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I Love My Love (1993) for SSA women’s chorus a cappella. (Boosey and Hawkes)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  I Love My Love
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I Remember (1998) for solo trumpet (c. 6 minutes) .
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  I Remember  -  I remember (pdf of score)

CD: "Masks" (Rex Richardson, trumpet) (Order from Summit Records).
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I wanna dance on my grave... (1990) for trombone or horn sextet (5 minutes).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  I wanna dance on my grave...

CD: "Echoes, Moods, and Reflections" (Ithaca College Trombone Troupe) (Order from Mark Records).
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Io Rising (1993) for brass quintet, percussion, and large wind ensemble (also a version for brass quintet and wind ensemble). (7 Minutes) .
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Io Rising

CD: Rhythm and Brass/Corpus Christi Wind Symphony (Order from Mark Records).
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Kah! (Out of Darkness) (1999) for large wind ensemble. (10 minutes) .
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Kah! Out of Darkness

CD: Drake University Wind Symphony (Order from Mark Records).
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Kalamus (2005) for oboe, bassoon and piano (7 minutes).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Kalamus
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Kundalini (1988) for guitar and string quartet (11 minutes).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Kundalini

CD: Edward Flower, guitar (Order from Musical Heritage Society Recordings).
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Last Ride to Solutré (1998, rev. 2013) for orchestral brass and percussion. Commissioned by the Detroit Chamber Winds. First performance January, 1999.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Last Ride to Solutré

CD: "Vortex: Music of Dana Wilson" (Peterson/Ithaca College Wind Ensemble) (Order from Mark Records).

Last Ride to Solutré (1998; rev.2013) for orchestral brass and percussion (9 minutes).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Last Ride to Solutré

CD: "Vortex: The Music of Dana Wilson" (Peterson, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble) (Order from Mark Records).
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Leader Lieder See "Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble/Orchestra" above.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Leader Lieder (trumpet concerto) I  -  II  -  III

CD: "Danzante" (Scatterday, Eastman Wind Ensemble) (Order from Summit Records).

Leader Lieder (2008) for trumpet and piano (also available for trumpet and wind ensemble or trumpet and orchestra)..
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CD: Wind Ensemble version: "Danzante" (James Thompson, trumpet; Eastman Wind Ensemble) (Order from Summit Records).

Leader Lieder (2008) for trumpet and piano (also available for trumpet and wind ensemble or trumpet and orchestra).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Leader Lieder (wind ensemble accompaniment) I  -  II  -  III

CD: Wind ensemble version: "Danzante" (James Thompson, trumpet; Eastman Wind Ensemble) (Order from Summit Records).

Liquid Ebony (2003) for clarinet and piano (also available for clarinet with orchestra or wind ensemble--see under "Wind Ensemble/Band") (14 minutes).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Liquid Ebony I  -  II  -  III

CD: Jana Starling "Mythos" (Order from PotenzaMusic).

CD: Jonathan Cohler "American Tribute" (Order from Ongaku Records).

CD: Liquid Ebony (version with band) (John Parrette, clarinet, and the U.S. Military Band at West Point Band) (Order from West Point Band).
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Liquid Ebony (2005) for clarinet and wind ensemble. Commissioned by the United States Military Band at West Point. First performance by Larry Combs, March 2006.
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Liquid Ebony (2005) for clarinet and wind ensemble (transcription of version for clarinet and piano; see also under "Chamber Music") (14 minutes).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Liquid Ebony I  -  II  -  III

CD: John Parrette, clarinet; West Point Band (Order from West Point Band).
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Liquid Gold (2002) for soprano saxophone and piano (transcription of Liquid Ebony). (Also available for soprano saxophone and wind ensemble).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Liquid Gold I  -  II  -  III
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Liquid Gold (2005) for soprano saxophone and wind ensemble (transcription of Liquid Ebony).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Liquid Gold I  -  II  -  III

CD: clarinet version by John Parrette and the West Point Band (Order from West Point Band).
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Low Pressure Aria (1988) for SATB chorus a cappella, a setting of a poem of the same name by Ogden Nash.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Low Pressure Aria

Luminescence (1998) for soprano saxophone (or flute, violin, or clarinet, or double bass) and piano (or guitar) (4 minutes) .
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Luminescence (soprano sax and guitar)  -  (soprano sax and piano)  -  (alto flute and guitar)

CD: Luminescence (alto flute and guitar) (Order from ).

CD: The Conjurer (chamber music for flute by Dana Wilson); Wendy Mehne, flute (Order from CD Baby (flute)).
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Luminescence (1998) for soprano saxophone (or flute, violin, or clarinet) and piano (or guitar).  First performance by Steven Mauk, soprano saxophone, and Read Gainsford, piano, Ithaca, New York.
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Mandala (2002) for oboe and piano.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Mandala I  -  II

CD: "Alchemy" (Mark Hill, oboe; Audrey Andrist, piano) (Order from Albany Records).
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Masks (2001) for trumpet and piano. (B&H)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Masks I  -  II  -  III  -  Errata

CD: "An American Portrait" (James Thompson, trumpet; Rebecca Wilt, piano) (Order from International Trumpet Guild Recordings).

CD: "Masks" (Rex Richardson, trumpet, Jan Grimes, piano) (Order from Summit Records).
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Mirror (string quartet)(with oprtional narration) (2023)  Commissioned by the Formosa Quartet.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Mirror

Mirrors (1994) for woodwind quintet.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Mirrors I  -  II  -  III

CD: "Recent American Works for Winds" (Pennsylvania Wind Quintet) (Order from Centaur Records).

CD: The Conjurer (chamber music for flute by Dana Wilson); Wendy Mehne, flute (Order from CD Baby (flute)).
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Odysseus and the Sirens (2008) for band/wind ensemble. (American Composers Forum/Hal Leonard)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Odysseus and the Sirens

CD: American Composers Forum (BandQuest Series) (Order from American Composers Forum).

CD: Teaching Music Through Performance (Order from Teaching Music Through Performance, vol.8).
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Of my dream before me... (for violin and chamber wind ensemble)(also available for violin and piano) (2021)  First performance by James Stern, violin, and members of the U. of Maryland wind Orchestra.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Of my dream before me I  -  II  -  III

On Fire! Wild Ride on a Fire Truck (2017) (Boosey and Hawkes)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  On Fire!

Paradox (2007) for trombone and piano.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Paradox I  -  II
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