Carson COOMAN

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Carson P. Cooman is an American composer who has composed over three hundred works in many forms ranging from solo instrumental works to operas, from orchestral works to hymn tunes. Cooman has created a great deal of music for both concert and church settings. Cooman's music has been and frequently continues to be performed on all six inhabited continents. In 1998, Cooman received a fifteen year fellowship from the Broeker Fund for New Music (Amsterdam) for the creation of a series of new works. He has received ASCAP Standard Awards annually since 1997 and has received other awards for his work.

Cooman has also been the recipient of numerous commissions from performers, ensembles, orchestras, and organizations. Cooman has collaborated with a number of poets, librettists, and text authors including Mary Louise Bringle, John Core, Richard Leach, Joyce Carol Oates, Andrew Pratt, Calvin Seerveld, Derek Strahan, Kathleen Wakefield, Rae E. Whitney, Anna Winslow, and Brian Wren.

Cooman is an active organist who performs frequently, playing his own works and the works of other contemporary composers. Cooman has actively promoted and supported the ongoing development of new music for organ and piano by contemporary composers and has arranged performances and been involved with new works and premiere performances for works of numerous contemporary composers. A large number of contemporary composers have written new works for him.

Full information and a complete list of Cooman's works is available at: www.carsoncooman.com. This link will open a new window in your browser.


Information in English about how this series of works for Saxophone came to be written and about the upcoming CD "As to the Sun"

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Recordings of Works by Carson COOMAN available from Musik Fabrik

 

Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, etc. (2007 rel; CD recording)

Contains Symphony No. 2, "Litanies of Love and Rain" (2004) for orchestra, Partita (2003) for solo baroque flute, Piano Concerto (2005) for solo piano and strings, Vision (2005) for violin and organ, Symphony No. 3, "Ave Maris Stella" (2005) for chamber orchestra, Songlines, Sun Dreaming (2001) for orchestra, and Sonata for Violin and Organ (2004)

Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor
Bohuslav Martinu Philharmonic, Kirk Trevor, conductor
Nora Skuta, piano; Stephen Schultz, baroque flute
Rachel Gough, violin; Rupert Gough, organ

Naxos Records (Catalogue #8.559329)

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Cooman: Piano Music (2007 rel; CD recording)

Contains Seascape Passion: Midday Brightness (Third Piano Sonata) (2002), Kayser Variations (1997), Dream-Tombeau: Crucifixus (2003), For Gwyneth (1999), Dream Etudes, Book II (2001), Postcard Partita (2002), Fourth Piano Sonata (2005)

Donna Amato, piano

Naxos Records (Catalogue #8.559350)

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Small Bear, Large Telescope: Music of Carson Cooman (2006 rel; CD recording)

Contains Pittsburgh Concerto (2005) for orchestra, Horn Trio (2004) for violin, horn, and piano, Concerto for Bass Trombone and Six Players (2006), and Shining Space: Quintet for Horn and Strings (2006)

Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic, Efraín Amaya, conductor
Petro Hrushovenko and Konstantin Sokol, horn; Ostap Shutko, violin; Natalia Tolmacheva, piano; Ukrainian Quartet
James Siders, bass trombone; Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble, Walter Morales, conductor

Zimbel Records (Catalogue #ZR108)
Webster, New York

 

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Ancient Airs for Solo Soprano Saxophone, Complete

Performed by Paul Wehage

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Ancient Airs for Solo Soprano Saxophone, 1. Beyond the Mountains

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Ancient Airs for Solo Soprano Saxophone, 2. Forgotten Incantation

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As to the Sun for solo Alto Saxophone

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Beckoning Summer for Solo Alto Saxophone,

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Canalscape : Soliloquy for String Quartet, by the Ukraine Quartet

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Cerulean : Double Concerto for Two Percussion and Ensemble, performed by Cory Cousins, Mike Perdue, and the Carnegie Mellon Contemporary Ensemble, Walter Morales, director

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Chanson d'Amour, for Solo Alto Saxophone performed by Paul Wehage, Saxophone

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Concerto for Bass Trombone and Six Players

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Dark December : Ignis Dei, processional doubles for Flute, Clarinet, Violin, Violoncello, Vibraphone and Piano, performed by the Melope Ensemble

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Downpour for SATB Chorus and String Quartet (Text by Kathleen Wakefield), performed by Madrigalia, Roger Wilhelm, director with Quartsemble

