AARON HOUSTON
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Workslist Accordion

To See the Stars Again (2021) − for full wind ensemble − 5:00.

Prometheus (2020) − for full orchestra − 17:00
2222 - 4231 - timp+2perc. - hp - strings.

Burning Skies (2020) − for full orchestra − 8:30
2222 - 4231 - timp+2perc. - hp - strings.

Fanfare for the New Sun (2020) − for brass & percussion − 2:30
6 trumpets, 5 horns, 3 trombones, 2 euphoniums, 2 tubas, and 3 percussionists
Winner of the 2020 Dallas Winds Fanfare Call for Scores.

Ave Maria (2020) − for fleixble wind band − 5:00
Composed for Patrick Dunnigan and the Florida State University Wind Ensemble.
Premiered by the Florida State University Wind Ensemble.

Sinfonietta (2018) − for full orchestra − 13:00
2222 - 4231 - timp+2perc. - strings.
Commissioned for the Florida State University Symphony Orchestra.
Premiered by the FSU University Symphony Orchestra.

Macallaí (2016) − for full orchestra − 9:00
2222 - 4331 - timp+3perc. - pno - strings.
Winner of the 2016 Baylor Symphony Orchestra Composition Contest.
Premiered by the Baylor University Symphony Orchestra.

We're All a Little Mad Here (2021) − 7:00
for brass quintet.
Commissioned by a consortium of the Baylor Brass, Braeburn Brass, and Big Bend Brass quintets.

Nightrain (2020) − 1:45
for reed quintet
Winner of the 2020 Civitasolis Call for Miniatures Composition Competition.
Premiered by the Civitasolis Quintet.

Iterations (2020) − 5:00
for 2 percussionists

Pestilent Dance (2019) − 6:00
for clarinet, cello, and piano
Premiered for the 2019 São Paulo Contemporary Composers Festival.

Midway to Midtown (2019) − 4:30
for sinfonietta − oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, and percussion
Commissioned for David Alan Miller and members of the Albany Symphony Orchestra.
Premiered for the 2019 American Music Festival “First Draughts” reading session.
Finalist for the 2020 Kaleidoscope Chamber Orchestra Call for Scores.

Disquiet Voices (2019) − 6:00
for clarinet, violin, cello, and piano
Commissioned for Anthony Poehailos

Delirium Nocturnum (2018) − 6:30
for violin, viola, cello, double bass, and piano
Commissioned for Fifth House Ensemble.
Premiered for the 2018 RED NOTE New Music Festival at Illinois State University.

Scuttle Buttin’ (2018) − 6:30
for sinfonietta − oboe, clarinet, 2 violins, viola, cello, and double bass
Premiered for the 2018 Fresh Inc Festival.

Triptych (2018) − 10:00
for percussion quartet
Commissioned for Lagan Percussion.
Premiered by Lagan Percussion.

In the Bleak Midwinter (2020) − 6:00
for SATB (unaccompanied)

Ave Maria (2017) − 5:00
for SATB (unaccompanied)
Premiered by Anthony Blake Clark and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.

Pie Jesu (2015) − 5:00
for TTBB (unaccompanied)
Premiered by the Baylor University Men’s Choir.

Georgia Runoff Miniatures

Rattle (2021) − 2:00
for solo percussion
Commissioned by Tamika Gorski as part of the GA Runoff Election Commission Project.

Call (2021) − 1:00
for solo trumpet
Commissioned by Alison Grady as part of the GA Runoff Election Commission Project.

Bent (2020) − 1:00
for solo trumpet
Commissioned by Joel Brennan as part of the GA Runoff Election Commission Project.

Whisp (2020) − 1:00
for solo viola
Commissioned by Molly Gebrian as part of the GA Runoff Election Commission Project.

Along Fault Lines (2021)
for solo flute and electronics
Commissioned and premiered by Jillian Storey.

Katabasis (2020) − 10:45
for solo cello
Commissioned by Holden Bitner.

Americana Soul (2019) − 4:30
for solo viola
Commissioned as an encore for Brian Bires.
Premiered by Brian Bires with the Akademisches Orchester in Leipzig, Germany.

Jam and Toast (2019) − 5:00
for solo horn
Commissioned for Parker Nelson.
Premiered by Parker Nelson at the Milwaukee Museum of Art for the 2019 Fresh Inc Festival.
Honorable Mention for the 2020 International Horn Society Call for Scores – Virtuoso Division.

Nothing Enlightened (2019) − 5:00
for cello and Ableton Live
Premiered by Holden Bitner.

Reconciliation (2016) − 6:30
for solo viola
Commissioned and premiered by Brian Bires.

Miles Away (2016) − 6:00
for flute and piano
Commissioned and premiered by Jill Storey.

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