Carson Cooman Recordings
Carson Cooman (b. 1982) is an American composer with a catalog of hundreds of works in many forms—ranging from solo instrumental pieces to operas, and from orchestral works to hymn tunes. His music has been performed on all six inhabited continents in venues that range from the stage of Carnegie Hall to the basket of a hot air balloon. Cooman’s work appears on over forty recordings, including more than twenty-five complete CDs on the Naxos, Albany, Artek, Gothic, Divine Art, Métier,
Diversions, Altarus, Convivium, MSR Classics, Raven, and Zimbel labels. Cooman’s primary composition studies were with Bernard Rands, Judith Weir, Alan Fletcher, and James Willey.
As an active concert organist, Cooman specializes in the performance of contemporary music. Over 300 new compositions by more than 100 international composers have been written for him, and his organ performances can be heard on a number of CD releases and more than 3,000 recordings available online. Cooman is also a writer on musical subjects, producing articles and reviews frequently for a number of international publications. He serves as an active consultant on music business matters to composers and performing organizations, specializing particularly in the area of composer estates and archives. For more information, visit www.carsoncooman.com

Works by Carson Cooman
- Ab Ortu Solis
- Acclamatio
- All My Heart This Night Rejoices
- Aria quasi una ciacona
- Arioso (Erik Simmons)
- Arioso (Philip Hartmann)
- Arioso Cantabile
- Three Autumn Sketches after a Watercolour by Maria Willscher
- Autumn Sun Canticle
- A Bedfordshire Voluntary
- Berceuse
- Cantio mystica
- Canto e Fugato
- Canto quieto
- Cantus I
- Cantus II
- Canzona II
- Canzona III
- Canzona IV
- Canzona V
- Canzona VI
- Carillon after the Bells of Ulm Cathedral
- Carol Paraphrase on a Motive of Wilhelm Weismann
- Ceremonial Suite
- Chasing the Moon Down
- Chorale semplice in memoriam James Pressler
- Ciaccona angelica
- Ciaccona sopra Salve Regina
- The Cloak with the Stars
- Concertino I
- Concertino II
- Concertino III
- Concerto piccolo in memoriam Eberhard Kraus
- Conductus
- Cortège
- Cortège, Intermezzo, and Litany on the Joseph-Hymnus (Erik Simmons)
- Cortège, Intermezzo, and Litany on the Joseph-Hymnus (Philip Hartmann)
- A Czech Liturgical Year
- Two Contrasts
- Desert Marigold
- Diapason Voluntary
- Diptych
- Diptych for New Life (Erik Simmons)
- Diptych for New Life (Philip Hartmann)
- Two Elegiac Pieces
- Elevation (for C.F.)
- Elevation (for A.W.)
- Three Enigmas
- Entrata festiva
- Equinox Sonata
- Eternal City
- Exordium
- Fanfare for a Duchess at St Andrews
- Fantasia on “Greensleeves”
- Fantasia pro organo pleno
- Fantasia canonica
- Fantasia solenne
- Fantasy on “Adeste fideles”
- Fantasy on “Veni Emmanuel”
- Fantasy-Variations on Two Themes
- Festive Processional
- Folk Fantasies
- Folk Prelude on “Azmon”
- Gebet
- Gothic Processional
- Gregorian Diptych
- Haec Aeterna
- Hymnus
- Two Impressions
- In Beauty Walking
- Inventions for Organ, Book 1
- Invocazione brillante
- Joysong
- Kennebunkport Suite
- Kleine Spielmusik
- Legend No. 1
- Legend No. 2
- Legend No. 3
- Legend No. 4
- Little Fantasia on “In dulci jubilo”
- Little Partita on a Polish Carol (on ‘Exordium’ album)
- Little Partita on a Polish Carol (on ‘How Great our Joy’ album)
- Litany
- Lullaby
- Two Mantras
- Meditation on “Es ist ein Ros
- Moon Marked
- Musica da processione
- Two Nantucket Sketches
- O Come: Three Hymn Fantasies
- O Sleep, Dear Holy Baby
- Organ Symphony No. 1
- Organ Symphony No. 2
- Organ Symphony No. 3 (“Portals”)
- Owl Night
- Paraphrase on a Motive of Andreas Willscher
- Partita semplice
- Passacaglia semplice
- Pastorale on a Hymn by Andreas Willscher
- Pastorale (E.M.M.)
- Three Pastorales on a German Carol
- Pavane for a Duchess at St Andrews
- Petit Carillon
- Deux petits préludes
- Piccola fantasia francescana
- Pièce héroïque
- Plaint
- Planctus IV
- Postludium
- Postludium on Two Themes
- Praeambulum festivum
- Praeludium in festo S. Andreae apostoli
- Praeludium in festo S. Philippi apostoli (Erik Simmons)
- Praeludium in festo S. Philippi apostoli (Philip Hartmann)
- Praeludium in festo S. Thomae apostoli
- Preghiera
- Preghiera pastorale
- Preludes and Fugues Nos 1-9
- Prélude a la mémoire de Jean Langlais
- Prelude Fughetta and Allegro
- Prelude in Copper
- Prelude on “Das ist köstlich” (Psalm 92)
- Prelude on “Dix”
- Prelude on “Materna”
- Preludio
- Preludio con ostinato
- Preludio del ricordo
- Preludio festivo
- Preludio maestoso
- Preludio on a a Swedish Tune
- Preludio quasi eco
- Preludio quieto
- Preludio staccato
- Prism
- Quidnet Shadows
- Radegund Variations
- Recitative, Op. 1290
- Refrains
- Remembering
- Rhapsody on a German Carol
- Three Renaissance Dances
- Ricercar a 2
- Ricercar a 3
- Ricercar a 4
- Ricercare in epidiatessaron
- Ricercare on Two Czech Hymns
- Ricercare piccola sopra un nome
- Romanza (Erik Simmons)
- Romanza (Philip Hartmann)
- Rondeau
- Rondino for St. Joseph (on ‘Exordium’ album)
- Rondino for St. Joseph (on ‘How Great our Joy’ album)
- Rondo estatico
- Roundelay
- Three St. Francis Legends
- St. Michael Antiphonies
- A St. Patrick Silhouette
- San Andreas Suite
- Shoreline Rune
- Sinfonia
- Sinfonia Concertante
- Sketch No. 1
- Sketch No. 3
- Sketch No. 4, “Zephyr”
- Sonata for Tuba and Piano
- Sonata da Chiesa
- Sonatina No. 1
- Sonatina No. 2
- Sonatina No. 4 (Erik Simmons)
- Sonatina No. 4 (Philip Hartmann)
- Sonatina No. 5
- Suite in F (Erik Simmons)
- Suite in F (Philip Hartmann)
- Suite in G
- Suite Breve
- Suite circulaire
- Symphony No. 4
- Symphony of Light
- Tambourin
- Tiento
- Tiento de falsas
- Toccata, Aria and Finale
- Toccata Festiva
- Toccata-Rondo
- Toccata sequenziale sopra “ut re mi fa”
- Trilogy on B-A-C-H
- Triptych in honorem Gustav Willcher
- Triptych on a Sorbian Carol
- Two from the British Isles: Prelude on “Kingsfold”
- Two from the British Isles: Postlude on “Hyfrydol“
- Variations on a Basque Noël
- Variations on a Theme of Andreas Willscher
- Verset I
- Voluntary on a Motet by Andreas Willscher
- Voluntary on “Bachofen”
- Voluntary on “O du fröhliche”
- Three Voluntaries: Slow, Joyful and Moderate
- Westminster Carillon
- Woodbury Sestina
- Yizkor