carson cooman

Selected Recital Engagements

 

2012-13 Concert Season:

October 5, 2012 @ 7:30 pm: Inaugural Concert for the Historic Organ Foundation, Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts; Carson Cooman: Blessing (2003), Methuen Fantasia (2011) [world premiere]

November 2, 2012 @ TBA : Westminster Presbyterian Church, Albany, New York; repertoire TBA

January 29, 2013 at 12:15 pm: King's Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts; repertoire TBA

Februrary 15, 2013 @ 12:15 pm: Trinity Church, Boston, Massachusetts; repertoire TBA

 

2011-12 Concert Season:

October 8, 2011 at 11 am: Nantucket Organ Crawl, Nantucket United Methodist Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts; Daniel Pinkham: Selections from First Organbook (1991); Denis Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton (2009-10)

October 31, 2011 at 11:59 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: John Ebenezer West: Te decet Hymnus (c. 1900); Nancy Galbraith: Gloria Te Deum (1995)

November 2, 2011 at 12:05 pm: MIT Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Daniel Pinkham: Selections from First Organbook (1991); Christian Asplund: "My Soul Hungered" from Seven Pieces for Organ (1992); Denis Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton (2009-10)

November 18, 2011 at 7:30 pm: Composers Concordance Recital, Church of St. Augustine, Brooklyn, New York; Patrick Hardish: Sonorities IX (2011) [world premiere]; Paula Diehl: Sidelights (1988) [world premiere]; Robert Moran: Elegy for a Young King (1999); Pēteris Vasks: Te Deum (1991); Carson Cooman: Prelude and Fugue (2011)

January 31, 2012 at 12:15 pm: King's Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts; Daniel Pinkham: Selections from First Organbook (1991); Douglas Bell: Praeludium (2011); Christian Asplund: "My Soul Hungered" and "The Wilderness" from Seven Pieces for Organ (1992); Denis Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton (2009-10)

March 29, 2012 at 12:15 pm with Colby Cooman, trumpet: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Sandra Gay: Spring Dance (2011) for trumpet and organ [world premiere]; Enrico Pasini: Cantabile (For You) (2006) for trumpet and organ; Craig A. Penfield: Concerto in C major (1967) for organ; Emma Lou Diemer: Time Pieces (2009) for trumpet and organ

May 24, 2012 at 12:15 pm: First Church (Unitarian Universalist), Boston, Massachusetts; Craig A. Penfield: Concerto in C major (1967); Jim Dalton: Canonic Variations and Fugue on "Free At Last" (2005); Ronald Perera: Full Sun (2011); Denis Bédard: Suite du deuxième ton (2009-10)

July/August TBD, 2012 at 8:00 pm: Old West Organ Society, Old West Church, Boston, Massachusetts: Jim Dalton: Sestina for G. F. H. (2006); James Woodman: Church Sonata I (1992) and Church Sonata III (2007); Pēteris Vasks: Te Deum (1991); Tim Rozema: Prelude and Fugue in F major (2004); Christian Asplund: Toccata (2005)

August 23, 2012 at 12:00 pm with Colby Cooman, trumpet: South Church (The Unitarian Church of Nantucket), Nantucket, Massachusetts; Sandra Gay: Spring Dance (2011) for trumpet and organ; Enrico Pasini: Cantabile (For You) (2006) for trumpet and organ; Craig A. Penfield: Concerto in C major (1967) for organ; Emma Lou Diemer: Time Pieces (2009) for trumpet and organ

 

2010-11 Concert Season:

November 4, 2010 at 12:05 pm: MIT Chapel, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Graham Gordon Ramsay: In Praise of San Simpliciano (2009); Douglas Bell: Hugo's Mysteries (on Themes of Orlando Gibbons) (2004), Spurling's Roundel (2001), Rhapsody on a Theme by Widor (2010); Pēteris Vasks: Te Deum (1991)

February 8, 2011 at 12:15 pm with Colby Cooman, trumpet: King's Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts; Philip Moore: Paean (2009) for organ; Alfred V. Fedak: Triptych for Trumpet and Organ (2007); Robert Moran: Vesper (2009) for organ with trumpet; Toby Twining: Movimentum in C Minor (2010) for organ [world premiere]; Daniel Pinkham: Scenes (2006) for trumpet and organ

