# Carson Cooman > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carson_Cooman > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Carson_Cooman.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Cooman > Source revision: 1347346226 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American composer and organist}} {{Mdy|date=November 2024}}'''Carson Pierce Cooman''' (born June 12, 1982) is an American composer and organist. {{Cite journal |last=Hall |first=Jonathan B. |date=February–April 2019 |title=Carson Cooman: A voice to be reckoned with |url= |journal=Organ |volume=98 |issue=387 |pages=40–48 |via=Academic Search Complete}} Cooman was born in [Rochester, New York](/source/Rochester%2C_New_York) on June 12, 1982.{{cite web |last=Simmons |first=Walter |date= |title=Grove Music Online: Carson Cooman |url=https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/search?q=Carson+Cooman&searchBtn=Search&isQuickSearch=true |website= |location= |publisher=Grove Music Online |access-date=February 4, 2025}} He was introduced to music by his grandmother who taught music and was a graduate of [Eastman School of Music](/source/Eastman_School_of_Music). Cooman began taking piano and organ lesson at an early age, and began composing aged 8.{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Dissonance is disagreeable for 14-year old Brighton classical composer |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-carson-cooman-19/164805982/ |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=April 16, 1997 |location=Rochester, New York |page=1E}} As a teenager, he set up his own software company.{{cite news |last1=Spevak |first1=Jeff |title=Cooman |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/democrat-and-chronicle-carson-cooman-19/164806068/ |access-date=28 February 2025 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |date=April 16, 1997 |location=Rochester, New York |page=4E}} He attended [Allendale Columbia School](/source/Allendale_Columbia_School), followed by [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University), where he received a [Bachelor of Arts](/source/Bachelor_of_Arts), and then [Carnegie Mellon University](/source/Carnegie_Mellon_University) where he graduated with a [Master of Music](/source/Master_of_Music). Cooman studied composition with [Bernard Rands](/source/Bernard_Rands) and [Judith Weir](/source/Judith_Weir). Cooman's compositions have been recorded for [Naxos Records](/source/Naxos_(company)), [Convivium Records](/source/Convivium_Records), [Albany Records](/source/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](/source/Fanfare_(magazine))''.{{Cite web|url=http://fanfarearchive.com/bios/carson-cooman.html|title=Fanfare Magazine Archive of CD Reviews|website=fanfarearchive.com|access-date=2020-01-31}} He is currently composer-in-residence at [Harvard Memorial Church](/source/Harvard_Memorial_Church). ==Selected discography of Cooman compositions== * 2007 - ''Carson Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3'', [Naxos Records](/source/Naxos_(company)) American Classics{{cite web |last1=Eddins |first1=Stephen |title=Carson Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/carson-cooman-symphonies-nos-2-3-mw0001853525 |website=AllMusic |access-date=28 February 2025}}{{cite web |last1=Waller |first1=Patrick C |title=CD Review: Carson COOMAN Symphonies Nos 2 and 3 |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2007/June07/Cooman_8559329.htm |website=MusicWeb International |access-date=28 February 2025 |date=June 2007}} * 2007 - ''Carson Cooman: Piano Music'', Naxos Records American Classics{{cite web |last1=Morgan |first1=Dan |title=CD Review: Carson COOMAN Piano Music |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classRev/2008/Mar08/Cooman_8559350.htm |website=MusicWeb International |access-date=28 February 2025 |date=March 2008}}{{cite web |last1= Woolf |first1=Jonathan |title=CD Review: Carson COOMAN Piano Music |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Jan08/cooman_8559350.htm |website=MusicWeb International |access-date=28 February 2025 |date=January 2008}} * 2008 - ''Carson Cooman: Sacred Choral Music'', Naxos Records American Classics{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=John |title=CD Review: Carson COOMAN Sacred Choral Music |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/Feb09/Cooman_Sacred_8559361.htm |website=MusicWeb International |access-date=28 February 2025 |date=February 2009}} * 2008 - ''New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music of Carson Cooman'', [Albany Records](/source/Albany_Records){{cite web |last1=Briggs |first1=Bob |title=CD Review: Carson COOMAN New Dawn |url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2009/jan09/COOMAN_Troy1053.htm |website=MusicWeb International |access-date=28 February 2025 |date=January 2009}} * 2010 - ''Carson Cooman: Nantucket Dreaming'' , Naxos Records American Classics * 2011 - ''Wild Sunrises: Organ Music of Carson Cooman''{{Cite journal |title=Reviews. Recordings. Wild Sunrises: Organ Music of Carson Cooman |journal=The American Organist |volume=47 |issue=10 |pages=74–75 |date=Oct 2013}} * 2012 - ''The Welcome News: Choral Music of Carson Cooman'', Gothic Records{{cite journal |last1=Denney |first1=Alan |title=Recorded Sound Reviews: Carson Cooman: The Welcome News Choral Music of Carson Cooman by Cambridge Consonance, Jeffrey Grossman |journal=The Choral Journal |date=June–July 2014 |volume=54 |issue=11 |pages=70–71 |jstor=43052025 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/43052025 |access-date=1 March 2025}} * 2014 - ''The Evening Choir: Sacred Choral Music by Carson Cooman'', [Convivium Records](/source/Convivium_Records) * 2015 - ''Masque - Music for Organ by Carson Cooman'', Divine Art Records{{cite journal |last1=Rogers |first1=Curtis |title=Reviews. Masque - Music for Organ by Carson Cooman |journal=The Organ |date=Nov 2015 - Jan 2016 |volume=94 |issue=374 |page=58 |issn=0030-4883}} * 2021 - ''As We Are Changed'' (Oratorio by Cooman and Euan Tait), Convivium Records ==Works== * 2011 - ''Carson Cooman: Organ Music Vol VI'', Wayne Leupold Editions {{cite journal |last1=Matthew-Walker |first1=Robert |title=Music Reviews: Carson Cooman: Organ Music Vol VII - Berceuse; Prelude and Fugue; Suite Breve; Gloucester Estampie |journal=The Organ |date=Autumn 2013 |volume=92 |issue=365 |page=53}} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *[https://carsoncooman.com Official website of Carson Cooman] *[https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/people/carson-p-cooman Memorial Church: Carson Cooman] ==See also== *M. Power, "A Minimum of Means". ''Choir and Organ'' 15 (2007), pp. 15–17. {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cooman, Carson}} Category:American classical organists Category:American male classical composers Category:Harvard University alumni Category:Musicians from Rochester, New York Category:Carnegie Mellon University alumni Category:20th-century American organists Category:20th-century American classical composers Category:20th-century American male composers Category:21st-century American organists Category:21st-century American classical composers Category:1982 births Category:Living people Category:21st-century American keyboardists Category:American male classical organists Category:21st-century American male composers {{US-composer-20thC-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Carson Cooman](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Cooman) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Cooman?action=history)). 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