Michael Daugherty Sheet Music for Orchestra

Note from the composer: Jackie O is a celebration of musical life in the late sixties, a pop opera that explores the interplay of musical idioms associated with 'high' and 'popular' culture in America...

Once Upon a Castle (2003; revised 2015) for organ and orchestra is Michael Daugherty's nostalgic trip down memory lane based on his visits to the Hearst Castle, the vision and private residence of Ame...

Anmerkung des KomponistenMount Rushmore (2010) für Chor und Orchester ist inspiriert von der monumentalen Skulptur in den Black Hills von South Dakota, die vier amerikanische Präsidenten zeigt: George...

The title Deus ex Machina refers to the Latin phrase, God from the machine. Each of the three movements of the piano concerto is a musical response to the world of trains.Deus ex Machina for piano and...

Fire and Blood is a concerto for violin and orchestra inspired by Diego Rivera's famous murals entitled Detroit Industry at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Rivera's murals, which were commissioned by E...

Michael Daugherty about Raise the Roof:Raise the Roof is inspired by the construction of grand architectural wonders such as the Notre Dame Cathedral (1345) in Paris and the EmpireStateBuilding (1931)...

Inspired by the life and paintings of the American artist Georgia O'Keeffe.

Premiered in 1998, 'Route 66' for orchestra is described by composer Michael Daugherty as a symphonic road trip down Main Street America. He writes this is a high-octane nostalgic musical romp from Il...

The world of American pop culture inspires much of Daugherty's music, in the present case, the unidentified flying objects that have been an obsession in American popular culture since 1947. The soloi...

Krypton refers to the exploding planet from which the infant Superman escaped. A dark, microtonal soundworld is created with glissandi in the strings, trombones and siren. Two percussionists play anti...

Michael Daugherty about Raise the Roof:Raise the Roof is inspired by the construction of grand architectural wonders such as the Notre Dame Cathedral (1345) in Paris and the EmpireStateBuilding (1931)...