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Persona (2008) for solo piano.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Persona I  -  II  -  III  -  IV  -  V

CD: Intersections: Character Pieces in the Jazz Idiom--Jonathan Sokasits, piano (Order from Albany Records).
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Piece of Mind (1987) for large wind ensemble. (J.W. Pepper)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Piece of Mind I  -  II  -  III  -  IV  |  Errata

CD: Winther, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble (Order from Mark Records).

CD: Corporon, Cincinnati College Conservatory Wind Symphony (Order from Mark Records).

CD: Fennell, Kosei Wind Orchestra (Order from Kosei Recordings).
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Primal Worlds (2000) for percussion ensemble.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Primal Worlds I  -  II  -  III
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Pu Em Remu (1997) for flute and percussion, commissioned by the Armstrong Duo. First performance October, 1998, at Pennsylvania State University .
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CD: "Creative Mix" (Armstrong Duo) (Order from ).

Pu Em Remu (1997) for flute (or Bb clarinet) and percussion.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Pu Em Remu

CD: "Creative Mix" (Armstrong Duo) (Order from Gasparo Records).
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Remembrance (2005) for wind ensemble .
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Saint Louis Blues (arr. for str. qtt.) (2022)  Commissioned by the Formosa Quartet.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  St. Louis Blues

Sang! (1994) for band. (J.W. Pepper)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Sang!  -  PDF of baritone part

CD: Teaching Music Through Performance (Order from Teaching Music Through Performance, vol.8).

CD: Plymouth Symphony Band (Order from Mark Records).
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Sati (1983) for alto saxophone, cello, and two percussionists . (Groth Music)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Sati

CD: Sing to me of the night (Saxophone music of Dana Wilson: Steven Mauk, saxophone) (Order from CD Baby).
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Shakata: Singing the World into Existence (1989) for wind ensemble. (J.W. Pepper)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Shakata  |  Errata

CD: Lichtenwalter, University of Texas at Arlington (Order from Mark Records).

CD: "Vortex: Music of Dana Wilson" (Peterson, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble) (Order from Mark Records).
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Shallow Streams, Deep Rivers (2007) for violin, horn and piano (see also version for flute, horn and piano).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  I  -  II  -  III

CD: Horn Muse (Order from gailwilliamshorn.com).
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Shallow Streams, Deep Rivers (2007) for flute, horn and piano (see also version for violin, horn and piano).
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Shallow Streams I  -  II  -  III
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Shifting Bands of Time (1997) for band. Commissioned by Ohio University. (J.W. Pepper)
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Shortcut Home (2004) for orchestra.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Shortcut Home

Shortcut Home (1998) (Boosey and Hawkes Publishers)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Shortcut Home  |  Errata

CD: "Vortex: Music of Dana Wilson" (Peterson, Ithaca College Wind Ensemble) (Order from Mark Records).
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Sing to me of the night (1999) for flute, guitar, and cello (or soprano sax, guitar, and bass) .
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Sing to me of the night (fl., guit., cello)  -  Sing to me of the night (sop. sax, guitar, doublebass)

CD: Sing to me of the night (Saxophone music of Dana Wilson: Steven Mauk, saxophone) (Order from CD Baby).

CD: The Conjurer (chamber music for flute by Dana Wilson); Wendy Mehne, flute (Order from CD Baby (flute)).
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Song for Shirley (2000) for clarinet (or English horn) and piano.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Song for Shirley (English horn version)  -  (A clarinet version)
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Songs from Middle Earth (1985) for horn and piano (and optional bass and drum set).
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Songs of Life Passing (2002) for tenor and piano.  First performance by David Parks and Charis Dimaras, February, 2003.
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Sound Travels (2006) for solo piano.  First performance on October, 2006.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Sound Travels I  -  II
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Take me home (2013) for solo violin  First performance by Susan Waterbury, Ithaca, New York, February, 2014.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Take me home I  -  II

This Suite Ain't a Straight Sentimental Marvel (1986) for 8 horns, bass (acoustic or electric), and drum set. An arrangement of four classic jazz tunes.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  This Suite Ain't a Straight Sentimental Marvel
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Thousand Whirling Dreams (2014) for clarinet, violin (or viola) and piano (also available with optional percussions).  Commissioned by a consortium of clarinetists around the country.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  A Thousand Whirling Dreams I  -  II  -  III

Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise (1991) Concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble.
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise (Mauk) I  -  II  -  III  -  III (Marienthal)

CD: "Vortex: Music of Dana Wilson" (Steve Mauk, saxophone; the Ithaca College Wind Ensemble) (Order from Mark Records).

CD: Eric Marienthal, saxophone/ UNLV Wind Symphony (movements I and III) (Order from Mark Records).

CD: Sing to me of the night (Saxophone music of Dana Wilson: Steven Mauk, saxophone) (Order from CD Baby).
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Time Cries, Hoping Otherwise (1991) A transcription for alto saxophone and piano of the concerto for alto saxophone and wind ensemble.
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To Set the Darkness Echoing... (2005) for large wind ensemble. (Boosey and Hawkes)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  To Set the Darkness Echoing

CD: Teaching Music Through Performance (Order from Teaching Music Through Performance, vol.7).
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Trumpet Concerto (see either "Leader Lieder" or Concerto for Trumpet and String Orchestra).
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Tuba Concerto (2012) (see "Concerto for Tuba" above).
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Uprising (1995) for large wind ensemble. Commissioned by Canandaigua Academy.
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Vortex (1999) for winds, percussion, and piano. (Boosey and Hawkes)
Order Score / Parts  |  Listen:  Vortex  |  Errata

CD: "Time Pieces" (Fisher, University of North Texas) (Order from ).

CD: Waybright, University of Florida (Order from Mark Records).

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