March 3, 2011 at 1 pm: A Memorial Vigil for Peter J. Gomes at The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert Moran: Elegy for a Young King (1999); Carson Cooman: A Trip to the Sky (2009)

March 24, 2011 at 12:15 pm: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Christopher Uehlein: Sonatina (2010) [world premiere]; Jo Kondo: One and a Half Preludes (2010) [world premiere]; Douglas Bell: Variations: The Bower (2010); Adrian Self: Two Pieces (1996)

May 8, 2011: Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley, California; Philip Moore: Paean (2009); Christopher Uehlein: Sonatina (2010); Pēteris Vasks: Te Deum (1991)

August 19, 2011 at 12:30 pm: South Church (The Unitarian Church of Nantucket), Nantucket, Massachusetts; Philip Moore: Paean (2009); Adrian Self: "Maggie's Toye" from Two Pieces (1996); Robert Paterson: Meditation (1997); Gordon Young: Prelude in Classic Style (1966); Douglas Bell: Praeludium (2011) [world premiere], Fotheringhay Suite (2011) [American premiere]

 

2009-10 Concert Season:

October 31, 2009 at 11:59 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Joe Utterback: Peace Prelude (1990-91)

November 12, 2009 with the JSU Chamber Orchestra, Robert Blaine, conductor: St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Jackson, Mississippi; Man-Ching "Donald" Yu: Nebula (2007) for organ and chamber orchestra [world premiere]

February 24, 2010 at 12:15 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; world premiere of Patricia Van Ness: Visions of Revelation (2009; original version)

March 25, 2010 at 12:15 pm: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Pauline Oliveros: The Gentle (1983); David Kidwell: Three Spirituals (2002/10); Graham Gordon Ramsay: In Praise of San Simpliciano (2009)

August 19, 2010 at 12:00 pm with Colby Cooman, trumpet: Noonday Concert Series, South Church (The Unitarian Church of Nantucket), Nantucket, Massachusetts; Alfred V. Fedak: Triptych for Trumpet and Organ (2007); Robert Moran: Vesper (2009) for organ with trumpet; David Kidwell: March (1992) for organ; Daniel Pinkham: Scenes (2006) for trumpet and organ

 

2008-09 Concert Season:

October 31, 2008 at 11:59 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: David Cope: l’éternité (after Messiaen) (2000)

November 19, 2008 at 12:30 pm: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Frank Ferko: Visions of Eternity (1999) and Angels (1994); Denis Bédard: Quatre Psaumes (2008) [American premiere]

January 21, 2009 at 12:30 pm: Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts; James Woodman: Church Sonata I (1992) and Church Sonata III (2007); Peter Schickele: Variations on a Medieval Theme (1957) and Canzona (1960)

April 9, 2009 (Maundy Thursday) at 12:15 pm: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Peter Machajdík: On the Seven Colors of Light (2007) [world premiere]

 

2007-08 Concert Season:

October 31, 2007 at 11:59 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Gwyneth Walker: In Celebration (1988)

November 16, 2007 at 7:30 pm: Covenant Congregational Church, Jamaica Plain (Forest Hills), Massachusetts; Daniel E. Gawthrop: Caprice (1986); Patricia Van Ness: Pastoral Suite (2006-07); Joe Utterback: Beside Still Waters (2001); James Woodman: Even a Morning Without Clouds (2000); Denis Bédard: Paraphrases grégoriennes (1993-96); Daniel Pinkham: Lections (2005); Nancy Galbraith: Gloria Te Deum (1994)

December 12, 2007 at 12:15 pm: Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, Massachusetts; music of James Woodman: Even a Morning Without Clouds (2000); Patricia Van Ness: Pastoral Suite (2006-07); Michael Finnissy: Sing to me of Heaven (2007) [world premiere]

