Orchestra

  • (1982) Andersonville Overture

  • (1985) Symphony No. 1

  • (1986) Grand Line: a Tribute to Leonard Bernstein

  • (1990) Heliotrope

  • (1990) Symphony No. 2

  • (1991) Philharmonia

  • (1992) Fire Music

  • (1996) Built Up Dark for strings, winds and brass

  • (1997) Postcards from America

  • (1998/2010) Symphony No. 3

  • (2000) Suddenly

  • (2000) Much Ado

  • (2001) Advance

  • (2003) Susurrus (Haiku #1)

  • (2005) Gesture Drawings

  • (2009) Symphony No. 4

  • (2009) Northern Lights (Haiku #2)

  • (2010) con gai: a greeting and a farewell (Haiku #3)

  • (2012) Sky Interludes from Amelia

  • (2014) Symphony No. 5

  • (2017) Chaplin Suite

  • (2018) A Chaplin Symphony

  • (2019) The Passion of Jekyll and Hyde

  • (2021) Bandanna Overture

  • (2022) Moviola for large orchestra

  • (2024) City of Light for orchestra

  • (2025) Consolation for orchestra (Haiku #4)

String orchestra

  • (1981) Prayer for Peace

  • (2001) Angels

Orchestra with voice(s)

  • (1994) Joyful Music for chorus and orchestra

  • (1996) Taliesin: Choruses from Shining Brow for chorus and orchestra

  • (1996) Stewards of Your Bounty for chorus and orchestra

  • (2023) Everyone, Everywhere for soloists, choir and orchestra

Concertante

  • (1982) Stanzas for cello and chamber orchestra

  • (1994) Concerto for Horn, with Winds and Strings

  • (1994) Concerto for Flügelhorn and Wind Ensemble

  • (1996) Concerto for Cello and Orchestra

  • (1998) Concerto for Cello and Wind Orchestra

  • (2001) Concerto for Oboe and String Orchestra

  • (2001) Concerto No. 1 for Piano and Orchestra

  • (2002) Seven Last Words: concerto for piano LH and orchestra

  • (2004) Romeo and Juliet: concerto for flute, cello and orchestra

  • (2006) Orpheus and Eurydice: concerto for violin, cello, piano and orchestra

  • (2007) Masquerade: concerto for violin, cello and orchestra

  • (2010) Genji: concerto for koto and orchestra

  • (2011) Songbook: concerto for solo violin, strings, harp, and percussion

  • (2015) Concerto No. 2: Chaplin's Tramp: concerto for piano, film, and orchestra

  • (2023) Film Noir: Concerto for Electric Guitar and Orchestra

Operas, cantatas, and musicals

  • (1984) A Walt Whitman Requiem for chorus and string orchestra

  • (1991) Shining Brow (libretto: Paul Muldoon)

  • (1997) Vera of Las Vegas (libretto: Paul Muldoon)

  • (1997) Songs of Madness and Sorrow (libretto: Daron Hagen)

  • (1998) Bandanna (libretto: Paul Muldoon)

  • (2000) Light Fantastic (libretto: Daron Hagen)

  • (2005) The Antient Concert (libretto: Paul Muldoon)

  • (2008) New York Stories (libretto: Barbara Grecki, Daron Hagen)

    • consists of three one act operas: Broken Pieces, Just for the Night, and Cradle Song

  • (2009) Amelia (libretto: Gardner McFall; story: Stephen Wadsworth)

  • (2010) Little Nemo in Slumberland (libretto: J.D. McClatchy)

  • (2012) The George Washington Suite (libretto: Rob Handel)

  • (2013) A Woman in Morocco (libretto: Barbara Grecki, Daron Hagen, after a play by Barbara Grecki)

  • (2014) I Hear America Singing (musical; book, lyrics, and music by Daron Hagen)

  • (2018) Orson Rehearsed (multi-media opera; films, libretto, concept, music, and direction by Daron Hagen)

  • (2021) 9/10: Love Before the Fall (operafilm; libretto: Daron Hagen)

  • (2023) Everyone, Everywhere (libretto: Universal Declaration of Human Rights)

Songs and song cycles

  • (1982) Echo's Songs

  • (1984) Three Silent Things for soprano and piano quartet

  • (1986) Love Songs

  • (1987) Rapture and Regret for soprano, cello and piano

  • (1990) Muldoon Songs

  • (1991) Dear Youth for soprano, flute and piano

  • (1993) Lost in Translation for voice, oboe, cello and harpsichord

  • (1996) Merrill Songs

  • (1996) Love Scene from Romeo and Juliet for two voices, flute, violin and piano

