First Light
from Sunward, mvt. I
4:12Catalogue
Selected works
- 202511′
Nocturne for a Sleeping City
String orchestra
- 20247′30″
Lanterns on the Water
Solo piano
- 202438′
The Long Light
Original film score, chamber orchestra and electronics
- 202314′
Sunward
Flute, clarinet, violin, cello and piano
- 20229′
Hours
SATB choir a cappella, text by the composer
Recordings
Listen
Harbor at Noon
from The Long Light
3:47Lanterns
Solo piano, live in Denver
7:31About
“I write the way light moves through a room. Slowly, and then all at once.”
SJ Shaver is a composer working across the concert hall, the cinema and the game studio. His music favors long melodic lines, close harmony and orchestration that leaves room to breathe.
Recent commissions include a string orchestra nocturne, a feature film score recorded with a forty piece chamber orchestra, and a choral cycle on the hours of a single day. He writes from a studio at the foot of the Rocky Mountains.
Press kit and bioPerformances
Upcoming concerts
14Nov 2026
Nocturne for a Sleeping City
Front Range Chamber Players · Denver, CO
06Dec 2026
Hours, complete cycle
Pikes Peak Choral Society · Colorado Springs, CO
21Feb 2027
The Long Light, live to picture
Film score screening · Santa Fe, NM
Commissions and licensing
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