Please note: The following is an official list of available scores and is subject to change. Please note if a score is not listed here then it is not available. Scores are available from: Canadian Music Centre, Theodore Presser, & Doberman-Yppan.

Select scores are also available at: https://derekcharke.sellfy.store



Recent Works

In the Falling Dark 3 solo piano (8 mins) (2024)
Meditations No. 1 flute quartet (4 mins) (2023)
Meditations No. 2 flute quintet (5:30 mins) (2023)
Meditations No. 3 flute quintet/sextet (5:30 mins) (2023)
Meditations No. 4 8 or 9 flutes (5 mins) (2023)
Nebula Variations solo violin (22 mins) (2022)
Parabola Vertex bass clarinet in Bb and piano (8 mins) (2022)

1. Orchestra
2. Concertos and Chamber Concertos
3. Wind Ensemble and Band
4. Open Instrumentation
5. Large Chamber (5 or more instruments)
6. Small Chamber (solos, duos, trios & quartets) except flute ensemble and solo flute
7. Mixed Chamber featuring the Flute
8. Flute and Guitar
9. Flute Ensemble
10. Solo Flute / Piccolo
11. Voice and Chorus
12. Electroacoustic
13. Jazz Band Charts

1. Orchestra

After Chaos, the Earth and Love came into being orchestra (12 mins) (2015)
Aurora Dances orchestra (9 mins) (2002/2010)
Élan fanfare for orchestra (2 mins) (2016)
Falling from Cloudless Skies orchestra and computer (15 mins) (2009)
Symphony No. 1 – Transient Energies orchestra and computer (45 mins) (2010)
Symphony No. 2 – Earth Airs orchestra and chorus (32 mins) (2015)
True North: Movement 3 orchestra (9 mins) (2017)

2. Concertos and Chamber Concertos

Concerto Grosso four soloists (fl. cl. vln. perc.) and orchestra (15 mins) (2012)
Concerto for Flute "Winds of Winter" solo flute and chamber orchestra (15 mins) (2005)
Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra string quartet and orchestra (23 mins) (2011)
In Sonorous Falling Tones solo flute and chamber ensemble (18 mins) (2015)

3. Wind Ensemble and Band

Falling from Cloudless Skies wind ensemble and computer (15 mins) (2009)
Mercury in Transit concert band or wind ensemble (10 mins) (2016)
Song of the Tides concert band or wind ensemble and cd (10 mins) (2006)

4. Open Instrumentation

Beat open instrumentation (15 to 45 mins) (2012)
Don’t be Alarmed open instrumentation and soundtrack (6 mins) (2011)
Rewind and Fast-forward woodwind quintet with optional ensemble accompaniment (13 mins) (2013)
Shadow Leaves Shimmer unspecified instrumentation (unspecified duration) (2018)
Spin open instrumentation with soundtrack (9 mins) (2012)

5. Large Chamber (5 or more instruments)

Break-Up clarinet, violin, cello, piano, marimba (11 mins) (1998)
Cela va sans dire 5 trombones (5:30 mins) (2000)
Fanfare for 8 baroque trumpets (3 mins) (1995)
Rewind and Fast-forward woodwind quintet (13 mins) (2013)
Silenced string quartet, B-flat clarinet (24 mins) (2007)
Southern Express flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn in F, piano (11 mins) (1997)
Suite No.1 for brass quintet (15 mins)
Way of Life 2 trumpets, horn, tenor trombone, bass trombone (tuba) (8 mins) (2000)
the world is itself a cargo carried for 9 strings and 4 percussion (14 mins) (2017)
What do the Birds Think? flute, clarinet, percussion, piano, violin, cello (22 mins) (2002)
Xynith for soprano and chamber ensemble (14 mins) (1993)

6. Small Chamber (solos, duos, trios & quartets)
except flute ensemble and solo flute

Capricious Modes piano trio: violin, cello, piano (4:30 mins) (2016)
Confricatio percussion quartet (9 mins) (2001)
Drift piano duet (22 mins) (2015)
Ebb & Evanesce string quartet (5 mins) (2006)
The Engine Continuum bassoon, or flute, or bass flute and bass (6 mins) (2013)
Feeling for Snow alto saxophone, percussion, piano, cello (10 mins) (2001)
Grey-Light Changing solo piano (5 mins) (2000)
Idle Landscape (version 1) flute (bass flute), clarinet (bass clarinet) and cello (7 mins) (2007)
Idle Landscape (version 2 rev. 2013) flute, bass clarinet, violin and cello (8 mins) (2013)
In the Falling Dark 1 solo piano (8 mins) (2014)
In the Falling Dark 2 solo piano (7 mins) (2014)
In the Falling Dark 3 solo piano (8 mins) (2024)
Last Call saxophone quartet (11 mins) (2000)
Line to Lions string quartet (15 mins) (2000)
Mixed Steps clarinet, percussion, piano, violin (22 mins) (2001)
Nebula Variations solo violin (22 mins) (2022)
Parabola Vertex bass clarinet in Bb and piano (8 mins) (2022)
Past Winters Solstice piano trio: violin, cello, piano (7 mins) (1997)
Piano Sonata No. 1 solo piano (11 mins) (1995)
Prelude and Impromptu violin and piano (8 mins) (2013)
Quartet for Low Brass 3 trombones and tuba (14 mins) (2010)
Sepia Fragments string quartet (13 mins) (2009)
Sepia Fragments solo piano & carillon arrangements (13/8 mins) (2009)
The Sleuth for grade 2 clarinet with piano accompaniment (2 mins) (2017)
Tree Rings violin and marimba (10+ mins) (2016)
Trio percussion trio (7 mins) (2009)
Water Flows Serpentine cello and piano (16 mins) (2017)
Wired and Wound alto saxophone and piano (16 mins) (2013)
Wound and Released trumpet and piano (12 mins) (2013)
Wound and Wired horn and piano (9 mins) (2013)

