Orchestra/Large Ensemble |
Lunacy |
1982 |
N/A |
N/A |
Self Recorded (no label) |
The Coming of Spring |
1983 |
N/A |
N/A |
Self Recorded (no label) |
Concerto for Percussion and Wind Symphony |
1986 |
Steve Houghton – North Texas Wind Symphony (Eugene Corporan)/Murchison Performing Arts Center |
Steve Houghton |
Wildflowers (Klavier Records, 1996) |
Tone Poem |
1993 |
Los Angeles Philharmonic (Esa-Pekka Salonen)/Dorothy Chandler Pavillion |
Los Angeles Philharmonic |
N/A |
The Distant Land |
1995 |
Akron Symphony Orchestra w/ Carmen Lundy and Billy Childs (Alan Balter)/EJ Thomas Hall |
Akron Symphony Orchestra |
American Voices (Telarc Records, 1995) |
If, To The Color of Midnight |
2004 |
Los Angeles Philharmonic w/Dianne Reeves and Billy Childs/Disney Concert Hall |
Los Angeles Philharmonic |
N/A |
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra |
2009 |
Detroit Symphony Orchestra (Leonard Slatkin – Regina Carter, soloist)/Orchestra Hall |
Detroit Symphony |
N/A |
The Vistas of America |
2012 |
Oregon State University Wind Ensemble (Dr. Chris Chapman)/Benton Hall |
Oregon State University Wind Symphony |
N/A |
Do You Know My Name? |
2015 |
Michigan State University Big Band (Rodney Whitaker)/Cook Recital Hall |
Michigan State University |
N/A |
Choral Works |
Just Like Job |
1997 |
Akron Symphony Orchestra and Chorus /(Alan Balter)/EJ Thomas Hall |
Akron Symphony Orchestra |
N/A |
The Voices Of Angels |
2005 |
Los Angeles Master Chorale (Grant Gershon) Disney Concert Hall/ |
Los Angeles Master Chorale |
N/A |
In Gratitude |
2017 |
Los Angeles Master Chorale (Grant Gershon) Disney Concert Hall/ |
Los Angeles Master Chorale |
N/A |
Chamber |
Sonata for Flute and Piano |
1979 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Fanfare For The United Races Of America |
1994 |
Los Angeles Philharmonic (Esa-Pekka Salonen)/Hollywood Bowl |
Los Angeles Philharmonic |
N/A |
Music For Piano and Jazz Chamber Orchestra |
1994 |
Billy Childs trio and various musicians/Monterey Jazz Festival |
Monterey Jazz Festival (Tim Jackson) |
N/A |
A Day In The Forest Of Dreams (Wind Quintet and Piano) |
1996 |
Dorian Wind Quintet w/ Billy Childs/Merkin Hall (New York City) |
Dorian Wind Quintet |
First Glimpses Of Sunlight (Summit Records, 1997) |
Sonata for Bassoon and Piano |
2002 |
2002/David Breidenthal and Billy Childs |
David Breidenthal (Principal Bassoon, Los Angeles Philharmonic) |
N/A |
Two Elements (Brass Quintet and Piano) |
2007 |
American Brass Quintet and Billy Childs/Aspen Music Festival |
American Brass Quintet |
State of the Art: The ABQ at 50 (Summit Records, 2010) |
String Quartet #1 |
2008 |
Pacific Serenades String Quartet/Shöenberg Hall (UCLA) |
Pacific Serenades |
N/A |
Music For Two Quartets (string quartet and Jazz Quartet) |
2010 |
Kronos Quartet + Billy Childs Quartet/Monterey Jazz Festival (main stage) |
Monterey Jazz Festival (Tim Jackson) |
N/A |
Motion (for piano, guitar, and violin) |
2011 |
Billy Childs, Larry Koonse, Timothy Fain/Whaling Church (Martha’s Vineyard) |
Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Series |
N/A |
Awakening – String Quartet #2 |
2012 |
Ying Quartet/Kilbourne Hall (Eastman School of Music) |
Ying Quartet |
N/A |
Unrequited – String Quartet #3 |
2015 |
2016/Lyris Quartet/Jacarinda series |
Lyris Quartet |
Recording for Naxos records/released Sept 2016 |
The River, The Bird, and the Storm (string quartet and piano) |
2017 |
Ying Quartet/Kilbourne Hall (Eastman School of Music) |
Ying Quartet/Billy Childs |
N/A |
Four Portraits for Violin |
2017 |
2017 Rachel Barton Pine/University of Kentucky |
Rachel Barton Pine |
N/A |
Jazz/Chamber |
In Carson’s Eyes |
1998 |
N/A |
N/A |
Lyric (Artistshare, 2006) |
Into The Light |
2001 |
Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble/Kuumbwa Jazz Club |
Tim Jackson/Kuumbwa Jazz Society |
Lyric (Artistshare, 2006) |
Prelude In Bb Major |
1999 |
N/A |
N/A |
Lyric (Artistshare, 2006) |
The Old Man Tells His Story |
2003 |
Billy Childs Jazz-Chamber Ensemble/Schoenberg Hall (UCLA) |
Herny Mancini Institute |
Lyric (Artistshare, 2006) |
Quiescence |
1992 |
Billy Childs, Steve Houghton, and various musicians/Grenoble Jazz Festival |
Steve Houghton |
Lyric (Artistshare, 2006) |
American Landscape |
1999 |
N/A |
N/A |
Lyric (Artistshare, 2006) |
The Path Among The Trees |
2007 |
N/A |
N/A |
Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010) |
Prelude In E Minor |
2008 |
N/A |
N/A |
Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010) |
A Man Chasing The Horizon |
2008 |
N/A |
N/A |
Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010) |
Raindrop Patterns |
2008 |
N/A |
N/A |
Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010) |
Goodbye, Friend |
2008 |
N/A |
N/A |
Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010) |
The Red Wheelbarrow |
2008 |
N/A |
N/A |
Autumn: In Moving Pictures (Artistshare, 2010) |
Pieces for Hal Leonard Book |
The Child Within |
1996 |
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Aaron’s Song |
The Hunted |
Just Another Day |
The Loneliest Monk |
Dreams |
I’ve Known Rivers |
1995 |
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The Starry Night |
Lament |
This Moment |
Realism |
Windham Hill Recordings |
Room 101 |
A Fleeting Instant |
Stay |
Maybe Later |
When All Is Said And Done |
Where It’s At |
Miles To Go Before I Sleep |
Arrangements |
Waltz For Debby (from the album Autumn: In Moving Pictures) |
Scarborough Faire (from the album Lyric) |
Lover Man (from the album The Child Within) |
Ten songs by Laura Nyro (for the recording Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro) featuring Renee Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Wayne Shorter, & Alison Krause |
Somewhere/Dirty Boulevard (for Lang Lang, Lisa Fischer, and Jeffery Wright – upcoming Sony Masterworks recording by Lang Lang) |
Tonight (for Lang Lang and Sean Jones – upcoming Sony Masterworks recording by Lang Lang) |