Carson Cooman

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

Selected discography of Cooman compositions

2007 - Carson Cooman: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3, Naxos Records American Classics
2007 - Carson Cooman: Piano Music, Naxos Records American Classics
2008 - Carson Cooman: Sacred Choral Music, Naxos Records American Classics
2008 - New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music of Carson Cooman, Albany Records
2010 - Carson Cooman: Nantucket Dreaming, Naxos Records American Classics
2011 - Wild Sunrises: Organ Music of Carson Cooman
2012 - The Welcome News: Choral Music of Carson Cooman, Gothic Records
2014 - The Evening Choir: Sacred Choral Music by Carson Cooman, Convivium Records
2015 - Masque - Music for Organ by Carson Cooman, Divine Art Records
2021 - As We Are Changed, Convivium Records