Carson Cooman

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Carson Pierce Cooman (born June 12, 1982) is an American composer and organist. [1]

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Cooman was born in Rochester, New York on June 12, 1982. [2] He was introduced to music by his grandmother who taught music and was a graduate of Eastman School of Music. Cooman began taking piano and organ lesson at an early age, and began composing aged 8. [3] As a teenager, he set up his own software company. [4] He attended Allendale Columbia School, [3] followed by Harvard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and then Carnegie Mellon University where he graduated with a Master of Music. Cooman studied composition with Bernard Rands and Judith Weir. [5]

Cooman's compositions have been recorded for Naxos Records, Convivium Records, Albany Records, Métier Records, Divine Art Records, Gothic Records and Artek Recordings (with distribution by Naxos).

Cooman writes on music, having been a contributor to the music publication Fanfare . [6] He is currently composer-in-residence at Harvard Memorial Church.

Selected discography of Cooman compositions

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References

  1. Hall, Jonathan B. (February–April 2019). "Carson Cooman: A voice to be reckoned with". Organ. 98 (387): 40–48 via Academic Search Complete.
  2. Simmons, Walter. "Grove Music Online: Carson Cooman". Grove Music Online. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  3. 1 2 Spevak, Jeff (April 16, 1997). "Dissonance is disagreeable for 14-year old Brighton classical composer". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. p. 1E. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  4. Spevak, Jeff (April 16, 1997). "Cooman". Democrat and Chronicle. Rochester, New York. p. 4E. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  5. 1 2 Quinn, John (February 2009). "CD Review: Carson COOMAN Sacred Choral Music". MusicWeb International. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  6. "Fanfare Magazine Archive of CD Reviews". fanfarearchive.com. Retrieved January 31, 2020.
  7. Eddins, Stephen. "Carson Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Review". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  8. Waller, Patrick C (June 2007). "CD Review: Carson COOMAN Symphonies Nos 2 and 3". MusicWeb International. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  9. Morgan, Dan (March 2008). "CD Review: Carson COOMAN Piano Music". MusicWeb International. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  10. Woolf, Jonathan (January 2008). "CD Review: Carson COOMAN Piano Music". MusicWeb International. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  11. Briggs, Bob (January 2009). "CD Review: Carson COOMAN New Dawn". MusicWeb International. Retrieved February 28, 2025.
  12. "Reviews. Recordings. Wild Sunrises: Organ Music of Carson Cooman". The American Organist. 47 (10): 74–75. October 2013.
  13. Denney, Alan (June–July 2014). "Recorded Sound Reviews: Carson Cooman: The Welcome News Choral Music of Carson Cooman by Cambridge Consonance, Jeffrey Grossman". The Choral Journal. 54 (11): 70–71. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
  14. Rogers, Curtis (November 2015 – January 2016). "Reviews. Masque - Music for Organ by Carson Cooman". The Organ. 94 (374): 58. ISSN   0030-4883.
  15. Matthew-Walker, Robert (Autumn 2013). "Music Reviews: Carson Cooman: Organ Music Vol VII - Berceuse; Prelude and Fugue; Suite Breve; Gloucester Estampie". The Organ. 92 (365): 53.

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