Carson Cooman

Bio:

Carson Cooman (b. 1982) is an American composer with a catalog of hundreds of works in many forms?from solo instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. His music has been performed on all six inhabited continents in venues that range from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the basket of a hot air balloon. Cooman?s music appears on over forty recordings, including more than twenty complete CDs on the Naxos, Albany, Artek, Gothic, Divine Art, M?tier, Diversions, Convivium, Altarus, MSR Classics, Raven, and Zimbel labels. Cooman?s primary composition studies were with Bernard Rands, Judith Weir, Alan Fletcher, and James Willey. As an active concert organist, Cooman specializes in the performance of contemporary music. Over 300 new compositions by more than 100 international composers have been written for him, and his organ performances can be heard on a number of CD releases and more than 1,200 recordings available online. Cooman is also a writer on musical subjects, producing articles and reviews frequently for a number of international publications. He serves as an active consultant on music business matters to composers and performing organizations, specializing particularly in the area of composer estates and archives. For more information, visit www.carsoncooman.com.

Titles:

– Dawn Game
1998 – Barnyard Episodes: Sonata for Contrabassoon and Piano
1999 – Plainsong Variations
1999 – Three Passiontide Motets
1999 – For Gwyneth
1999 – Forgotten Runes for Clarinet and Piano Trio
1999 – Kyrie
1999 – Lagniappe
1999 – Quintet for Trumpet and Strings
1999 – Ideas: Short Etudes for Solo Oboe, Book II
1999 – Hallelujah Shout
1999 – O rubor sanguinis
1999 – The Great Wilno
1999 – Codex
1999 – Sea Findings
1999 – Triptych for Harpsichord
1999 – Two Catullus Songs
1999 – Netherlands Travelogue
1999 – Chorale Preludes
2000 – Fantasia on American Hymns
2000 – Invocation
2000 – Vigils
2000 – A Carson Cooman Organ Album
2000 – Two Harvard Motets
2000 – Invocation for Alto Flute and Organ
2000 – Two Psalms
2000 – Concerto Grosso
2000 – Gladly, The Cross-Eyed Bear for Clarinet, Trumpet, Xylophone and Piano
2000 – Dream Etudes
2000 – Quintet for Clarinet and Strings
2000 – Celestial Meditations (Nine-Brass Choir and Organ)
2000 – Therefore Let Us Keep the Feast: a liturgical meditation for contrabassoon and organ
2000 – Meditation on “Wondrous Love”
2000 – Light in the Morning: Third String Quartet
2000 – Equinox Dances
2000 – Divertimento for Contrabassoon and Piano
2000 – Two Seasonal Sketches, Set I
2000 – Divertimento for Tuba and Piano
2000 – Two Vergil Songs
2000 – Water Music
2001 – Brightnesses
2001 – Triptych – Fantasy for Trumpet and Strings
2001 – Antics
2001 – Concertino for Three (Flute, Oboe and Bassoon)
2001 – Dream Etudes, Book II
2001 – May Song
2001 – Leaves of Light
2001 – Tropes and Collects
2001 – Silver Lagoons: Trumpet Concerto
2001 – Sonata for Violin and Piano
2001 – Prophesies
2001 – Of Ice and Silver Swans
2001 – Songlines, Sun Dreaming
2001 – Trenton Quintet for Flute, Clarinet and Piano Trio
2001 – Midsummer Songs
2001 – Two Seasonal Sketches Set II
2001 – Triptych – Fantasy for Trumpet and Strings (B-flat Trumpet)
2001 – Silver Lagoons: Trumpet Concerto (piano reduction)
2001 – Prayers
2001 – Enchanted Gardens
2001 – Night Songs
2001 – Zest: Fanfare for Orchestra
2001 – Triptych – Fantasy for Trumpet and Strings (C Trumpet)
2001 – Lairs of Flavor for Clarinet and Piano Trio
2002 – Voices of the Trumpet
2002 – A Piccolo Celebration
2002 – Enchanted Pathways: Concerto for Horn and Ensemble, Op. 474
2002 – Dream Etudes, Book IV
2002 – Sankaty Dreaming (String Quartet No. 4)
2002 – Light Inaccessible
2002 – Two Pieces for Violin and Organ
2002 – Dream Etudes, Book III
2002 – Seascape Passion: Midday Brightness (Third Piano Sonata)
2003 – Dream-Tombeau Crucifixus
2003 – Beyond All Knowing
2003 – Threads: Concerto for Orchestra
2003 – Sonata for English Horn and Piano
2003 – Symphony of Light
2004 – Canzona for Horn Sextet
2004 – Clarinet Concerto
2004 – Spectrum: Concerto-Cantata for Oboe, Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra
2004 – Lyric Pieces
2004 – Sonata for Violin and Organ
2004 – Desiring the Solicitude of Rain
2004 – Foresight Spinning: Meditations for Contrabass and Ensemble
2004 – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
2004 – Sonata No. 2 for Violin and Piano
2004 – Horn Trio (Horn, Violin and Piano)
2005 – Three Intermezzi for Trumpet and Piano Pno Sc/Pts
2005 – Celestial Meditations 2005 (Eight-Brass Choir, Timpani and Organ)
2005 – Meditation and Rejoicing for Brass Quintet, Timpani and Organ
2005 – Dawn Rituals