February 12, 2008 at 12:15 pm: King's Chapel, Boston, Massachusetts; Gwyneth Walker: Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1985); Ronald Perera: Aria (2005) [world premiere]; Stanley M. Hoffman: Intermezzo (1999); James Woodman Church Sonata III (2007) [world premiere]

April 4, 2008: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Nicholas Vines: Reflection (after Rupert Brooke) (2004); Robert Davidson: Joy (1998)

April 10, 2008 at 12:15 pm: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Richard Wilson: Preludes Nos. 3 & 5 from Organicity (2003); James Woodman Church Sonata I (1992) and Church Sonata III (2007); Mark Fromm: Fromme Hildegard (2007) [world premiere]

May 10, 2008: Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley, California; Evensong Recital; Frank Ferko: Visions of Eternity (1999); Alfred V. Fedak: Triptych for Trumpet and Organ (2007)

 

2006-07 Concert Season:

October 31, 2006 at 11:59 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Patricia Van Ness: "In your presence is fullness of joy" from Pastoral Suite (2006-07)

November 19, 2006: Mission Church (Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help), Boston, Massachusetts; Daniel Pinkham: Aria and Interlude (2001); Lynn Job: Anchored in Perath: an apocalypse (2006); Pozzi Escot: Mirabilis IV (2006); Larry Bell: Liturgical Suite, op. 69 (2004)

April 12, 2007 at 12:15 pm: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Scott Wheeler: Prelude: In Christ There Is No East Nor West (1989); James Woodman: Even a Morning Without Clouds (2000); Patricia Van Ness: Pastoral Suite (2006-07)

June 8, 2007 with Catherine Aragon, soprano: Christ Episcopal Church, Portola Valley, California; Daniel E. Gawthrop: Caprice (1986); Patricia Van Ness: Pastoral Suite (2006-07); Joe Utterback: Beside Still Waters (2001); Denis Bédard: Paraphrases grégoriennes (1993-96); James Woodman: Four Mirthless Songs (1992) for soprano and organ; Nancy Galbraith: Gloria Te Deum (1994); Improvised Sonata on Submitted Themes

 

2005-06 Concert Season:

March 24, 2006 with the Houghton Philharmonia, Gregory A. Magie, conductor: Houghton College, Houghton, New York; Mark Hijleh: ...of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues... (Organ Concerto) (2005) for organ and orchestra

June 21, 2006 at 7:30 pm with Colby Cooman, trumpet: Rochester Christian Reformed Church, Penfield, New York; Denis Bédard: Paraphrases grégoriennes (1993-96) for organ; Alan Hovhaness: Sonata No. 2 for Trumpet and Organ, "To the Divine Fountain", op. 349 (1981); Godwin Sadoh: Nigerian Suite No. 2 (2005) for organ; Mark Hijleh: Duality No. 2 (1999) for trumpet and piano; Eric Ewazen: Prayer and Praise (2001) for trumpet and piano; Lynn Job: Anchored in Perath: an apocalypse (2006) for organ [world premiere]; Carson Cooman: Spring Songs (2005) for trumpet and piano

 

2004-05 Concert Season:

November 19, 2004 at 8 pm: Christ & St. Stephen's Church, New York, New York; Joseph Pehrson: Organum (2002) [world premiere]

January 31, 2005 at 8 pm: Houghton College, Houghton, New York; Peter Gilbert: Exultation (2001); Keith Bajura: Snowfall (2004) [world premiere]; Fanfare March (2004) [world premiere]; Lynn Job: By the Road to Ephrath - Rachel's Transfiguration (2003); Nancy Galbraith: Gloria Te Deum (1995); James Woodman: Church Sonata I (1992); Joe Utterback: Beside Still Waters (2001); Daniel Pinkham: Aria and Interlude; Mark Hijleh: In Him Was Light (2003) [world premiere]; Improvised Sonata on Submitted Themes

May 4, 2005 at 12:30 pm with Andrea Springer, violin: Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Godwin Sadoh: Impressions from an African Moonlight (2003) [world premiere]; Carson Cooman: Sonata for Violin and Organ (2004) [American premiere]

