiburg
• Symphony Seven - 1997, premiered by the Toledo Symphony, Andrew Massey conductor
• Cello Variations III - 1997, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry
• Big Epithalamium - 1997, premiered by students at the Juilliard School
• Epithalamium - 1997, premiered by Christopher Gekker and Raymond Mase
• Fenton Songs (Version 1) - 1997, premiered by Elizabeth Farnum, Curtis Macomber, Fred Sherry and Charles Wuorinen
• Fenton Songs (Version 2) - 1997, premiered by the Cygnus Ensemble, Phyllis Bryn-Julson soprano
• Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31 of Arnold Schoenberg: recast for two pianos for the New York City Ballet by Charles Wuorinen - 1996, premiered by the New York City Ballet, Cameron Grant and Richard Moredock pianos.
• The River of Light - the third part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet - 1996 - two versions: orchestral and chamber, premiered by the Buffalo Philharmonic, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Katz Fugue - 1996, premiered by James Winn, piano
• The Great Procession - the second part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet - 1995 - two versions: chamber (premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble, Charles Wuorinen conducting) and orchestral (premiered by Deutsches-Sinfonie-Orchester, Berlin, Bradley Lubman conducting)
• Sonata for Guitar and Piano - 1995,, premiered by William Anderson, guitar and Joan Forsyth, piano
• In Heated Sylvan Glades & With Elegiac Sackbuts - aria from The W.of Bablylon arranged for 2 sopranos and piano - 1995, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, Patricia Green, Mark Markham
• Lightenings VIII - poem by Seamus Heaney - 1994,, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano
• Piano Quintet - 1994, premiered by the Arditti String Quartet, Ursula Oppens pianist
• Christes Crosse (after Thomas Morley) - 1994, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano and Mark Markham, piano
• Percussion Quartet - 1994, premiered by the Pulse Ensemble of the New Music Consort
• Guitar Variations - 1994, premiered by Todd Seelye
• Windfall - 1994, premieres by the Rutgers Wind Ensemble, William Berz, conducting
• The Mission of Virgil - the first part of the Dante trilogy for the New York City Ballet - 1993 - two versions: orchestral (premiered by the Toledo Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Massey conducting) and 2-pianos;
• Concerto for Saxophone Quartet and Orchestra - 1993, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet
• Missa Renovata - 1992
• Saxophone Quartet - 1992, premiered by the Rascher Saxophone Quartet
• Microsymphony - 1992, premiered by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Zdeněk Mácal conductor
• A Winter's Tale - text by Dylan Thomas - 1991, premiered by the Southwest Chamber Music Society, Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soloist
• Delight of the Muses - 1991, premiered by the New York City Ballet, Charles Wuorinen conductor
• Missa Brevis - 1991, premiered by the St. Ignatius of Antioch Church choir, Dr. Harold Chaney, conducting
• Astra - 1990, premiered by the orchestra of the Oberlin Conservatory Robert Spano conductor
• Twang - text of Wallace Stevens - 1989, premiered by Phyllis Bryn-Julson and James Winn
• String Sextet - 1989, premiered by the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
• A solis ortu - 1989, premiered by the Choir of St. Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, Dr. Harold Chaney conducting
• Genesis - 1989, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony and chorus, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• Agnus Dei (from the Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields) - 1989
• Sonata for Violin and Piano - 1988, commissioned by the Library of Congress, premiered by Benjamin Hudson and Garrick Ohlsson
• Machault Mon Chou - 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• Josquin: Ave Christe (Josquin motet recast for solo piano) - 1988
