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Carson P. Cooman, American Composer and Organist

Life and Work

Carson Cooman has composed over six hundred different works for all ensembles including orchestra, band, chorus, chamber music, works for solo instrument, works for piano and organ, operas and musicals, as well as liturgical works and hymns. His music is published primarily by MMB Music, Inc., Musik Fabrik, and Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

As a concert organist, he has premièred hundreds of works by living composers written specifically for him.

Cooman has also been active as a writer, serving as editor for Living Music Journal, contemporary music reviewer for American Recorder (journal of the American Recorder Society, and publishing numerous articles on subjects related to contemporary music in other publications. His principal research interests have been related to contemporary American and Australian composers.

He has collaborated with many living authors including Mary Louise Bringle, John Core, Richard Leach, Elizabeth Kirschner, Randy Northrup, Joyce Carol Oates, Andrew Pratt, Mark Schweizer, Calvin Seerveld, Derek Strahan, John Thornburg, Kathleen Wakefield, Rae E. Whitney, Anna Winslow, and Brian Wren.

Cooman holds degrees from Harvard University and Carnegie Mellon University and his principal teachers have been Bernard Rands, Judith Weir, Alan Fletcher, and James Willey.

Major works

Just Now (2006) for chorus and orchestra
Concerto for Bass Trombone and Six Players (2006)
Symphony No. 3, "Ave Maris Stella" (2005) for chamber orchestra
Pittsburgh Concerto (2005) for orchestra
Sonata for Flute and Piano (2005)
Piano Concerto (2005) for solo piano and strings
Fourth Piano Sonata (2005)
Folk Fantasies (2005) for solo euphonium, percussion, and string quartet
Sonata for Solo Violin (2005)
Rossini in the Kitchen (2005) comic monodrama in one act (libretto by Mark Schweizer)
Cerulean: Double Percussion Concerto (2005)
Clarinet Concerto (2004) for clarinet and string orchestra
Solar Visions (2004) for woodwind quintet
Remembering Tomorrow: Trombone Concerto (2004)
Symphony No. 2, "Litanies of Love and Rain" (2004) for orchestra
Sonata for Violin and Organ (2005)

Horn Trio (2005) for violin, horn, and piano
Sonata for Trumpet and Piano (2004)
Sonata No. 2 for Trumpet and Piano (2004)
Spectrum: Concerto-Cantata for Oboe, Chorus, and Chamber Orchestra (2003-04) (text by Richard Leach)
Foresight Spinning: Meditations for Contrabass and Ensemble (2004)
Thieves (2004) chamber opera in one act (libretto by Mark Schweizer)
Desiring the Solicitude of Rain (2003) for tenor and chamber orchestra (text by Kathleen Wakefield)
Symphony of Light (2003) for string orchestra
New World Carols: An American Christmas Triptych (2003) for choir and organ
Threads: Concerto for Orchestra (2003)
Dr. Magic (2003), chamber opera in one act (libretto by Joyce Carol Oates)
Enchanted Pathways: Concerto for Horn and Ensemble (2002)
Sankaty Dreaming (String Quartet No. 4) (2002)
Showings of Divine Love (2002) dramatic sacred tableaux for viola and organ
Seascape Passion: Midday Brightness (Third Piano Sonata) (2002)
Canticle: Mosaic in Remembrance and Hope (2002) for SATB choir and flute
Bernini's Angels (2002) for two pianos
Poor Bibi (2002), chamber opera in one act (libretto by Joyce Carol Oates)
Wild Sunrises (2002) for organ
Dances of the Holy Fool: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (2002)
Dark December: Ignis Dei (2002) processional doubles for mixed sextet
Songlines, Sun Dreaming (2001) for orchestra
Enchanted Gardens (2001) for cello and piano
Silver Lagoons: Trumpet Concerto (2001)
Dream Etudes, Book II (2001) for piano
Trenton Quintet (2001) for mixed quintet
See the Promised Dawn Arise (2000) chamber opera for the church (in collaboration with Sandra Gay)
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (2000)
Concerto Grosso (2000) for solo group and orchestra
Quintet for Trumpet and Strings (1999)
The Waterville Organbook (1999) for organ
Sonata for Brass Choir (1999)
Earth Canticle: Concerto Brevis for Trumpet and Orchestra (1999)
Concerto for Bass Saxophone and Strings (1999)
Paradoxes: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1998)
Biblicals: Concerto for Solo Piano in Five Movements (1998)
Barnyard Episodes: Sonata for Contrabassoon and Piano (1998)
Joy of Humankind: Brief Transport for Orchestra (1998)
Kayser Variations (1997) for piano
Oakdale Sketchbook (1997) for piano
A Nantucket Prelude (1996) for piano
Suite for Strings (1995) for string orchestra

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