Chamber/Solo Works

Sonata Borealis, for cello and piano (2023)

Serenade for Strings, for string quintet or string orchestra (2020)

Elegy, for string quartet (2020)

String Quartet No. 2  (2018)

Fantasia for Cello and Organ  (2018)

String Quartet No. 1  (2017)

Nativity Triptych, for brass trio, solo violin & organ  (2017)

Psalm 45, for piano trio  (2017)

Sonata for Violin and Piano  (2016)

Piano Trio  (2015)

Distant Fields, for solo piano  (2015)

"Love Divine" Variations, for solo flute  (2014)

Two Nativity Preludes, for brass quintet  (2014)

Tendrils, for English horn and bassoon  (2014)

Cyclades, for solo guitar  (2012)

Moot, for solo percussion  (2012)

Percussion Quartet  (2011)

Trajectories, for flute, cello, and piano  (2010)

Riverside, for wind quintet  (2009)

Panorama, for flute/piccolo, violin, marimba, and piano  (2009)

Forest Echoes, for violin and piano  (2008)

Three Sketches for Wind Quintet  (2007)

Prelude for Violin and Piano  (2006)

 Sonata Borealis

For cello and piano

3 movements - 25 minutes total

Composed for Nathan Vickery and Eileen Buck, to be premiered February 2nd, 2024

 Serenade for Strings

2020

for string orchestra or string quintet: Vln I, Vln II, Vla, Vc, Db

commissioned by Southern Methodist University Meadows School of the Arts, choreographed by Silas Farley (“Meadows Serenade”), March 17-21, 2021, premiered by Aaron Boyd, violin, and students of SMU Meadows.

 Elegy for string quartet

2020

10 minutes

Based on material from String Quartet No. 2 “In Memory”; commissioned by Rod McFaull for his future memorial service.

String Quartet No. 2

2018

18 minutes

commissioned by Rod McFaull in memory of his son, Jordan McFaull

to be premiered November 15th, 2018 at University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of music

Fantasia for Cello and Organ

2018

8 minutes

composed for Joseph Lee and Chelsea Chen

String Quartet No. 1

2017

4 movements

20 minutes

composed with the assistance of a grant from the Center for Faith & Work

Nativity Triptych

I. Gathering of the Shepherds and Magi

for trumpet, horn, trombone, and organ

II. Meditation on the Infant Christ

for violin and organ

III. A Light to the Nations

for trumpet, horn, trombone, and organ

2017

15 minutes 

commissioned by Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, NYC

Psalm 45

for violin, cello, and piano

2017

5 minutes

composed for the Kingston Trio for performance at the wedding of Silas & Cassia Farley

Sonata for Violin and Piano

2016

3 movements

18 minutes

composed for Julie Castor Lawrence and Sohyun Ahn

choreographed by Silas Farley for The Washington Ballet for Marquee TV in 2021

https://www.marquee.tv/videos/twb-wernersonata

Piano Trio

for violin, cello, and piano

2015

3 movements

17 minutes

composed for Patricia Davis, Joseph Lee, and Stephanie Wu

Distant Fields

for solo piano

2015

composed for the Sejong Music Competition

"Love Divine" Variations

variations on the hymn "Love Divine, All Loves Excelling"

for solo flute

composed for Pethrus Gärdborn

Two Nativity Preludes

for brass quintet

2014

8 minutes

composed for the Axiom Brass

Tendrils  

2014

10 minutes

for English horn and bassoon

composed for Sasha Gee Enegren

Cyclades

for solo guitar

2012

seven movements

25 minutes

composed for Jordan Dodson

Moot

for solo percussion

2012

7 minutes

composed for Yumi Tamashiro

Percussion Quartet

2011

8 minutes

composed for the Music11 festival

premiered by Matthew Duvall, Keith Hendricks, Katy LaFavre, and Clara Warnaar 

Trajectories

for flute, cello, and piano

2010

composed for the Music10 festival

premiered by Pethrus Gärdborn, Nick Photinos, and Erika Dohi

Riverside

for wind quintet: fl/pic, ob/e.h., cl, hn, bsn

2009

9 minutes

composed for Windscape as a result of winning the Windscape Composer Competition at Manhattan School of Music

Panorama

for flute/piccolo, violin, marimba, and piano

2009

9 minutes

composed for the Music09 festival

premiered by Pethrus Gärdborn, Kana Kimura, Yu-Chun Kuo, and Lisa Kaplan

Forest Echoes

for violin and piano

2008

composed for Miran Kim and Stephanie Wu

Three Sketches for Wind Quintet

2007

8 minutes

composed for Pethrus Gärdborn, Brinin Kenney, Alison Mrowka, Sean Bresemann, and Brandon Blankenship

Prelude for Violin and Piano

2006

5 minutes

composed for Joel Schut