William Susman

Orchestra

• In A State of Patterns (2018)
• Piano Concerto (2011)
• Snow Lion of Peace (2009)
• Zydeco Madness: To the Forgotten of Hurricane Katrina (2006)
• Angels of Light (1991)
• Uprising (1989)
• Trailing Vortices (1986)
• Pentateuch (1984)
• Openings (1982)
• Movement for Orchestra (1980)

Chamber ensemble

• The Heavens Above for Two Brass Quintets (2023)
• Seven Scenes for Four Flutes (2011)
• Camille (2010)
• Clouds and Flames (2010)
• Native New Yorker (2005)
• Three Different Keyboards (2001)
• The Starry Dynamo (1994)
• Exposé (1989)
• Twisted Figures (1987)
• Streamlines (1984)
• For Three Trombones (1983)

Wind quintet

• Six Minutes Thirty Seconds (1995)

Brass quintet

• The Heavens Above (1998)

Vocal/Choral

• Facing a New Normal (2022)
• Salaam Alaykum, Shalom Alaychem (2011) SATB
• Eternal Light (2010) SATB
• Scatter My Ashes (2009)
• Living These Seasons (2009) SATB & piano
• Moving in to an Empty Space (1992)
• Interlude (1984)
• Two Songs (1983)
• Elie (1983) SATB
• Three Songs (1981)

Percussion

• Haskalah for marimba and organ (2017)
• Material Rhythms for percussion quartet (2010)
• Amores Montuños for flute & marimba (2008)
• Marimba Montuño for marimba (2002)
• Floating Falling for cello and timpani (1987)
• Exchanges for percussion soloist and winds (1982)

String quartet

• String Quartet No. 6: Isolation Songs (2020)
• String Quartet No. 5: Dancing on Air (2013)
• String Quartet No. 4: Zydeco Madness (2006)
• String Quartet No. 3: Patterns of Change (1997)
• String Quartet No. 2: Up to the Sky (1988)
• String Quartet No. 1: Streams (1984)

Piano Trio

• Clouds and Flames (2010)

Piano

• Loud Harmonies - Book I (2024) A set of 22 piano pieces
• Quiet Rhythms - Book IV (2013) A set of 22 piano pieces
• Quiet Rhythms - Book III (2012) A set of 22 piano pieces
• Quiet Rhythms - Book II (2010) A set of 22 piano pieces
• Quiet Rhythms - Book I (2010) A set of 22 piano pieces
• Piano Montuño (2004)
• Uprising (1988)

Solo and duo

• Zydeco Madness for accordion (2005)
• Duo Montuño for clarinet & piano (2004)
• Duo Montuño for alto sax & piano (2004)
• Duo Montuño for viola and piano (2004)
• Motions of Return for flute & piano (1996)
• For Cello (1984)
• Halilah for viola (1983)
• Nnyl for trombone (1983)
• Turbulence for flute (1983)
• Violin Study (1983)

Electronic

• Waves for piano and computer-generated sound (version with notated piano part) (1982)
• Waves for Any number of improvisers and computer-generated sound (1982)

Film music

• Game Day (2017)
• People of the Graphic Novel (2012)
• Joann Sfar Draws from Memory (2012)
• When Medicine Got It Wrong (2009)
• Balancing Acts: A Jewish Theater in the Soviet Union (2008)
• Making the Man (2007)
• Fate of the Lhapa (2007)
• Native New Yorker (2005)
• Oil on Ice (2004)
• Asphyxiating Uma (2002)
• Deep Under the Ice (2000) aka NASA Explores Under the Ice
• Daydream Believer (1998)
• Alaska's Arctic Wildlife (1997)
• Indonesia (1996)
• The Philippines (1996)
• Southern Africa Safari (1995)
• Discovering the Amazon and the Andes (1994)
• The Elephant Seals of Ano Nuevo (1994)
• Exploring Tropical Australia (1993)