| Once there was not | 2024 | soprano and piano | | John Woolrich |
| Favola in Musica III | 2023 | flute, viola and harp | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Hark! the echoing air | 2019 | solo trumpet & chamber orchestra | 9 | John Woolrich, Henry Purcell |
| A Book of Inventions – Volume III | 2019-21 | string quartet | 64 | John Woolrich |
| A Book of Inventions – Volume IV | 2018-20 | string quartet | 53 | John Woolrich |
| Gesänge der Frühe | 2018 | Schumann orch. Woolrich for chamber orchestra | 11 | John Woolrich, Robert Schumann |
| A Book of Inventions – Volume II | 2017-20 | string quartet | 53 | John Woolrich |
| A Book of Inventions – Volume I | 2017-21 | string quartet | 55 | John Woolrich |
| Scarlatti Sonatas Set 2 | 2016 | Scarlatti, orchestrated by John Woolrich | c.15 | John Woolrich, Domenico Scarlatti |
| Swan Song | 2015 | chamber ensemble of 5 players | c. 8 | John Woolrich |
| The Voices | 2014 | for bass and piano trio | 20 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook XIV | 2014 | piano solo | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Call to the mirrors | 2014 | two brass ensembles with timpani | 11 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobooks VIII-XIV | 1997-2014 | piano solo | | John Woolrich |
| The Unlit Suburbs | 2014 | tenor voice and piano | 4 | John Woolrich |
| The tongs and the bones | 2014 | for orchestra | 10 | John Woolrich |
| A Quality of Loss | 2014 | whispering chorus and wind instruments | 12 | John Woolrich |
| To the Silver Bow | 2014 | double concerto for viola, double bass and strings | 15 | John Woolrich |
| A Sort of Heaven | 2014 | violin and piano | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Pluck from the Air | 2013 | piano quintet | 10½ | John Woolrich |
| Through paths and turnings | 2013 | chamber orchestra | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Variation on ‘Sellinger’s Round’ | 2013 | string orchestra | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook XIII | 2013 | piano solo | 4 | John Woolrich |
| The Devil in the Clock | 2012 | ensemble of 13 players | 4 | John Woolrich |
| The Mustering Drum | 2011 | percussion ensemble of 4 players | 4½ | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook XI | 2010 | piano solo | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook XII | 2009 | piano solo | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Italian Songs | 2009 | for string orchestra | 9 | John Woolrich, Hugo Wolf |
| Capriccio | 2009 | violin and strings | 15 | John Woolrich |
| A Singing Sky | 2009 | voice and piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Falling Down | 2009 | a capricho for double bassoon and orchestra | 15 | John Woolrich |
| And Winter comes | 2008 | mezzo soprano and piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| A Paper of Black Lines | 2008 | four songs for soprano and piano | 5 | John Woolrich |
| A Dramolet | 2008 | chamber ensemble of 3 players | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Between the Hammer and the Anvil | 2008 | chamber ensemble of 17 players | 25 | John Woolrich |
| Violin Concerto | 2008 | violin and chamber orchestra | 21 | John Woolrich |
| Correct your Maps | 2008 | mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Stendhal's Observation | 2008 | voice and piano | 2 | John Woolrich |
| The Night will not draw on | 2008 | piano trio | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Whitel's Ey | 2008 | orchestra | 14 | John Woolrich |
| In the Mirrors of Asleep | 2007 | chamber ensemble of 5 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Going a Journey | 2006 | chamber ensemble of 16 players | 23 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook X | 2005 | piano solo | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Blue Drowning | 2005 | string orchestra or string quintet | 10 | John Woolrich |
| From the Book of Disquiet | 2005 | collected music for alto, oboe and viols or strings | 17 | John Woolrich |
| Quiddities | 2005 | cor anglais and string sextet | 10 | John Woolrich |
| After the Clock | 2005 | chamber ensemble of 14 players (minimum) | 12 | John Woolrich |
| The Elephant from Celebes | 2005 | orchestra | 20 | John Woolrich |
| Come and Go | 2005 | chamber orchestra | 13 | John Woolrich |
| The Street of Crocodiles | 2005 | piano, trumpet and strings | 15 | John Woolrich |