  • (2000) The Heart of the Stranger

  • (2000) Love in a Life

  • (2000) Phantoms of Myself

  • (2001) Figments

  • (2001) Larkin Songs

  • (2003) Letting Go

  • (2004) Sappho Songs for two female voices and cello

  • (2007) Songs of Experience

  • (2009) Four Irish Folk Songs for two voices and piano

  • (2010) We Happy Few scena for baritone and piano

  • (2011) Vegetable Verselets

  • (2011) After Words for two voices and piano

  • (2014) Four Dickinson Songs

  • (2015) jaik's songs for voice and piano

  • (2015) The Bixby Letter for voice and piano

  • (2016) Blake Songs for voice and mixed ensemble, or piano

  • (2016) A Handful of Days for soprano and piano

  • (2017) Dante Fragments for soprano, violin, and piano

  • (2017) On the Beach at Night scena for baritone, cello and piano

  • (2019) The Art of Song twenty-three songs for six solo voices and piano

  • (2020) Mata Hari Letters for voice and piano

  • (2020) Four Songs for Mezzo Soprano and Piano

  • (2021) Dante Fragments for tenor, violin, cello, and vibraphone

  • (2021) Four Shakespeare Fragments for voice and piano

  • (2021) All We Have for high voice and piano

  • (2022) Three Whitman Fragments for voice and string quartet

  • (2022) Restoring Darkness for voice

Mixed chamber ensemble

  • (1984) Divertimento for viola, harp, and vibraphone

  • (1984) Piano Trio No. 1: Trio Concertante

  • (1985) String Quartet No. 1

  • (1985) Sonata No. 1 for Flute and Piano

  • (1986) Piano Trio No. 2: J'entends

  • (1988) The Presence Absence Makes, for flute and string quartet

  • (1989) Harp Trio

  • (1989) Jot! for clarinet, marimba, and piano

  • (1993) Everything Must Go! for brass quintet

  • (1994) Music from Shining Brow for brass quintet

  • (1995) Concerto for Brass Quintet

  • (1996) An Overture to Vera for fourteen instruments

  • (1997) Duo for Violin and Cello

  • (1997) Valse Triste for Violin and Piano

  • (2000) Serenade for ten instruments

  • (2001) Quintet for Oboe and Strings

  • (2001) Nocturne for piano and strings

  • (2002) Snapshot for string quartet

  • (2002) Variant for string quartet

  • (2003) Chamber Symphony for thirteen instruments

  • (2003) Sonata No. 2 for Flute and Piano

  • (2003) String Quartet No. 2: Alive in a Moment for voice and string quartet

  • (2006) Piano Trio No. 3: Wayfaring Stranger

  • (2007) Piano Trio No. 4: Angel Band

  • (2009) Just Amazed for eleven players

  • (2010) Book of Days for clarinet, viola and piano

  • (2011) Tryst for oboe, bassoon and piano

  • (2012) Quiet Heart for violin and piano

  • (2012) String Quartet No. 3

  • (2013) Early, Later for clarinet and piano

  • (2014) Valse Noire for cello and piano

  • (2014) Valse Blanche for violin and piano

  • (2015) The Heike Quinto: Appassionato for koto and cello

  • (2016) The Heike Quinto: Cantabile for koto and cello

  • (2017) The Heike Quinto: Misterioso for koto, voice, and cello

  • (2017) Sonata for Violoncello and Piano

  • (2017) Piano Trio No. 5: Red is the Rose

  • (2017) Lilly Sketches for woodwind quintet

  • (2017) Piano Trio No. 6: Horszowski

  • (2018) The Heike Quinto: Grandioso for koto and cello

  • (2019) Swan Song for koto, shamisen, shakuhachi, and string quartet

  • (2019) Piano Trio No. 7: Wintergreen

  • (2020) Piano Trio No. 8: Pacifica

  • (2022) The Heike Quinto: Apotheosis for koto, cello, and fixed media

  • (2022) Cavatina from 9/10 for vocalise, flute, guitar, and harp

  • (2023) Piano Trio No. 9: Lagniappe

Solo

  • (1984) Suite for Solo Violin

  • (1985) Suite for Solo Cello

  • (1985) Occasional Notes for organ

  • (1985) Suite No. 2 for Solo Violin

  • (1986) Suite for Solo Viola

  • (1987) Higher, Louder, Faster! for solo cello

  • (1999) Qualities of Light for piano

  • (2002) Piano Variations

  • (2009) Suite for Piano

  • (2012) Five Nocturnes for piano

  • (2012) Secrets My Mother Told Me for koto

  • (2016) Anniversary: in Memoriam Leonard Bernstein for piano

  • (2019) Nine Advent Postludes and Preludes for Organ

Choral

  • (1985) Vägen (SATB)

  • (1985) The Voice Within (SATB/Pf)

  • (1989) Little Prayers (SATB)

  • (1995) The Waking Father (SSATBB)

  • (1995) The Elephant's Child (SSATBB)

  • (1997) Gandhi's Children (SA/Handbells)

  • (1997) Hope (SATB/Pf)

  • (1998) Silent Night, eight movements for chorus, cello and percussion

  • (2002) We're All Here three poems for chorus and chamber ensemble (or SATB/Pf)

  • (2004) I Had Rather (SATB)

  • (2005) Vertue (SATB/Pf)

  • (2005) Flight Music song cycle for treble chorus and string quartet

  • (2006) O, For Such a Dream for soprano solo, mixed chorus, and piano

  • (2009) Three Celtic Songs (SSA)

  • (2015) Hymn of Forgiveness (SATB/Organ)

  • (2016) I Hear America Singing (SSATB/Pf)

  • (2024) Love Unknown (SATB/Organ)

Band and wind ensemble

  • (1990) Sennets, Cortege, and Tuckets

  • (1998) Night, Again

  • (1999) Forward! for brass and percussion

  • (1999) Bandanna Overture

  • (2000) Wedding Dances from Bandanna

  • (2000) Prelude and Prayer from Bandanna

  • (2007) Agincourt Fanfare for brass and timpani

  • (2025) Envoi for wind ensemble

Live to Film

  • (2015) Concerto No. 2: Chaplin's Tramp: concerto for piano, film, and orchestra (Film: The Tramp)

  • (2017) Chaplin Suite (Film: A Dog's Life)

  • (2018) A Chaplin Symphony (Film: City Lights)

  • (2018) Orson Rehearsed (multi-media opera; films, libretto, concept, music, and direction by Daron Hagen)

  • (2019) The Passion of Jekyll and Hyde (Film: Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde)

  • (2022) Too Much Johnson (Film: Too Much Johnson)