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Jason McChristian has had works performed nationally by renowed ensembles such as The Premiere Saxophone Quartet and members of the San Jose Chamber Orchestra. Jason is a member of ASCAP, American Composers Forum, Society of Composers Inc., and a co-founder of Melos Music and South Bay Composer Collective.



List of Works

2003 -
Four Miniatures for Octet 15’
Skies of Fire - a tone poem for London, Autumn 1940 for Orchestra 23’
Piano Suite 10’
Three Pieces for Flute and Guitar 6’
2004 -
Lullaby for an Artist for String Orchestra 8’
2005 -
Guitar Concerto 25’
2006 -
Fly-By-Wire for Electric Guitar and Orchestra 14’
Chimera Dances for Woodwind Quartet 6’
2007 -
Minstrels for Five Kings for Brass Quintet 12’
Rhapsody on the Remnants of a Lost Folk Song for Solo Harp 5’
The Mean Street Anthems for Saxophone Quartet 18’
2008 -
The Great Appetite of Garuda for Brass Ensemble 7’
Between Cruel Sand and a Scornful Sun for Wind Ensemble 7’
From Four Papers for String Quartet 18’
Vis Machina for Orchestra 8’
The Rhodora for Soprano and Piano 3’
2009 -
Trial and Testament for Orchestra 12’
“dashed a tone of light rose” for Solo Flute 4’
RECESS!!! for Chamber Ensemble 16’
Moto Perpetuo for Solo Piano 2’
Mundus Jovialis for Two Clarinetists 18’
2010 - 
Kittinger’s Descent for 8 Trombones 4.5’
The Silver Lining for Concert Band 4’
Lullaby for Alto Trombone and Piano 4’
Zephyr Approaches for Concertino for Oboe and Strings 9.5’
Strange Gravity for Contrabassoon and Wind Ensemble 14’
Songs of My Aims for Soprano and Piano 10'
2011 -
The Drifting Sharper for Electric Guitar and Concert Band 3'
We Are Chaboya - A Celebration of Twenty Years for Concert Band 3'
Four-Court for 4 Percussionists 3'
​At the Inrun for solo Contrabass (tuned in fifths) 3'
A Candle in the Dark Concerto for Clarinet and Wind Ensemble 25'
The Judgment of Paris an opera in one act 25'
Bacchus for Baritone Voice, Trombone, Piano, and Hand Percussion 12'
Holiday Antics for Two Advanced Clarinetists and Beginning Band 3'
2012 - 
Osmosis Concerto for Multi-Percussion and Wind Ensemble 13'
Four Excerpts from "The Judgment of Paris" for Tenor, Baritone, and Piano 10'
Impromptu Solo for Bass Clarinet 2'
Filibuster Concerto for Tuba and Strings (in progress)
Herr Samuels Aerophon for Chamber Orchestra (in progress)
tracing landscapes for Chamber Orchestra (in progress)