| Scarlatti Sonatas Set 1 | 2005 | percussion and chamber orchestra | 14 | John Woolrich, Domenico Scarlatti |
| Three Fantasias | 2005 | strings | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Three Arias | 2005 | oboe and strings | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Tales of Transformation | 2004 | orchestra | 15 | John Woolrich, Henry Purcell |
| The Lost Day of Return | 2004 | solo oboe and chamber ensemble of 11 players | 10 | John Woolrich |
| The Sea and Its Shore | 2004 | voice, chamber ensemble of 8 players and tape | 35 | John Woolrich |
| In the stones | 2004 | string quartet | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Farewel adieu | 2004 | mezzo-soprano, triple harp and bass viol | 2 | John Woolrich |
| Farewel adieu | 2004 | mezzo-soprano and piano | 2 | John Woolrich |
| Double Mercury | 2003 | orchestra | 20 | John Woolrich |
| This Change | 2003 | four solo voices and organ | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Stealing Steps | 2003 | violin and viola | 11 | John Woolrich |
| Leaving Home | 2003 | oboe quintet | 14 | John Woolrich |
| Earth grown old | 2003 | unaccompanied SATB choir | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Three Songs | 2003 | alto and strings | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Three Songs | 2002 | alto and piano | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Through a Limbeck | 2002 | solo viola | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Suite from Bitter Fruit | 2002 | chamber ensemble of 16 players | 20 | John Woolrich |
| Darker Still | 2002 | flute and piano | 14 | John Woolrich |
| Good Morning - Midnight | 2002 | voice and piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| A Presence of Departed Acts | 2002 | clarinet, violin, cello and piano | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Fanfarronada | 2002 | small orchestra | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Arcangelo | 2002 | chamber orchestra | 14 | John Woolrich |
| Watermark | 2002 | violin and bass clarinet | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Exploit in White | 2001 | brass quintet | 14 | John Woolrich |
| Three Fantasias | 2001 | six viols | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Three Songs | 2001 | alto and six viols | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Dum Spiro, Spero | 2001 | solo accordion | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Three Arias | 2001 | oboe and six viols | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Spring in Winter | 2001 | Unaccompanied SATB chorus | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Three Capriccios | 2001 | oboe | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Elegy | 2001 | cello and piano | 12 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook IX | 2001 | piano solo | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Cutting a Caper | 2001 | large ensemble of 22 players | 15 | John Woolrich |
| Three Pieces for Violin | 2001 | solo violin | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Bitter Fruit | 2000 | Masque in three acts | 85 | John Woolrich |
| The Rolling Years | 2000 | chorus and orchestra | 11 | John Woolrich |
| A Capriccio to Calliope Herself | 2000 | orchestra | 8 | John Woolrich |
| String Quartet No. 2 | 2000 | string quartet | 16 | John Woolrich |
| Keepsake | 2000 | solo cor anglais | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Stealing a March | 2000 | chamber ensemble of 17 players | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Paradise | 2000 | SATB choir and organ | 5 | John Woolrich |
| The Old Year | 1999 | SATB chorus and chamber orchestra | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Little Walserings | 1999 | SATB chorus and strings | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook VIII | 1997-1999 | piano solo | 8 | John Woolrich |
| A Litany | 1999 | oboe and string orchestra | 15 | John Woolrich |
| A Shadowed Lesson | 1999 | chamber ensemble of 5 players | 12 | John Woolrich |
| Concerto for Orchestra | 1999 | chamber orchestra | 18 | John Woolrich |
| Accord | 1999 | a concerto for mixed orchestras | 25 | John Woolrich |
| Speed the Going | 1998 | chamber orchestra | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Oboe Quintet | 1998 | oboe quintet | 20 | John Woolrich |
| Sennets and Tuckets | 1998 | symphonic wind band | 15 | John Woolrich |
