Fuchs's recent orchestral commissions include "Piano Concerto 'Spiritualist' (After Three Paintings by Helen Frankenthaler", "Poems of Life (After Twelve Poems by Judith G. Wolf for Countertenor, violoncello, and Orchestra)", "Glacier (Concerto for Electric Guitar)", "Bass Trombone Concerto" (scored for both orchestra and band), and "Rush (Concerto for Alto Saxophone" (scored for both orchestra and band). In 2013, the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra invited Fuchs to compose a fanfare-overture, "Forever Free", to celebrate the Sesquicentennial of the State of West Virginia. Fuchs created a version of the work for band, which was performed by ensembles throughout the State to celebrate the occasion.