• Bagatelle - 1988, premiered by Elissa Stutz, piano
• Another Happy Birthday - 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• Five: Concerto for Amplified Cello and Orchestra - 1987, premiered by New York City Ballet, Charles Wuorinen conductor, Fred Sherry, soloist
• Third String Quartet - 1987, premiered by the Franciscan String Quartet, in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Hopkins Center, Dartmouth College
• Galliard - 1987, premiered by the Cleveland Chamber Orchestra, Edwin London conductor
• Third Piano Sonata - 1986, premiered by Alan Feinberg
• The Golden Dance - 1986, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Herbert Blomstedt conductor
• A Doleful Dompe on Deborah Departure as well as Borda's Bawdy Badinage - 1986
• Fanfare (for Rutgers University) - 1986, premiered by members of Rutgers Band, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Fanfare (for the Houston Symphony) - 1986, premiered by the Houston Symphony, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Bamboula Beach - 1986, for the inaugural concert of the New World Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conductor
• Horn Trio Continued - 1985
• Double Solo for Horn Trio - 1985, premiered by Speculum Musicae
• Natural Fantasy - 1985, premiered by David Schuler, organ
• Trombone Trio - 1985, premiered by Parnassus Ensemble
• Prelude to Kullervo - 1985, premiered by the Columbia University Orchestra, Howard Shanet conductor, David Braynard tuba soloist
• Movers and Shakers - 1984, premiered by the Cleveland Orchestra, Christoph von Dohnányi conductor
• Bamboula Squared - 1984, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Concertino (for 15 Solo Instruments) - 1984, premiered by the Parnassus ensemble, Anthony Korf, conductor
• Crossfire - 1984, premiered by the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman conductor
• Album Leaf (for Howard Klein) - 1984, premiered by Charles Wuorinen, piano
• Concertino - 1984
• Third Piano Concerto - 1983, premiered by the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Julius Hegyi conductor, Garrick Ohlsson soloist
• Spinoff - 1983, premiered by Speculum Musicae
• Trio for Violin, Cello & Piano - 1983, premiered by the Arden Trio
• Rhapsody for Violin and Orchestra - 1983, premiered by San Francisco Symphony, Edo de Waart conductor, Daniel Kobialka violin soloist
• Divertimento for String Quartet - 1982, premiered by the Atlantic String Quartet
• New York Notes - 1982, premiered by the New York New Music Ensemble
• Divertimento for Alto Saxophone and Piano - 1982, premiered by Christopher Ford and Charles Wuorinen
• Mass for the Restoration of St. Luke in the Fields - 1982
• Horn Trio - 1981, premiered by Julie Landsman, horn, Benjamin Hudson, violin and Charles Wuorinen, piano
• Capriccio - 1981, premiered by Alan Feinberg
• Short Suite - 1981, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Trio for Bass Instruments - 1981, premiered by David Braynard
• The Blue Bamboula - 1980, premiered by Ursula Oppens
• The Celestial Sphere (An Oratorio for Mixed Chorus and Orchestra) - 1980, premiered by the Augustana College Handel Oratorio Society Orchestra, Donald Morrison conductor
• Ecclesiastical Symphonies (4 Movements from "The Celestial Sphere") - 1980, premiered by the Augustana Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Culver conductor
• Beast 708 - 1980, premiered by students at the University of Southern California, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Percussion Duo - 1979, premiered by Steven Schick and James Avery
• Second String Quartet - 1979, premiered by the Columbia String Quartet
• The Magic Art: An Instrumental Masque drawn from the works of Henry Purcell - 1979, premiered by the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Charles Wuorinen conductor
• Fortune - 1979, premiered by Tashi Quartet
• Psalm 39 - 1979, premiered by Richard Frisch, baritone and David Starobin, guitar