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Exsultet for Piano and Tape, performed by Anthony Cheung, Piano

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Four Aphoristic Inventions for String Quartet,

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Goggles for Alto Saxophone and Piano

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Music from Mayflower Hill for Solo Trumpet

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Pittsburgh Concerto for Orchestra

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Polpis Dreaming, for Contrabass Saxophone and Piano, performed by Jay C. Easton, Saxophone and Loie Flood, Piano

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Sonata for Brass Choir, complete in three movements

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Sonata for Brass Choir, 1. Fanfare and Tuckets

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Sonata for Brass Choir, 2. Arioso

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Sonata for Brass Choir, 3. Dance

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Summer Song for Violoncello by Olga Kryvtsova, cello

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Tombeau-Aria for String Quartet by the Ukraine Quartet

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Tundra Canticle for Bassoon et Contrabass by Bradley Balliett, bassoon and Douglas Balliett, contrabass

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Two Fragments for Guitar Quartet performed by Carnegie-Mellon Quartet Complete ( 2 movements)

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Waiting for October, for Flute and Guitar, performed by The Heim Duo

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Works by Carson COOMAN published by Musik Fabrik


Ancient Airs For Solo Flute/pour Flûte Solo 8€95

Ancient Airs For Solo Soprano Saxophone/pour Saxophone Soprane Solo 8€95

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Aria : Caritas Abundat in Omnia For English Horn and Organ /pour Cor Anglais et Orgue 8€95

As To The Sun For Solo Alto Saxophone/pour Saxophone Alto Solo 5€95

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Autumn Sun Canticle For Trumpet in Bb or C and Piano/pour Trompette en Sib ou Ut et Piano 8€95

Autumn Sun Canticle For Trumpet in Bb or C and Orchestra (2222.2000/1perc/strings)/pour Trompette en Sib ou Ut et orchestre (2222.2000/1perc/cordes)

Score and Solo parts/partition et parties solistes 14€95

Autumn Sun Canticle For Trumpet in Bb or C and Orchestra (2222.2000/1perc/strings)/pour Trompette en Sib ou Ut et orchestre (2222.2000/1perc/cordes)

Score and complete set of parts/partition et parties complètes 49€95

Autumn Sun Canticle For Trumpet in Bb or C and Orchestra (2222.2000/1perc/strings)/pour Trompette en Sib ou Ut et orchestre (2222.2000/1perc/cordes)

Extra set of string parts (11111)/jeux supplémentaire de cordes (11111) 8€95

Autumn Sun Canticle For Trumpet in Bb or C and Orchestra (2222.2000/1perc/strings)/pour Trompette en Sib ou Ut et orchestre (2222.2000/1perc/cordes)

Extra set of violin parts (3 1st 2 2nd)/jeux supplémentaire de violons (3 1er - 2 2ème) 8€95

Aux Tuileries for Voice and Piano (French Text by Jean-Thierry Boisseau)/pour Voix et Piano (Texte en français de Jean-Thierry Boisseau) 9€.95 (set of two scores)

Bear Mountain Fragments For Piano/pour Piano 8€95

Beckoning Summer for Solo Alto Saxophone 5€95

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Biblicals: Concerto for Solo Piano in Five Movements For Piano/pour Piano 12€95

Blue Glimmers for Flute, Bb Clarinet and Contrebass/pour Flûte, Clarinette en Sib et Contrebasse Score and Parts 14€95

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Brass Quintet For Two Bb or C Trumpets, Horn in F, Trombone and Tuba/pour Deux Trompettes en Sib ou Ut, Cor en Fa, Trombone et Tuba

Score and parts 14€.95

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Canalscape : Soliloquy for String Quartet/pour Quatuor à Cordes Score and Parts 9€95

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Cerulean, Double Concerto for Two Percussion and Ensemble/Double Concerto pour Deux Percussions et Ensemble (111+BCL1/1000/pno/11110) Study Score 19€95

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Cerulean, Double Concerto for Two Percussion and Ensemble/Double Concerto pour Deux Percussions et Ensemble (111+BCL1/1000/pno/11110) Two Solo Parts plus Score 24€95

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Cinq Croquis, For Any Saxophone (young performers)/ pour Saxophone (jeunes intérpretes) 6€95

Cisco Dreaming for Violoncello/pour Violoncelle 6€95