• Dust of Snow

    1981

    for voice, piano

    Text by Robert Frost

  • My Love Is In A Light Attire

    1981

    for voice, piano

    Text by James Joyce

  • The Night Will Never Stay

    1981 (revised 2005)

    for voice, piano

    Text by Eleanor Farjeon

  • Before Spring

    1982

    for oboe

    3'

  • Irresistible Force

    1987

    for orchestra: 2(pic).2(Eh).2.2.cbn / 4.2.3.1. / T 3P / piano / strings

    Commissioned by the Bloomington Symphony Orchestra

    7'

  • Two Meditations

    1989

    for violin (or cello), organ

    Commissioned by the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Fort Wayne

    4'

  • Silent Delight

    1992

    for piano

    3'

  • A Music Of Sighs

    1995

    for flute

    3'

  • Concerto no. 1 for Piano and Orchestra

    1997

    for orchestra: 2.pic.2.2.2. / 4.3.3.0. / T 2P / strings

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

    20'

  • Two Pieces for Bassoon and Piano

    1998

    for bassoon, piano

    Commissioned by Chad Roseland

    4'

  • In Silence Under Many A Star

    1998

    for clarinet, violin, piano

    Commissioned by John Spicknall

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    14'

  • Peel Out!

    1999

    for alto saxophone, percussion, piano

    Commissioned by Paul Bro, Jimmy Finnie, and Martha Krasnican

    4'

  • Aubade

    1999

    for flute, piano

    Commissioned by Maria Feltner

    7'

  • Spring and Fall

    1999

    for voice, piano

    Text by Gerard Manley Hopkins

  • O You Whom I Often and Silently Come

    2000

    for voice, piano

    Winner, Ned Rorem Award for Song Composition (2003)

    Recordings: Spring and Fall

    Text by Walt Whitman

  • Impulse

    2000

    for flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, bassoon

    Commissioned by the Indiana State University Faculty Wind Quintet and the University Arts Endowment

    10'

  • The Starry Messenger

    2001

    for orchestra: 2.pic.3(Eh).2.Eb(bcl).2.cbn. / 4.3.3.1. / T 3P / harp / piano / strings

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

    10'

  • Thou Has Made Me Endless

    2001

    for Choir SATB

    Text by Rabindranath Tagore

  • Youth, Day, Old Age, and Night

    2002

    for voice, piano

    Text by Walt Whitman

  • Sometimes With One I Love

    2002

    for voice, piano

    Recordings: Spring and Fall

    Text by Walt Whitman

  • Reading Issa

    2002

    for viola, harp

    Commissioned by Nai-Ying Liao and Vanessa Gong

    7'

  • Young and Old

    2003

    for voice, piano

    Recordings: Spring and Fall

    Text by Charles Kinglsey

  • Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

    2003

    for Choir SATB

    Text by Alfred Lord Tennyson

  • The Angels’ Song

    2003

    for voice, piano

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    Text by Sara Teasdale

  • Prelude and Bacchanal

    2003

    for violin, horn, piano

    Commissioned by Brian Kilp

    Recordings: Spring and Fall

    Available from J.W. Pepper

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    5'

  • I Sing Of A Maiden

    2004

    for voice, piano

    Text: Anonymous 15th Century (adapted)

  • Scherzino

    2004

    for piano

    3'

  • Links

    2004

    for clarinet, horn, cello, piano

    Commissioned by Brian Kilp

    10'

  • Chorale

    2004

    for piano

    3'

  • Rise, Hope of the Ages

    2005

    for voice, piano

    Text by John Greenleaf Whittier

  • The Christmas Silence

    2005

    for voice, piano

    Text by Margaret Deland

  • Concerto no. 2 for Piano and Orchestra

    2005

    for orchestra: 2(pic).2.2.2. / 4.2.0.0. / T 3P / strings

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

    35'

  • Overture to the Season

    2005

    for orchestra: 2.2.2.2. / 4.2.3.1. / T 2P / strings

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

    5'