• Joan's Instrumentation - 1979, premiered by the Da Capo Chamber Players
• Three Songs for Tenor and Piano - text by Coburn Britton - 1979, premiered by Paul Sperry and Charles Wuorinen
• Archaeopteryx for Bass Trombone and 10 Players - 1978, premiered by Dave Taylor
• Two-Part Symphony - 1978, premiered by the American Composers Orchestra, Dennis Russell Davies conducting
• Ancestors - 1978, premiered by Chamber Music Northwest, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Fast Fantasy - 1977, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry and Charles Wuorinen, piano
• The Winds - 1977, premiered by Parnassus, Anthony Korf, conductor
• Self-Similar Waltz - 1977
• Six Pieces for Violin and Piano - 1977, premiered by Max Pollikoff and Charles Wuorinen
• Archangel for Bass Trombone and String Quartet - 1977, premiered by Dave Taylor
• Wind Quintet - 1977, premiered by the Boehm Quintet
• Album Leaf for Ayda and Fred - 1977
• Six Songs For Two Voices - Text by Coburn Britton - 1977, premiered at Somerset County College, New Jersey, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Percussion Symphony - 1976, premiered by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Second Piano Sonata - 1976, premiered by Jeffrey Swann
• Tashi - 1975/6 - two versions: 4 soloists with orchestra (premiered by the Clevaland Orchestra, Charles Wuorinen conducting Tashi Quartet soloists) and 4 soli (premiered by the Tashi Quartet)
• Cello Variations II - 1975, premiered by cellist Fred Sherry
• Hyperion - 1975, premiered by the Contemporary Chamber Ensemble, Arthur Weisberg conductor
• A Reliquary for Igor Stravinsky - 1975, Premiere at the Ojai Festival, Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor
• The W. of Babylon, (or The Triumph of Love over Moral Depravity) - 1975, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony, Charles Wuorinen conducting
• Fantasia - 1974, premiered by Paul Zukofsky and Charles Wuorinen
• Second Piano Concerto (for Amplified Piano and Orchestra) - 1974, premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Erich Leinsdorf conductor, Charles Wuorinen soloist
• Anthem for Epiphany - 1974
• Third Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano - 1973, Premiered by Harvey Sollberger, Fred Sherry and Charles Wuorinen
• Twelve Short Pieces - 1973
• Grand Union - 1973, premiered by Fred Sherry
• Mannheim 87.87.87 - 1973, premiered at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York
• Arabia Felix - 1973, premiered by The Composer's Ensemble, Peter Lieberson, conductor
• Bassoon Variations - 1972, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra Chamber Players
• Concerto for Amplified Violin and Orchestra - 1972, premiered by the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas conductor, Paul Zukofsky soloist
• Speculum Speculi - 1972, premiered by Speculum Musicae
• Violin Variations - 1972, premiered by Max Pollikoff
• Harp Variations - 1972, premiered by Gloria Agostini and members of the Composers String Quartet
• On Alligators - 1972, premiered by University Of South Florida players
• First String Quartet - 1971, premiered by the Fine Arts Quartet
• Grand Bamboula - 1971, premiered by University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conducting
• Canzona - 1971, premiered by Speculum Musicae, Charles Wuorinen conductor
• Chamber Concerto for Tuba with 12 Winds and 12 Drums - 1970, premiered by Donald Butterfield and Music in Our Time series
• Message to Denmark Hill - text of Richard Howard - 1970, premiered by Richard Frisch, Harvey Sollberger, Fred Sherry, Charles Wuorinen
• Ringing Changes - 1970, premiered by the New Jersey Percussion Ensemble
• A Song to the Lute in Musicke - 1970, premiered by Valarie Lamoree and Charles Wuorinen
• Cello Variations - 1970, premiered by Fred Sherry
• Nature's Concord - 1969, premiered by Ronald Anderson
• Time's Encomium - 1969 - electronic work - awarded the 1970 Pulitzer Prize in Music
