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Concert Music

Here is a list of all of Jackson's concert compositions, ranging from orchestral to solo works.

Scores & Parts are available for purchase in the store below.

Large Ensemble
(~15 instruments or more)

Defending Greenwood (2022)
for orchestra
Mvt. II: c. 8'
Mvt. III: c. 6'

NYU Composer Residency, Premiere of Mvt. III with NYU Orchestra, New York, NY, 2024
Cabrillo Festival Orchestra West Coast Premiere of Mvt. II & III, CA, August 2026
American Composers Orchestra Earshot Reading with Nashville Symphony, TN, October 2026

2/2/2/2, 4/3/3/1, timp+3 perc, strings

my rage is quiet (2025)
for orchestra
c. 12'30"

BMI Composer Award Winner 2026
ARTZenter Institute Composers Grant Winner
Premiered by San Fransisco Contemporary Music Players at Herbst Theatre, CA, June 2026

2/2/2/2, 4/3/3/1, timp+2 perc, piano, strings

my rage is quiet (2025)
for chamber orchestra
c. 12'

BMI Composer Award Winner 2026
ARTZenter Institute Composers Grant Winner
Premiered by San Fransisco Contemporary Music Players at Herbst Theatre, CA, June 2026

1/1/1/1, 1/1/1/1, 2 perc, harp, strings

Who We Are (2019)
for Wind Ensemble
c. 3'30"

2/2/2/3/2/3, 3/4/3/1/1/1, 5 perc​

Chamber
(3-10 instruments)

Migrate (2025)
for piano quartet
c. 12'

NYYS Jon Deak First Music Grand Prize Winner Chamber Music 2025-26

Co-commissioned and Premiered by the New York Youth Symphony &

Interlochen Center for the Arts, 2026

Additional premiere by Emerge125 in April 2026

Shibboleth (2024)
for string trio
c. 9

Salastina Composers Collective 2024

Premiere by Salastina, Los Angeles, CA, September 2024

Mangondo Postlude (2023)
for string trio, piano, & field recording
c. 4'

Performed by S.V.A Trio, Prague, CZ, 2023

U.S. premiere by Live Room Music, New York, NY, 2024

Choral

Dust (2018)
for SATB & piano
c. 3'30"

Premiered by the Areté Vocal Ensemble, Thousand Oaks, CA 2019

Solos & Duets

Length, Wave, Flurry (2024)
for solo cello & electronics
c. 7-10'

 Premiered by Jacques Wood, New York, NY, 2024 

Whispers & Wind (2021)
for trumpet & piano
c. 7'

 Premiered by Joey Machinera's Senior Recital, New York, NY, 2022

NoMad (2023)
for piano (+ opt. string quartet)
c. 5'

Recorded by Jackson A. Waters in Prague, CZ, 2023

U.S. premiere by Live Room Music, New York, NY, 2024

©2025 by Jackson A. Waters

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