There Was a Child Went Forth (2023):
I. There was a child
II. The early lilacs
III. And his parents
IV. The village on the highland
Trumpet Concerto (2024):
I. Slow and expressively
II. Simple, like remembering an old song
III. Cadenzas
IV. Finale, with an air of mystery

Short Stories (2013) concerto grosso for string quartet & orchestra:
Part I:
I. Somewhere near the end
II. Introit
III. The Priests
Part II:
IV. Recitative
V. mother and child
Part III:
VI. sonno agitato
VII. The Bridge (cadenza)
VIII. Ma Fin

Creative collaboration is central to American composer Joel Puckett’s career, a spirit that unites the three works on this recording. Each work represents a partnership between Puckett’s vibrant creative imagination and a particular musician, or group of musicians. Puckett’s new Trumpet Concerto (2024), his second for the instrument, was written for the distinguished jazz trumpeter Sean Jones. It’s a homage of sorts to another American classic conceived for a great jazz musician, Aaron Copland’s Clarinet Concerto, which was commissioned and premiered by Benny Goodman. The work is a personal response to Jones’s artistry, showcasing his dazzling high register and individual articulations and inflections that are unique to his playing. The orchestral song cycle There Was a Child Went Forth was created for Grammy Award winning tenor Nicholas Phan. The music is accessible and inward, much like the verses by Walt Whitman. It’s a work of celebration, composed in 2023 for the 225th anniversary of the United States President’s Own Marine Band. Inspiration came from Phan’s love of Whitman, and synergy from Whitman’s written reviews of the Marine Band.’ The album’s title track Short Stories is a string quartet concerto, which has been widely performed since its 2013 premiere. Principal players of the London Symphony Orchestra shine as the soloists, at times playing as individuals, at others as a unit with their orchestral colleagues providing a resplendent accompaniment.