Music by William McClelland CHORAL WORKS
Hail Lovely and Pure - from "The Second Shepherd's Play"
for Mixed Chorus SATB - 13 minutes
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The Revenge of Hamish - poem by Sidney Lanier
for Mixed Chorus SATB, piano, violin and bodhran - 19 minutes
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A Wood - poem by RIchard Wilbur
for Mixed Chorus SATB and woodwind quintet - 7 minutes
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The Ballad of Don and Dan - text by Ian Frazier
for Mixed Chorus SATB, piano, electric guitar, electric bass and drums - 11 minutes
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Wolf Moon - poem by Mary Oliver
for Mixed Chorus SATB and piano - 4 minutes
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Collect Pond - poem by Thomas McClelland
for Mixed Chorus SATB - 5 minutes
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Dark Clouds Bring Waters - from John Bunyan's
"The Pilgrim's Progress"
for Mixed Chorus SATB - 3 minutes
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Five Sonnets for Men's Voices
1. Oh, Think Not I Am Faithful to a Vow! - Edna St. Vincent Millay
2. I Expect You from the North - John Berryman
3. Green, green and green again - Conrad Aiken - click for excerpt
4. i have found what you are like - E.E. Cummings - click for excerpt
5. June Light - Richard Wilbur
for Men's Voices TTB - 10 minutes
Good Speaking — A Benediction Song - poem by Bill Meikle
for Mixed Chorus SATB - 5 minutes
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Song for the Rainy Season - poem by Elizabeth Bishop
for Mixed Chorus SATB and piano - 7 minutes
In That Part of the Young Year - from Dante's "The Inferno"
for Mixed Chorus SATB - 3 minutes
SOLO INSTRUMENTAL AND CHAMBER WORKS
Five for Piano
1. June-bug Serenade
2. Shadow No More
3. Demon Cloud
4. A Trace
5. The Jolly Mortals
(for solo piano - 8 -9 minutes)
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Songs for the Wind - poems by Theodore Roethke
A cycle of seven songs for soprano, tenor, piano, oboe, 'cello, and percussion - 20 minutes
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Three Larkin Songs - poems by Philip Larkin
for soprano, marimba, clarinet, trombone, baritone saxophone, and double bass - 7 minutes
Batting Practice
Four pieces for clarinet, violin, 'cello, and piano - 10 minutes Russ's Dance
for solo hammered dulcimer; also a version for solo piano - 4 minutes Vines
for 'cello and piano - 3 minutes SONGS FOR VOICE AND PIANO
Snowstorm in the Midwest - poem by James Wright - hear excerpt Poem Composed in Sleep - poem by Lidian Emerson - hear excerpt Going - poem by Philip Larkin - hear excerpt Insomnia - poem by Elizabeth Bishop Autumn, 1964 - poem by John Betjeman The Defective Record - poem by William Carlos Williams Labrador - poem by William Carlos Williams Garden Abstract - poem by Hart Crane The Politician - poem by Spencer Appling Sea Rose - poem by H.D. Storm - poem by H.D. To One Who Revisited an Old Garden - poem by Catherine Kirsopp Memory of Summer Facing West - poem by W.S. Merwin Autumnal - poem by James Wright
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS
Call to Art A multi-media work for taped chorus in collaboration with the artists
Komar & Melamid. Lengths determined by performance INSTRUMENTAL COMPOSITIONS FOR JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Later Than Now Tee Off Time Killer Dilettante Alfresco Blues Day One Flat as a Pancake The House by the Side of the Road Some of Thems Bum's Rush Once Again Love Cement Rafe Botts
SONGS FOR VOICE AND JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Little Star - lyrics by W. McClelland Whatever's On - lyrics by Ian Frazier Bristlecone Pine - lyrics by Ian Frazier She Doesn't Work There Anymore - lyrics by W. McClelland Soaker - lyrics by Thomas McClelland All That I Want is You - lyrics by Thomas McClelland Fear's in Love - lyrics by Thomas McClelland I Don't Feel So Hot - lyrics by Thomas McClelland Fortune Cookie Factory - lyrics by Thomas McClelland She'd Never Break My Heart - lyrics by Thomas McClelland I Like to Drink - lyrics by Thomas McClelland Let's Do - lyrics by Thomas McClelland | 
