Orchestral Works
Beyond All Knowing (Op. 538) (2003) (8 min)
for Matthew Burt
Chamber Orchestra (0.0.2.0/0.0.0.0/1perc/strings)
Commissioned by Richard Mason
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Full Score #X077320; Rental #R01293)
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Recorded on Threads: Music of Carson P. Cooman (CD Recording; Zimbel Records; Catalogue #ZR102)
Joy of Humankind: Brief Transport for Orchestra (Op. 72) (1998) (2.5 min)
for Shirley Cooman, Lew and Dot Wallace, and in memory of John Pierce and Frank Cooman
Orchestra (2.2.1.1/2.2.1.1/pno/strings)
Commissioned by Mrs. Lucy Hodges and the Hodges Fund for the Czech Radio Symphony
Published by Conners Publications (Catalogue #210)
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Recorded on MMC New Century, Volume 20 (CD Recording; MMC Recordings; Catalogue #MMC2151)
Night Songs (Op. 244) (2001) (8 min)
for Gian Carlo Menotti on his 90th birthday
Chamber Orchestra (1.0.1.1/1.1.0.0/strings)
I. Island Gloaming
II. Midnight Enchantments
III. Sunrise
Commissioned by St. Michael's Chamber Orchestra with a grant from the Hogwood Fund
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Full Score #X077395; Rental #R01174)
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Recorded on Threads: Music of Carson P. Cooman (CD Recording; Zimbel Records; Catalogue #ZR102)
Recorded on Soliloquy (CD Recording; ABC Classics; Catalogue #476 7929)
Orbital (Op. 521) (2003) (4 min)
for Georges Lentz
Orchestra (2.2.2.2/3.3.0.0/1perc/3obbligato vlns/strings)
Commissioned by New Music Tomorrow
Published by Musik Fabrik
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Pittsburgh Concerto (Op. 652) (2005) (10 min)
for Amy Stabenow
Orchestra (3(picc).2+Eh.3+Bcl.2+Cbn/4.3.3.1/3perc.timp/pno/strings)
Commissioned by the Carnegie Mellon School of Music
Published by Musik Fabrik
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Recorded on Small Bear, Large Telescope: Music of Carson P. Cooman (CD Recording; Zimbel Records; Catalogue #ZR108)
Songlines, Sun Dreaming (Op. 307) (2001) (7 min)
for Peter Sculthorpe
Orchestra (3.2.2+Bcl.2/4.2.2.1/1perc/strings)
Commissioned by the Hodges Fund
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Full Score #X077408; Rental #R01195)
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Recorded on Semantemes (CD Recording; Living Artist Recordings; Catalogue #LAR10)
Recorded on Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (CD Recording; Naxos Records; Catalogue #8.559329)
Symphony No. 2, "Litanies of Love and Rain" (Op. 574) (2004) (11 min)
for Marisa
Orchestra (2.1.2.1/2.2.0.0/1perc/strings)
Published by Musik Fabrik
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Recorded on Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (CD Recording; Naxos Records; Catalogue #8.559329)
Symphony No. 3, "Ave Maris Stella" (Op. 650) (2005) (15 min)
for David Stock
Chamber Orchestra (1.1.1+Bcl.1/1.1.1.0/1perc/pno/strings)
I. Pentimento
II. Interrupted Motet
Commissioned by Duquesne University
Published by Musik Fabrik
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Recorded on Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3 (CD Recording; Naxos Records; Catalogue #8.559329)
Symphony of Light (Op. 484) (2003) (13.25 min)
String Orchestra
I. Winter Brightnesses (for Mary Louise Bringle)
II. Eternity Canticle: First Light (for Kirk Trevor)
III. Dawning (for Marisa Green)
Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music and Richard Mason
(movements may be performed separately)
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Full Score #X059038; Rental #R01256)
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Recorded on Threads: Music of Carson P. Cooman (CD Recording; Zimbel Records; Catalogue #ZR102)
The Sky About to Open (Op. 560) (2004) (2 min)
for Judith Weir on her 50th birthday
Orchestra (1.1.1.0/2.1.0.0/1perc/strings)
Published by Musik Fabrik
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Recorded on Masterworks of the New Era, Vol. 5 (CD Recording; ERMMedia; Catalogue #ERM-6707)
Threads: Concerto for Orchestra (Op. 500) (2003) (14 min)
for Ken Brown and the Fairport High School Orchestra and in memory of Frank E. Cooman and John G. Pierce
Orchestra (3(picc).2.2.2/4.3.3.1/timp.2perc/strings)
I. Intrada-Chorale
II. Nocturne (Beacon Hill at Night)
III. Patterns
Commissioned by the Harvard Club of Rochester
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Full Score #X077210; Rental #R01292)
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Recorded on Threads: Music of Carson P. Cooman (CD Recording; Zimbel Records; Catalogue #ZR102)
Zest: Fanfare for Orchestra (Op. 241) (2001) (2 min)
for Christopher Seaman and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra (2.2.2.2/0.3.2.0/timp/strings)
Commissioned by The Fanfare Project
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Full Score #X077391; Rental #R01169)
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Recorded on Threads: Music of Carson P. Cooman (CD Recording; Zimbel Records; Catalogue #ZR102)