  • Between Spring and Summer

    2005

    for saxophone quartet

    Commissioned by Cory Barnfield

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    8'

  • The Rain Is Full Of Ghosts

    2006

    for mezzo-soprano, viola, piano

    Commissioned by the Indiana Music Teachers Association

    Recordings: New People

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay

  • Links II

    2006

    for clarinet, cello

    Commissioned by William Conable and Jane Ellsworth

    15'

  • Concerto Piccolo

    2007

    for orchestra: 0.2.2.2. / 2.2.0.0. / T 2P / harp / strings

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

    8'

  • Cloudscapes

    2009

    for 6 flutes, alto flute, bass flute

    Comissioned by Joyce Wilson

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    8'

  • Viola Concerto

    2012

    for orchestra: 1.1.Eh.2.2. / 2.1.0.0. / T 2P / harp / piano / strings

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    More Info

    28'

  • The Baptism of Christ

    2013

    for Choir SATB, oboe, organ

    Commissioned by St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, Terre Haute IN

  • Death Carol

    2016, revised 2024

    for Choir SATB, orchestra: English horn, Timpani, Percussion (2 players), harp, piano, 2 synthesizers, strings

    24'

    Text by Walt Whitman

  • Intrada

    2017

    for wind orchestra

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    7'

  • Some Nights In Midwinter (String Quartet no. 1 with voice)

    2017

    for tenor, string quartet

    26'

  • The Kraken Sleepeth

    2019

    for solo contrabassoon

    5'

  • Three Songs for Soprano and Viola

    2019

    for soprano, viola

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    7'

    Text by James Joyce

  • Drift

    2020

    for violin and piano

    6'

  • Wasted Hours

    2020

    for voice, piano

    Text by Medora Addison

  • Should the Wide World Fall Away

    2020

    for voice, piano

    Text by Stephen Crane

  • Prayers of Steel

    2020

    for voice, piano

    Text by Carl Sandburg

  • Places Among the Stars

    2020

    for voice, piano

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    Text by Stephen Crane

  • Halsted Street Car

    2020

    for voice, piano

    Text by Carl Sandburg

  • Grass

    2020

    for voice, piano

    Text by Carl Sandburg

  • The Days To Come

    2020

    for voice, piano

    Text by Medora Addison

  • Prelude, Fugue, and Estampie

    2021

    for piano

    7'

  • before the fragile gradual throne of night

    2022

    for violin, cello, piano

    Commissioned by the Galan Trio.

    “…evocative contemporary impressionism…in which a delicate atonal chaos is metamorphosed into an extended tonal consonance based on A major.”
    –PAN M 360

    “Daniel Powers takes us on a journey through the dark and mysterious with ‘before the fragile gradual throne of night'”
    –Amplified Mag

    “CD1, Midwest, is a showcase of drama and expressivity. Of particular note is the atmospheric Before the Gradual Throne of Night by Daniel Powers. The darkly emootional piece relies heavily on a minimalist kind of interplay between the instruments.”
    –Art and Culture Maven

     

    Recordings: Kinesis, Vol. 2

    Available from J.W. Pepper

    7'

  • Autumn into Winter

    2023

    for 3 flutes, alto flute, bass flute

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Flute Ensemble

    Available from J.W. Pepper

  • String Quartet No. 2

    2023

    for string quartet

    38'

  • Autumn Movement

    2024

    for voice, piano

    Text by Carl Sandburg

  • My Faith

    2024

    for voice, piano

    Text by Medora Addison

  • Centennial Fanfare

    2025

    for Orchestra: picc.2.2.2. / 4.3.3.1 / T 3P / hp / strings

    Commissioned by the Terre Haute Symphony Orchestra to celebrate their 100th season. To be premiered September 13, 2025.

    4'

  • Chamber Concerto for Alto Flute, Strings, and Harp

    2025

    for Alto Flute solo, Harp, Strings (orchestra or quintet)

    Work in progress.