July 10, 2005 at 6:30 pm with Drew R. Fennell, trumpet: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, Freeport, Pennsylvania; Daniel E. Gawthrop: Caprice (1986) for organ; Joe Utterback: Hudson River Voluntaries (2005) for organ; Al Benner: Fugue in C minor (1990) for organ and Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (2003) for organ; Carson Cooman: Festive Processional (2004) for trumpet and organ [world premiere]; James Woodman: Church Sonata I (1992) for organ; Nancy Galbraith: Agnus Dei (1999) for organ; Sandra Gay: Suite 1595 (2005) for organ [world premiere]; Carson Cooman: Voices of the Trumpet (2002) for trumpet and organ; Nancy Galbraith: Gloria Te Deum (1995) for organ

 

2003-04 Concert Season:

November 13, 2003 at 7:30 pm: First Methodist Church, Burlington, Iowa; Daniel E. Gawthrop: Caprice (1986); Keith Barnard: The Universal Harmony of Light (2003) [world premiere]; Russell Schulz-Widmar: Little Suite (1983); Ned Rorem: "Why and Because" and "The Flight Into Egypt" from Six Pieces for Organ (1998); Matthew F. Burt: Fantasy (2003) [world premiere]; Joe Utterback: Peace Prelude (1990-91); Carson Cooman: Dawning (2002); Sandra Gay: A Host of Angels (2001); Daniel Pinkham: Be Thou My Vision: Partita on Slane (2000); Bruce Polay: Consolation (2001); Improvisation

November 16, 2003 at 3 pm: Monmouth College, Monmouth, Illinois; Daniel E. Gawthrop: Caprice (1986); Keith Barnard: The Universal Harmony of Light (2003) [world premiere]; Russell Schulz-Widmar: Little Suite (1983); Ned Rorem: "Why and Because" and "The Flight Into Egypt" from Six Pieces for Organ (1998); Matthew F. Burt: Fantasy (2003) [world premiere]; Joe Utterback: Peace Prelude (1990-91); Carson Cooman: Dawning (2002); Sandra Gay: A Host of Angels (2001); Daniel Pinkham: Be Thou My Vision: Partita on Slane (2000); Bruce Polay: Consolation (2001); Improvisation

April 8, 2004 at 12:15 pm: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Peter Gilbert: Exultation (2001); Carson Cooman: Trio: in memoriam Dirk Flentrop (2004) [world premiere]; Charles Callahan: Suite in A (1994); Stan Hoffman: Transparency (1993/99); Improvisation

May 12, 2004 at 7:30 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Daniel Pinkham: Aureole (2002) [American premiere]; Stanley M. Hoffman: Intermezzo (1999); Matthew F. Burt: Suite (2004); Nicholas Vines: Reflection (after Rupert Brooke) (2004) [world premiere]; Jane Stanley: Oscillation (2001); Sandra Gay: Cambridge Caprice (2004) [world premiere]; Peter Gilbert: Exultation (2001); Karl Henning: "Meditation" from Three Pieces, op. 28 (1994/2003); Thomas Oboe Lee: Chorale-Fantasy (2003) for organ [world premiere]; Improvised Sonata on Submitted Themes

 

2002-03 Concert Season:

October 12, 2002: Nantucket Organ Crawl, First Congregational Church, Nantucket, Massachusetts; Ned Rorem: Views from the Oldest House (1981); Carson Cooman: Nantucket Sounds (2002) [world premiere]

January 9, 2003 at 8 pm with Marisa Green, viola: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Gwyneth Walker: Variations on "Amazing Grace" (1985) for organ; Sandra Gay: Zampogna (2002) for organ; Daniel Pinkham: Panoply (2002) [American premiere]; Anthony Cheung: Villanelle (2002) for organ; Joe Utterback: "Steal Away" from Two Spirituals for Organ (1997); Organ Improvisation; Carson Cooman: Showings of Divine Love (2002) for viola and organ [world premiere]

April 24, 2003 at 12:15 pm with Marisa Green, viola: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Carson Cooman: Aquarius Chaconnes (Birthday Music for Marisa) (2002) for viola and organ [world premiere]