• Adapting to the Times - 1969, premiered by Joel Krosnick, cello and Charles Wuorinen, piano
• First Piano Sonata - 1969, premiered by Alan Mandel, written for and dedicated to Robert Miller
• The Long and the Short - 1969, premiered by Paul Zukofsky
• Contrafactum - 1969, premiered by the University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon, conductor
• Flute Variations II - 1968, premiered by Harvey Sollberger
• String Trio - 1968, premiered by the Potomac Trio
• The Politics of Harmony (A Masque) - 1967, text by Richard Monaco, premiered by The Group for Contemporary Music, Charles Wuorinen conductor
• Duo - 1967, premiered by Paul Zukofsky, violin and Charles Wuorinen, piano
• Salve Regina: John Bull - 1966, premiered by The Group for Contemporary Music, Charles Wuorinen conductor
• Making Ends Meet - 1966, premiered by Jean and Kenneth Wentworth
• Harpsichord Divisions - 1966, written for Paul Jacobs
• Janissary Music - 1966, premiered by Raymond DesRoches, percussion
• Bicinium - 1966, premiered by Josef Marx and Judith Martin
• The Bells - 1966 - for carillon
• First Piano Concerto - 1966, premiered by University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conductor, Charles Wuorinen soloist
• Three Cadenzas for the Mozart Concerto in C Major - 1965? (date is approximated)
• Chamber Concerto for Oboe and 10 Players - 1965, premiered by the Group for Contemporary Music, Charles Wuorinen conductor, Josef Marx, soloist
• Composition for Oboe and Piano - 1965, premiered by Josef Marx and Charles Wuorinen
• Orchestral and Electronic Exchanges - 1965, premiered by the New York Philharmonic, Lukas Foss conductor
• Super Salutem - 1964
• Chamber Concerto for Flute and 10 Players - 1964, premiered at the Festival of Contemporary Music, Tanglewood, Melvin Strauss conductor, Harvey Sollberger, soloist
• Composition for Violin and 10 Instruments - 1964, premiered by Music in Our Time, Arthur Bloom conductor, Max Pollikoff soloist
• Flute Variations I - 1963, premiered by Harvey Sollberger
• Piano Variations - 1963, premiered by Charles Wuorinen
• Chamber Concerto for Cello and 10 Players - 1963, premiered by the Group for Contemporary Music, Arthur Bloom conducting, Robert Martin soloist
• Second Trio: Piece for Stafan Wolpe - 1962, premiered by Harvey Sollberger, Joel Krosnick, Charles Wuorinen
• The Prayer of Jonah - 1962, premiered by the Contemporary Music Society, Daniel Pinkham conducting
• Bearbeitungen ueber das Glogauer Liederbuch - 1962, premiered by Stanley Aronson, Henry Larsen, B. Lurie, Betram Turetzky
• Duuiensela - 1962, premiered by Joel Krosnick, cello and Jens Nygaard, piano
• Octet - 1962, premiered by the New York Chamber Society, Alvin Brehm conductor
• Invention for Percussion Quintet - 1962, Manhattan School of Music Percussion Ensemble, Paul Price conductor
• Trio for Flute, Cello and Piano - 1961, premiered by Harrvey Sollberger, Joel Krosnick, Charles Wuorinen
• Concert for Double Bass Alone - 1961, premiered by Bertram Turetzky
• An Educator's 'Wachet Auf' - 1961, portions of J.S. Bach's Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140 for mixed instruments
• Tiento Sobre Cabezon - 1961, premiered at the School of Sacred Music, Unionion Theological Seminary, New York, Thomas Dunn conductor
• Evolutio: Organ - 1961, premiered by Leonard Raver
• Symphonia Sacra - 1961, premiered at St. Thomas Church, New York, Charles Wuorinen conductor
• Consort from Instruments and Voices - 1961 - magnetic tape, premiered at Music of Our Time Series, 92nd Street YMHA New York
• Eight Variations for Flute and Harpsichord - 1960, premiered by Max Pollikoff and Leonard Raver
• Madrigale Spirituale sopra salmo secondo - 1960, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference
• Concertone for Brass Quintet & Orchestra - 1960, premiered by the University of Iowa Orchestra, James Dixon conductor
• Turetzky Pieces - 1960, premiered by Stanley Aronson, flute; Henry Larsen, clarinet; Bertram Turettzky, bass
