Alistair Coleman Recordings

Alistair Coleman, composer (b.1998), is a recipient of the George Gershwin Scholarship at the Juilliard School. Recent works include a violin concerto for Soovin Kim, commissioned by the Lake Champlain Chamber Music Festival in celebration of their tenth anniversary season. Alistair’s cello concerto for Grammy-award-winning cellist Zuill Bailey was premiered in 2020 to culminate Alistair’s four-year residency with the National Philharmonic Orchestra at Strathmore Hall. His sonata for Joseph Alessi of the New York Philharmonic is currently touring the U.S., China, and Japan. Alistair’s string quartet “Moonshot” was premiered by the Abeo Quartet in collaboration with the Glenstone Museum and Smithsonian Institute. Alistair’s music has been performed by ensembles including “The President’s Own,” United States Marine Chamber Orchestra, Washington Master Chorale, Cathedral Choral Society, and musicians from the Baltimore and National Symphonies, Carnegie Hall’s Ensemble Connect, and Minnesota Opera Orchestra. He is the protégé composer-in-residence at Chamber Music Northwest in 2021. Alistair’s music has been recognized by ASCAP, American Composers Forum, and NPR. His teachers include David Serkin Ludwig of the Curtis Institute. At Juilliard, he studies with Robert Beaser, takes academic coursework at Columbia University, and engages in mentorship with President Emeritus Joseph W. Polisi.