7. Mixed Chamber featuring the Flute

Catch flute and percussion (10 mins) (2016)
Distant Voices I & II flute and piano (8 mins) (2002)
The Engine Continuum bassoon, or flute, or bass flute and bass (6 mins) (2013)
Flute Quartet flute, violin, viola, cello (4 mins) (2002)
Four Short Pieces flute and piano (2 mins) (1995)
Reel Variations on a Jig flute and percussion (10 mins) (2012)
Sonata for Flute and Piano flute and piano (12 mins) (1994)
Three Duets flute and marimba (12 mins) (2006)
WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead flute and cd (6 mins) (2008)
Wired and Released flute and piano, or flute and harp (11 mins) (2013)

8. Flute and Guitar

Bathymetric Terrains flute, guitar and computer (Max/MSP) (35 mins) (2019)
The Equation of Time bass flute and guitar (20 mins) (2016)
Ex Tempore bass flute and guitar (7 mins) (2016)

9. Flute Ensemble

3x4 flute octet (6 mins) (2018)
4x5 flute quartet (6:30 mins) (2018)
5x6 flute quartet (5:30 mins) (2018)
6x7 flute quartet (6 mins) (2018)
Cross-Talk flute choir (5 mins) (2008)
Five Lines flute quintet (6:30 mins) (2019)
Four Lines flute quartet (6 mins) (2020)
Meditations No. 1 flute quartet (4 mins) (2023)
Meditations No. 2 flute quintet (5:30 mins) (2023)
Meditations No. 3 flute quintet/sextet (5:30 mins) (2023)
Meditations No. 4 8 or 9 flutes (5 mins) (2023)
Raga Cha flute quartet or flute choir or solo flute and cd (9 mins) (2006)
Raga Das flute quartet (4 mins) (2012)
Raga Dohara flute octet (10 mins) (2014)
Raga Gyarah flute quartet & keyboard (9 mins) (2012)
Raga Nau flute quintet (4:30 mins) (2013)
Raga Saat flute quartet (9 mins) (2011)
Raga Sept 'Double' flute octet (8 mins) (2014)
Raga Sept 'Single' flute quartet (5:30 mins) (2014)
Raga Terah flute quintet or flute quartet & keyboard (8 mins) (2012)
Three Lines flute trio (6 mins) (2013)

10. Solo Flute / Piccolo

Big Business flute (12 mins)
Disturbances of Circadian Rhythm flute and computer (Max/MSP) (11 mins) (2008)
Lachrymose piccolo (8 mins) (2006)
Lumière Immobile flute and computer (Max/MSP) (8 mins) (2004)
Rain flute (6 mins) (2000)
Straight Ahead flute (6 mins) (1999)
Three Studies for flute (12 mins) (2001)
WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead flute and cd (6 mins) (2008)

11. Solo Voice and Chorus

Between the Shore and the Ships; Blizzard soprano voice and Bb clarinet (8:30 mins) (2009)
In the Crystalline Vault of Heaven SATB chorus, a cappella (4 mins) (2015)
Oikos / Ecos voice and computer (Max/MSP) (11 mins) (2009)
Sonnet to the Moon SATB Chorus a cappella and solo flute (10 mins) (2019)

12. Electroacoustic

Bathymetric Terrains flute, guitar and computer (Max/MSP) (35 mins) (2019)
Deliquescence 8 channel EA (8 mins) (2010)
Disturbances of Circadian Rhythm flute and computer (Max/MSP) (11 mins) (2008)
Lumière Immobile flute and computer (Max/MSP) (8 mins) (2004)
Nine Lines 2 cellos and computer (Max/MSP) (10-12 mins) (2018)
Oikos / Ecos voice and computer (Max/MSP) (11 mins) (2009)
Tangled in Plastic Currents cello and computer (Max/MSP) (15 mins) (2014)
Ten Electroacoustic Studies 2 channel EA (38 mins)
Time’s Passing Breath guitar duet and cd (13 mins) (2007)
Time’s Passing Breath Prelude 2 channel EA (8 mins) (2007)
WARNING! Gustnadoes Ahead flute and cd (6 mins) (2008)

13. Jazz Band Charts
Composed 1990-92. Suitable for high school & college level big bands: A Call in the Wild (jazz combo), After-Words (big band), Coming Home (big band), Gate 104 – L.A. (big band), Harwins Drive – For Harry (big band), Lost Horizons (big band), Lost in the City (big band), Psycho (big band), Rupert Goes to School (big band), Samba de Saltspring (big band) / What? (big band)