Dan Coleman (composer)


Dan Coleman is a composer and music publisher.
He studied music at the University of Pennsylvania, the Juilliard School, and the Aspen Music Festival and School where his teachers included George Tsontakis, Jay Reise, George Crumb, William Bolcom, Robert Beaser, Stephen Albert, and Bruce Adolphe. He is the first composer alumnus of Young Concert Artists.
His music has been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles, including the American Composers Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Cypress String Quartet, Dallas Symphony,, Honolulu Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Northwest Ballet,, Festival Mozaic Orchestra, Seattle Chamber Music Society, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, where he has held the post of composer-in-residence since 2002.
In 2004 he and Bob Donnelly founded Modern Works Music Publishing, an independent music publishing administrator.
WWW dancoleman.com

Selected works

;OrchestraLong ago, this radiant day Chamber Symphony The Voice of the Rain Focoso L'alma respira Imagining the Dance
;ConcertantePavanes and Symmetries – for flute and string orchestra
;Chamber musicDezembrum – for viola and cello
  • The Only Dance There Is – for violin and piano
  • Sonata in Two Acts – for violin and piano
  • Sonata notturna – for violin and piano
  • Sad and Ancient Phrases – for violin and piano
  • String Quartet No. 1 "Quartetto ricercare"
  • "Quintet "
  • Summer – for viola and piano
  • String Quartet No. 2
  • String Quartet No. 3 "together, as the river"
;PianoBurden of Dreams Quasi fantasia
  • ''Night Singing''

Awards and honors

Dan Coleman has been the recipient of various awards and honors:

Selected discography

Source:
;As composer
  • 1996: Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra
  • 2004: Kevin Cobb, "One"
  • 2006: Sheila Browne & Wesley Baldwin, "Lutoslawski, Clarke, Beethoven, Hindesmith, Coleman, Piston: Works for Viola & Cello"
  • 2006: Lara Downes, "Dream of Me"
  • 2007: Carol Rodland, "Viola Swirl"
  • 2015: Jennifer Frautschi & John Blacklow, "American Duos"
  • 2018: Johanna Lundy, "Canyon Songs: Art, Nature, Devotion"
  • 2018: Alice K. Dade, "Living Music"
;As arranger
;As conductor