All Works

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

Operas

• Standing Her Ground, opera in two acts (2025),
  c. 115'. 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)
• 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)