• On The Raft - 1960
• Consort of Four Trombones - 1960, premiered by the New Music Chamber Goroup, Jerome L. Keller director
• The Door In The Wall - 1960, premieerd by Susan Thieman, Janet Baxter, Charles Wuorinen
• Sonata for Flute and Piano - 1960, premiered by Jean Kershaw and Douglas Nordli
• Symphony III - 1959, premiered by the Orchestra of America, Richard Korn conductor
• Concertante IV - 1959, premiered at Music in Out Time series 92nd Street YHHA, Howard Shanet conductor, Max Pollikoff and Douglas Nordi soloists
• Concertante III - 1959, premiered at Union Theological Seminary School, Leonard Raver, Josef Marx, Paul Wolfe, George Grossman, Joan Brockway
• Musica Duarum Partium Ecclesastica - 1959
• Symphony II - 1959, premiered on the Music in the Making Series, Cooper Union, Howard Shanet conductor
• Three Prepositions for Piano - 1958, Written for Vladimir Ussachevsky for publication in New Music Edition
• Trio Concertante - 1958, premiered by Max Pollikoff, Bob Bloom, Douglas Nordli
• Three Pieces for String Quartet - 1958, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference
• Concerto for Violin and Orchestra - 1958
• Concertante II for Violin and Chamber Orchestra - 1958, premiered by Vermont Chamber Orchestra, Alan Carter conducting, Max Pollikoff soloist
• Sonata for Piano - 1958, premiered by Douglas Nordli
• Spectrum - 1958, for solo violin, brass quintet, piano, premiered by Max Pollikoff, Douglas Nordli, University Brass Ensemble, Philadelphia Music in Our Time series
• Movement for Wind Quintet - 1958
• Symphony in One Movement - 1958, Music in the Making series, Cooper Union, Howard Shanet conducting
• Be Mery All That Be Present - 1957, premiered at the Church of the Transfiguration, NYC, Stuart Gardner director
• Triptych - 1957, for violin, viola and percussion, Premiered at Music of Our Time series, 92nd Street Y, New York, Max Pollikoff violin, Walter Trampler viola, Mo Goldenberg percussion, William Goldenberg piano
• Alternating Currents - 1957, antiphonal piecefor chamber orchestra, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
• 3 Mass Movements - 1957, for unaccompanied violin, premiered by Max Pollikoff
• Concertante I for Violin Solo and Strings - 1957, premiered by Vermont Chamber Orchestra, Alan Carter conducting, Max Pollikoff soloist
• String Quartet - 1957, premiered at the Bennington Composer's Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
• Wantering in this Place - 1957, for unaccompanied mezzo-soprano, for Betty Tiedemann
• Dr. Faustus Lights The Lights - 1957, music for Paul Sanasardo's dance adaptation of Gertrude Stein's opera libretto, premiere at Rooftop Theatre, NYC, Leon Hyman conductor
• Be Mery All That Be Present - 1957, premiered at the Church of the Transformation, New York, Stuart Gardner conductor
• Music for Orchestra - 1956, premiered by the Columbia University Orchestra, Howard Shanet conductor
• Wind Quintet #1 - 1956, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference
• Subversion - 1956, string septet or orchestra, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
• The Descent with Music - 1956, antiphonal pieces, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
• Two Tranquil Pieces for Piano - 1956
• Sonatina for Woodwind Quartet - 1956, premiered at the Bennington Composer's Conference
• Concert Piece for Piano andString Orchestra - 1956, premiered at the Bennington Composers Conference, Henry Brant, conducting
• Two Lute Songs of Thomas Campion - 1956, premiered at Town Hall, New York by the Trinity School School Glee Club
• Homage a Bach - 1955, premiered by Theodore Pierce, organ
• Prelude and Fugue for Four Percussionists - 1955, premiered the University of Illinois Percussion, Urbana, Paul Price director
• Song and Dance - 1953, premiered by Charles Wuorinen
• Te Decet Hymnus - 1954, premiered in Town Hall, New York by Trinity School Glee Club
• Scherzo - 1953, premiered by Charles Wuorinen