Carson Cooman

American organist and composer

Carson Pierce Cooman (born June 12, 1982) is an American composer and organist.

Cooman was born in Rochester, New York on June 12, 1982. He was introduced to music by his grandmother who taught music and was a graduate of Eastman School of Music. Cooman began taking piano and organ lesson at an early age, and began composing aged 8. As a teenager, he set up his own software company. He attended Allendale Columbia School, followed by Harvard University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts, and then Carnegie Mellon University where he graduated with a Master of Music. Cooman studied composition with Bernard Rands and Judith Weir.

Cooman's compositions have been recorded for Naxos Records, Convivium Records, Albany Records, Métier Records, Divine Art Records, Gothic Records and Artek Recordings (with distribution by Naxos).

Cooman writes on music, having been a contributor to the music publication Fanfare. He is currently composer-in-residence at Harvard Memorial Church.

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

A Cosmic Prayer, op. 460
Adam Lay Ybounden, op. 576
Be Present, Holy Trinity, op. 586
Bears Fruit in Season, op. 311
Builders for Christ, op. 498
Dawning, op. 396
Dreaming Eternity, op. 534
Easter Contemplation on "O Filii et Filae", op. 684
Easter Triumph! Easter Joy!, op. 585
Eternity in Their Hearts, op. 419
First-light Prayer, op. 492
God, You Move Among Us, op. 657
I Will Pour Out My Spirit, op. 683
In the Beginning Was the Word, op. 161
Madaket Morning, op. 568
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, op. 470 “St. Peter’s Cambridge”
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, op. 470 “St. Peter’s Cambridge”: Magnificat
Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, op. 470 “St. Peter’s Cambridge”: Nunc Dimittis
Missa Brevis, op. 558 “Trottier”
Missa Brevis, op. 558 “Trottier”: I. Kyrie
Missa Brevis, op. 558 “Trottier”: II. Gloria
Missa Brevis, op. 558 “Trottier”: III. Sanctus
Missa Brevis, op. 558 “Trottier”: IV. Agnus Dei
Moon Marked, op. 1158
New World Carols, op. 515
New World Carols, op. 515: I. Do You Know The Song?
New World Carols, op. 515: II. In A Lowly Manger Sleeping
New World Carols, op. 515: III. The Sky Can Still Remember
No Darkness at All, op. 599
O Bone Jesu, op. 517
O Perfect Life of Love, op. 361
O Sleep, Dear Holy Baby, op. 588
Pastorella and Fanfare, op. 317
Pastorella and Fanfare, op. 317: Fanfare
Pastorella and Fanfare, op. 317: Pastorella
Planctus II, op. 951
Prayer of Julian of Norwich, op. 528
Premat Mundus, op. 597
Psalm 66, op. 664, “Be Joyful in God”
Sinfonia, op. 945
Sinfonia, op. 945: I. Pavane
Sinfonia, op. 945: II. Air
Sinfonia, op. 945: III. Sarabande
Tenebrae Canticle, op. 330
The Lamp of Charity, op. 489
The Way, the Truth, the Life, op. 381
Utrecht Fantasia, op. 963
Verset III, "Lied ohne Worte", op. 960