| Concerto for Cello | 1998 | cello and orchestra | 23 | John Woolrich |
| Locus Solus | 1998 | piano solo | 12 | John Woolrich |
| Three Choruses | 1998 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 7 | John Woolrich |
| The Years Glide Swiftly | 1998 | unaccompanied SATB chorus | 1 | John Woolrich |
| The iron cockerel sings | 1998 | wind ensemble of 6 players | 10 | John Woolrich |
| The Unlit Suburbs | 1998 | soprano voice and piano | 4 | John Woolrich |
| A Hymn Against Despair | 1998 | unaccompanied SATB choir | 2 | John Woolrich |
| Three Pieces for Chamber Orchestra | 1997 | chamber orchestra | 16 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook VII | 1997 | piano solo | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Toward the Black Sky | 1997 | piano trio | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Sestina | 1997 | piano quartet | 12 | John Woolrich |
| The Way Out Discovered | 1997 | wind ensemble of 13 players | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Caprichos | 1997 | chamber ensemble of 12 players | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Envoi | 1997 | chamber ensemble of 7 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Cantilena | 1997 | chamber orchestra | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Twisting that Lock | 1997 | soprano, alto and piano | 4 | John Woolrich |
| A Hymn on Melancholy | 1997 | unacompanied SSA voices | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Adagissimo | 1997 | piano quartet | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Music from A House of Crossed Desires | 1996 | chamber ensemble of 14 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| String Trio | 1996 | string trio | 6 | John Woolrich |
| A Curtain Tune | 1996 | chamber orchestra | 5 | John Woolrich |
| In the House of Crossed Desires | 1996 | chamber opera in two acts for 4 female voices and ensemble | 90 | John Woolrich |
| Oboe Concerto | 1996 | oboe and orchestra | 26 | John Woolrich |
| Malicious Observer | 1996 | soprano and string quartet | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Malicious Observer | 1996 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook VI | 1995 | piano solo | 6 | John Woolrich |
| String Quartet No 1 | 1995 | String Quartet | 12 | John Woolrich |
| ...that is Night | 1995 | violin and piano | 5 | John Woolrich |
| My Box of Phantoms | 1995 | oboe quartet | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Malicious Observer | 1995 | soprano and piano trio | 3 | John Woolrich |
| Here is my Country | 1995 | Four songs for soprano and piano | 6 | John Woolrich |
| To witness her Goodbye | 1995 | tenor and chamber ensemble of 7 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| A Book of Elegies | 1995 | unaccompanied SSSSAATTBB chorus | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Another Staircase Overture | 1994 | string orchestra | 9 | John Woolrich |
| Four Pieces | 1994 | cello and piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Fanfare | 1994 | brass band | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Four Concert Arias | 1994 | two sopranos, mezzo soprano and small orchestra | 17 | John Woolrich |
| A Leap in the Dark | 1994 | string ensemble of 11 players | 12 | John Woolrich |
| Ariadne Laments | 1994 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| The North Wind | 1994 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Three Cautionary Tales | 1994 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| From the Shadow | 1994 | five pieces for 11 players | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook V | 1994 | piano solo | 6 | John Woolrich |
| ...with Land in Sight… | 1994 | solo cello | 2 | John Woolrich |
| Fantazia | 1994 | four viols | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Three Cautionary Tales | 1994 | Soprano and piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| The North Wind | 1994 | soprano and piano | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Viola Concerto | 1993 | viola and orchestra | 20 | John Woolrich |
| Im Ruhigen Tal | 1993 | violin and piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Songs and Broken Music | 1993 | soprano and piano trio | 5 | John Woolrich |
