All Works

(Listed by genre in reverse chronological order. Red links indicate works available for performance. Works with gray links are currently unavailable. As noted in the footnote, this is not a complete listing of Shinn’s works.)

Operas

• A Stake in the Ground (in progress, 2023),
  c. 100'. Libretto by Randall Shinn.
• Beautiful Princess Available for Rescue, opera in two acts (2003, rev. 2019). Libretto by Randall Shinn.
• Rose in Flames, opera in two acts (2016). Libretto by Mark Medoff, with revisions by Randall Shinn.
• Sara McKinnon, opera in two acts (2001, rev. 2002). Libretto by Mark Medoff. (revised and retitled Rose in Flames)
• Abigail Stone, opera in two acts (1999). Libretto by Randall Shinn.
• Wilbur!, opera in two acts (1985). Libretto by Randall Shinn. (revised and expanded as Beautiful Princess Available for Rescue)
• Claire, opera in two acts (1979). Libretto by Leven Dawson.

Orchestral

• Heralds of Spring for orchestra (2016)
• Interludes from Rose in Flames for orchestra (2016)
• The Night Sea for orchestra (2013)
• Five Sketches for orchestra (2010)
• Times Trans-shifting for orchestra (2008)
• Village Scenes for youth orchestra (1996)
• Family Letters for orchestra (1993) (revised as Five Sketches)
• Midnight Dances for orchestra (1992, rev. 2010)
• Cortège for orchestra (1984) (revised as Times Trans-shifting)
• Reflections for orchestra (1982) (revised as The Night Sea)
  
• The Silver Whistle for narrator and orchestra (1980)

Concertante

• Chamber Concerto for percussion soloist and ten winds (1975)
• Three Recollections for solo horn, winds, and percussion (1971)

Choral

Solo Voices, Chorus, and Orchestra

• Unshorn Apollo for soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra (2013)
• Devices and Desires for soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1989) (revised as Unshorn Apollo)
• Make Much of Time for soprano, tenor, chorus, and orchestra (1987, rev. 2011), poetry by Robert Herrick, William Shakespeare, and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
• Now It Is Autumn for mezzo soprano, baritone, chorus, and orchestra (1977), poetry by D. H. Lawrence.

Unaccompanied Chorus

• Daydreams While Waiting for SATB chorus unaccompanied (1995)
• What Is Beauty, Then? for SSATB unaccompanied chorus (1976), text by Christopher Marlowe.
• Tokens for SATB chorus unaccompanied (1975), poetry by E. E. Cummings.

Vocal

• Surprising the Air, a song for soprano and piano (2019), poetry by Veronica Patterson
• Ancient Roses, a ballad for mezzo soprano and harp (2015), poetry by William Butler Yeats
• Cummings Songs, four songs for tenor and harpsichord (1979), poetry by E. E. Cummings.
• Two Still Lifes for soprano, flute, bassoon, percussion, piano, violin, and cello (1976), poetry by Wallace Stevens.
• Signature for Tempo for soprano and piano (1976), poetry by Archibald MacLeish.
• The Cry of the Sedge for soprano, mezzo soprano, tenor, baritone, and guitar (1973). Poetry by William Butler Yeats.
• Songs of Our Climate for soprano, flute, clarinet, 3 percussionists, violin, double bass, and piano (1973), poetry by Wallace Stevens.

Chamber and Instrumental Music

• The Wind’s Edge for flute and piano (2019)
• Mountain Echoes four studies for solo horn (2018)
• Five Sketches for violin, cello, and piano (2016)
• Dream Suite for flute and harp (or piano) (2007)
• Medieval Variations for harp and string quartet (1985)
• Forgotten Letters for piano trio (1980) (revised as Five Sketches)
• Dialogue for violin and piano (1975, rev. 2013)
• Five Bagatelles for trumpet (1975)
• Traces for percussion ensemble (1974)
• Ceremonial Fanfare for trumpet, horn, and trombone (1973, rev. 2015)
• Process for solo flute (1973)
• Three Folksongs for winds, percussion, and piano (1973)
• Horn Quintet for horn, two violins, viola, and cello (1972)
• Serenade for brass quintet (1971)
• Soliloquy and Dialogue for trumpet and piano (1970)
• Intaglio for flute, clarinet, cello, and piano (1970)