carson cooman

String Quartet Works (and quartet plus one instrument)

Canalscape: Soliloquy for String Quartet (Op. 510) (2003) (5.25 min)
for the Fairport High School String Quartet
String Quartet
Commissioned by the Harvard Club of Rochester
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recording available for purchase and download from Musik Fabrik Digital Downloads

Four Aphoristic Inventions (Op. 519) (2003) (4 min)
for Elliott Gyger
String Quartet
  I. Disparate Conversation
  II. Mountain Climber (Unyielding Peak)
  III. Wishing Well
  IV. Guillotine
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recording available for purchase and download from Musik Fabrik Digital Downloads

Lagniappe (Op. 153) (1999) (1.25 min)
for the Dallas String Quartet
Three Violins and Cello or String Quartet (arr. 2000)
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Catalogue #X504036)

Light in the Morning (Third String Quartet) (Op. 193) (2000) (7 min)
for the London Chamber Group
String Quartet
Commissioned by the London Chamber Group for the British Library
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Catalogue #X504037)

Quintet for Clarinet and Strings (Op. 236) (2000) (13.25 min)
for Barry Conyngham
Clarinet and String Quartet
  I. Supplication
  II. Jubilee
Commissioned by a consortium of Vivian Kane, the Dallas String Quartet, the Res Publica String Quartet, and the Calvari String Quartet
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Catalogue #X652504)

Quintet for Trumpet and Strings (Op. 175) (1999) (16 min)
for Al, Lisa, Albert, and Nicholas
Trumpet (C) and String Quartet
Commissioned for the Williamson Glen Chamber Music Series (Canada) by Loretta and Taylor Burke
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Catalogue #X655003)

Sankaty Dreaming (String Quartet No. 4) (Op. 461) (2002) (10.75 min)
in memory of the lives claimed by the sea
String Quartet
  I. Capriccio
  II. Elegy and Arias
Published by MMB Music, Inc. (Performance Set #X504048; Study Score #X054036)

Shining Space: Quintet for Horn and Strings (Op. 685) (2006) (17 min)
for Hazel Dean Davis and Stephen Hackbarth, in celebration of their marriage, June 24, 2006
and premiered by James Sommerville and members of the Arcturus Chamber Ensemble
Horn and String Quartet
  I. Bright Morning Sky
  II. I Am the Vine
  III. Chasing Windflower
Commissioned by Hazel Dean Davis and Stephen Hackbarth
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recorded on Small Bear, Large Telescope: Music of Carson P. Cooman (CD Recording; Zimbel Records; Catalogue #ZR108)

Tombeau-Aria (Op. 541) (2003) (3 min)
in memory of Meyer Kupferman
String Quartet
Commissioned for the Premieres Festival, Kyiv, Ukraine
Published by Musik Fabrik
Recording available for purchase and download from Musik Fabrik Digital Downloads