| A Cabinet of Curiosities | 1993 | piano and wind quartet | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Fanfare | 1993 | brass and percussion | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Far from home | 1993 | A lullaby for large unaccompanied SATB chorus | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Three Pieces for Viola | 1993 | solo viola | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook III | 1993 | piano solo | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook IV | 1993 | piano solo | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Over the Sea | 1993 | five songs for small unaccompanied SATB chorus | 6 | John Woolrich |
| A Book of Studies Set 2 | 1993 | wind quintet | 10 | John Woolrich |
| A Book of Studies Set 1 | 1993 | wind quintet | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook II | 1992 | piano solo | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Si Va Facendo Notte | 1992 | clarinet and string ensemble of 11 players | 20 | John Woolrich |
| It is midnight, Dr Schweitzer | 1992 | string ensemble of 11 players | 12 | John Woolrich |
| Favola in Musica II | 1992 | chamber ensemble of 3 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| A Farewell | 1992 | chamber ensemble of 3 players | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobook I | 1992 | piano solo | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Poor Mr Snail | 1992 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 2 | John Woolrich |
| Poor Mr Snail | 1992 | soprano and piano | 2 | John Woolrich |
| Pianobooks I-VII | 1997 | piano solo | 40 | John Woolrich |
| Contredanse | 1991 | string octet | 15 | John Woolrich |
| The Death of King Renaud | 1991 | string quintet | 12 | John Woolrich |
| The Theatre Represents a Garden: Night | 1991 | chamber orchestra | 15 | John Woolrich |
| The Ghost in the Machine | 1990 | large orchestra | 15 | John Woolrich |
| Berceuse | 1990 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Favola in Musica I | 1990 | chamber ensemble of 3 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Quicksteps | 1990 | wind octet | 6 | John Woolrich |
| The Kingdom of Dreams | 1989 | oboe and piano | 9 | John Woolrich |
| La Cantarina | 1989 | Scena for high soprano and piano | 9 | John Woolrich |
| Lending Wings | 1989 | chamber ensemble of 16 players | 14 | John Woolrich |
| Ulysses Awakes | 1989 | viola and 10 solo strings | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Barcarolle | 1989 | chamber ensemble of 6 players | 10 | John Woolrich |
| The Turkish Mouse | 1988 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 2 | John Woolrich |
| Dartington Doubles | 1988 | chamber ensemble of 10 players | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Light and Rock | 1988 | soprano, basset horn and piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| The Turkish Mouse | 1988 | soprano and piano | 2 | John Woolrich |
| The Turkish Mouse | 1988 | oboe and piano | 4 | John Woolrich |
| Ophelia Songs | 1988 | soprano and chamber ensemble of five players | 5 | John Woolrich, Johannes Brahms |
| The Barber's Timepiece | 1986 | large orchestra | 7 | John Woolrich |
| Battledore | 1985 | unison voices and piano | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Battledore | 1985 | a cappella childrens' voices | 5 | John Woolrich |
| Black Riddle | 1984 | five songs for soprano and large chamber ensemble | 9 | John Woolrich |
| Five Italian Songs | 1984 | voice and piano | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Three Macedonian Songs | 1984 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 7 players | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Serbian Songs | 1984 | soprano, clarinet and percussion | 6 | John Woolrich |
| Harlequinade | 1983 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 4 players | 12 | John Woolrich |
| Cascades | 1983 | soprano and chamber ensemble of 5 players | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Spalanzani's Daughter | 1983 | chamber ensemble of 8 players | 10 | John Woolrich |
| Four Songs After Hoffmann | 1981 | soprano and clarinet | 9 | John Woolrich |
| Stone Dances | 1980 | chamber ensemble of 8 players | 8 | John Woolrich |
| A Book of Studies Set 3 | | wind quintet | | John Woolrich |
| The Little Piano Book | | Piano | 8 | John Woolrich |
| Canzona | | | | John Woolrich |
| Bach Chorales | | | | John Woolrich |
| Pianobooks | | piano solo | | John Woolrich |
| Five Pieces for Piano Quartet | | piano quartet | | John Woolrich |