Elijah Shiffer- Compositions (lengths approximate)In approximate order from newer to older

• Bridges (alto sax, electric guitar, drums, strings) (c. 17:00)• Why Would You? (jazz big band) (5:00)• The Migration Suite (2 trumpets, 2 trombones, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums) (c. 20:00)• Shorelines (french horn, alto sax, violin, steel drum, bass, drums) (c. 8:00)• Routes (alto sax, drums) (7:00)• Bird Lives (trumpet, alto sax, 2 tenor saxes, violin, bass, drums) (c. 15:00)• Personal Longings (french horn, alto sax, violin, steel drum, bass, drums) (c. 9:00)• Watershed (french horn, alto sax, violin, steel drum, bass, drums) (6:30)• Symposium (flute, viola, harp) (c. 6:00)• Basie, Next Left (jazz big band) (3:00)• Shearwater (trumpet, french horn, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, piano, bass, drums) (8:00)• Nearly Spring (2 voices (soprano, baritone), french horn, soprano sax, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, drums) (8:00)• Lyuba (trombone, alto sax, guitar, bass, drums) (8:00)• Barrier Island (studio orchestra) (c. 10:00)• Plains Processions (alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, bass, drums) (c. 7:30)• Lilting (trumpet, french horn, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 7:00)• Re-Memory (solo alto sax) (c. 5:00)• Salt Marsh (Afro-Cuban jazz big band) (c. 7:00)• The Barren Grounds (studio orchestra) (c. 5:00) (later adapted as a movement of the Migration Suite)• A Rain Song (2 voices (soprano, alto), trumpet, trombone, alto sax, baritone sax, piano, bass, drums) (7:30)• The Mascarenes (trumpet, french horn, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 6:00)• The Seventh Crane (voice, trumpet, trombone, alto sax, piano, bass, drums) (8:30)• Veery (2 voices (alto, baritone), clarinet, alto sax, piano, bass, drums) (6:00)• Fulcrum (alto sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 6:00) (later adapted as a movement of the Migration Suite)• Upper Volta (trombone, alto sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 7:30)• A Dream Revisited (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 9:00)• Eel Story (trumpet, soprano sax, alto sax, bass, drums) (c. 6:00)• Destination (alto sax, tenor sax, bass) (c. 5:00)• The Raven and the Train (alto sax, tenor sax, drums) (c. 5:00)• Rare Bird (alto sax, drums) (c. 5:00)• Midnight Procession (trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, bass) (4:30)• Zugunruhe (wind quintet) (c. 3:30)• River Fantasy (string quartet) (5:30)• University Of The Streets (jazz big band) (c. 6:00)• Rogue’s Island (french horn, alto sax, bass, drums) (8:30)• Dream Landscapes (french horn, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, bass, drums) (10:00)• Headwind (trombone, alto sax, bass, drums) (6:30) (later adapted as a movement of the Migration Suite)• Swamp Things (jazz big band) (6:00)• Voyage to Gouria (chamber orchestra) (c. 3:00)• Quest (trombone, alto sax, drums) (c. 5:30)• Curiosities (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 6:00)• Skepticism (jazz big band) (c. 8:00)• I’ve Never Been Called That Before (jazz big band with solo voice) (c. 4:30)• Four South American Birds (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, vibes, piano, bass, drums) (15:00)• Megapode (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, bass, drums) (7:00)• Anthony’s Nose (string quartet) (c. 3:30)• Wah ( 4 voices SATB, trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, bass, drums) (7:00)• If You Knew (alto sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 4:00)• Downspout (solo alto sax) (c. 6:00)• Blue Dream (alto sax, piano, bass, drums; also version for solo alto sax) (c. 5:00)• Thought Waves (trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 6:00)• Time Contours (trumpet, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, bass, drums) (5:00)• Chicken City Sunrise (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, piano, bass, drums) (6:30)• Handbook (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, baritone sax, vibes, piano, bass, drums) (16:00)• A Temne Tale (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, piano, guitar, bass, drums) (6:00)• Converge (trumpet, trombone, alto sax, tenor sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 5:30)• Cabot Trail (trumpet, alto sax, piano, bass, drums) (c. 7:00)• Floodland (alto sax, piano) (5:00)• Arctic Mirage (flute, piano) (c. 4:00)