August 12, 2003 at 7:30 pm with Marisa Green, viola and Colby Cooman, trumpet: Rochester Christian Reformed Church, Penfield, New York; Daniel E. Gawthrop: Caprice (1986) for organ; Daniel Pinkham: "Solemn Air" and "Trumpet Dialog" from Second Organbook (1993); Lynn Job: Iron Horse Nocturne: "of salt and grapes..." (2002) for organ; Joe Utterback: Elegy for September 11 (2003) for flugelhorn and piano; Al Benner: Paean - Reflections on Psalm 100 (2003) for trumpet and piano [world premiere]; Sandra Gay: "Guardian Angels" from A Host of Angels (2001) for organ, In the Unity of Spirit (2003) for trumpet and organ [world premiere], and To Warm the Earth and Give It Light (2001) for organ; Alan Hovhaness: Sonata for Trumpet and Organ, op. 200 (1962); Organ Improvisation on Submitted Themes; Carson Cooman: Showings of Divine Love (2002) for viola and organ

 

2001-02 Concert Season:

November 15, 2001 at 12:15 pm: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Joe Utterback: Beside Still Waters (2001) [world premiere]

January 10, 2002 at 8 pm with Dolores Zdancewicz, flute: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Joe Utterback: Peace Prelude (1990-91) for organ; Daniel Pinkham: Aria and Interlude (2001) for organ [world premiere]; Robert Ehrhardt: Prelude on "Lonesome Valley" (2001) for organ; Jukka-Pekka Kervinen: next (2001) for organ [world premiere]; Sandra Gay: A Host of Angels (2001) for organ; Joe Utterback: Beside Still Waters (2001) for organ; Carson Cooman: Invocation (2001) for flute and organ, Brightnesses (2001) for flute and organ; Robert Allworth: Organ Preludes for Saints and Martyrs (2001); Thomas Oboe Lee: Fantasia (2001) [world premiere]; Improvisation

April 25, 2002 at 12:15 pm with Dolores Zdancewicz, flute: Adolphus Busch Hall, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Brightnesses (2001) for flute and organ

July 23, 2002 at 7:30 pm with Colby Cooman, trumpet: Rochester Christian Reformed Church, Penfield, New York; Frank Ferko: Visions of Eternity (1999) for organ; Joe Utterback: Beside Still Waters (2001) for organ; Sofia Gubaidulina: Hell und Dunkel (1976) for organ; Sandra Gay: Three Trumpetings (2001) for trumpet and piano [world premiere]; Sofia Gubaidulina: Song Without Words (1977) for trumpet and piano; Piano Improvisation; Sandra Gay: Radiance (2001) for trumpet and organ; Daniel Pinkham: Selections from Saints' Days (1998) for organ; Carson Cooman: Voices of the Trumpet (2002) for trumpet and organ; Anthony Cheung: Villanelle (2002) for organ [world premiere]; Organ Improvisation

 

2000-01 Concert Season:

January 11, 2001 at 10 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ned Rorem: "In Nomine Domine" from Organbook II (1989), "Song" and "Reveille" from Organbook I (1989); Sandra Gay: Vigil (2000); Arvo Pärt: Trivium (1977); Peter Pindar Stearns: Three Sacred Pieces, op. 135 (1975); Daniel Pinkham: "Flute Soliloquy" and "Interlude" from Four Epigrams (1999); Carson Cooman: The Waterville Organbook (1999); Andrew Stiller: Dr. Stiller His Gadget (2000) [world premiere]; Improvisation

May 2, 2001 at 8 pm: The Memorial Church, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Nigel Butterley: Fanfare for a Ceremony (1961); Ann Carr-Boyd: The Bells of Sydney Harbor (1979) [American premiere]; Elliott Gyger: "Offertory" from Wedding Music (1995) [American premiere]; Robert Allworth: In Memoriam Oscar Wilde (2000); Eric Gross: A Sydney Sojourn (2001); Dulcie Holland: Meditations of Mary (1978) [American premiere]; Andrew Schultz: Etudes Espace (1986) [American premiere]; Barry Conyngham: Organ (2001) [world premiere]