List of Works
Choral music:
Alone (for SATB) text by Edgar A. Poe
Der Leiermann (Schubert, arranged by Nelson for SATB, strings, and piano)
In The East (SATB and piano)
Te Deum (for chorus and orchestra)
Puer Natus Est (choir)
Desarrollo (male chorus)
Cruel Fate (voice, guitar, piano)
Cry of the Wind (voice, harp, flute)
Requiem
Vocalise No. 2 (synthesizer and voice)
L'Adieu (for chorus)
Toda La Vida (voice, guitar, and piano)
Truckee Historical Revue (for chorus and orchestra)
Cruel Fate (for chorus)
Lacrimosa (choir)
Truckee Historical Revue (for chorus and orchestra)
Orchestral music:
July 19, 1869 (tone poem for orchestra based on the writings of John Muir)
Vastness of Pines (for chorus and orchestra, text by Pablo Neruda)
Little Bighorn (tone poem/media screen)
Sketch No. 1 for String Orchestra
Symphony No. 1
Symphony No. 2
Variations on a Theme by Paganini (for chamber orchestra)
Cry of the Wind (orchestral version)
The Trumpet Shall Sound (after Handel/Miles Davis)
Fanfare for the Distant Horizon (full orchestra)
Musicals:
Jing
L.A. Vida
The Lion of Freedom
Miscellaneous:
String Quartet No. 1
String Quartet No. 3
String Quartet No. 4
Overdrive for guitar ensemble
Vapor Lock for guitar ensemble
Reverie (piano/violin)
Nocturne in C minor (piano)
Trio No. 1
Strings and Stories (electric violin and voice)
Rags (from Intimate Apparel)
Incantation (woodwind quintet)
Brouillard d'Automne Sur un Lac (piano, violin, cross-strung harp)
The Fitzsimmons Diary (story)
Never Reconciled (poem)
2020 Citizens (text by McAvoy Layne/music by Nelson)
Solo on the JMT (eBook of solo backpack on the John Muir Trail)
Haight (eBook of the musical)
L.A. Vida (eBook of the musical)
Camila (stage play)
Jing (stage play)