Organ Volumes

From 1999–2016, Carson Cooman’s organ music was published primarily by Leupold Editions. Many works are available collected in volumes.

Organ Music, Vol. I is available.
Organ Music, Vol. II is available. (ERRATA LIST – important)
Organ Music, Vol. III is the pedagogical work A Hiker’s Gear
Organ Music, Vol. IV is the pedagogical work The Transportation Age
Organ Music, Vol. V is available. (ERRATA LIST)
Organ Music, Vol. VI is available. (ERRATA LIST)
Organ Music, Vol. VII is available.
Organ Music, Vol. VIII (“Piccoli fiori musicali”) is available.
Organ Music, Vol. IX is available. (ERRATA LIST)
Organ Music, Vol. X is available.

Other works and volumes (and all publications released since 2016) are available from various publishers. Specific publication information is listed on the page for each work.

Many organ publications from after 2016 are available from Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Works for Organ

Op. 1451Festival (2022) for Organ4 min.

Dedication: for Janet Yieh

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Franklin Collection"

Op. 566Festive Processional (2004) for Organ3.25 min.

Dedication: for Wayne Leupold

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Op. 578Festive Processional (2004) for Trumpet and Organ3.25 min.

Dedication: for Drew Fennell

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 1367Festivo (2020) for Organ5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Thomas Hoisington on his 80th birthday

Commission: Commissioned by the family of Thomas Hoisington in celebration of his 80th birthday

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Four Pieces for Organ"

Op. 1129Festlicher Lobgesang (2015) for SATB Chorus and Keyboard Instrument1.5 min.

Text of Psalm 136:1 (Lutherbibel; in German)

The Composers' Choir, Daniel Shaw, conductor

Dedication: für Lothar Graap und den Ökumenischen Chor Schöneiche

Publisher: Strube Verlag in "Zwei Lobgesänge"

Op. 1286Festpraeludium (2018) for Organ4–6 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Andrew Canning

Publisher: Norbergs Musikförlag (Noteria)

Op. 492First-light Prayer (2003) for Organ2.25 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Daniel Pinkham, on his 80th birthday, 2003

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 5"

Op. 1262Flourish in C (2018) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Jean-Charles Gandrille

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Toccatas and Flourishes"

Op. 1264Flourish in G (2018) for Organ4 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Philip Hartmann

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Toccatas and Flourishes"

Op. 1020Folk Prelude on “Azmon” (2013) for Organ2.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Chris Lane, in memory of his grandfather Albert K. Lane, Jr. (1932–2013)

Publisher: The Sacred Music Press in "Antiphonies"

Op. 1387For Richard Diebenkorn (2021) for Organ13 min.

Dedication: for Thomas Sheehan

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 267From Past to Future (2001) for Organ
(on hymn tunes of Alfred V. Fedak)
8.5 min.

Dedication: for St. Michael’s Church, on the re-dedication of the chancel organ

Commission: Commissioned by St. Michael’s Church for the chancel organ re-dedication with gifts of the congregation

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 215Gallery Music (2000) for Organ2 min.

Dedication: for Janet and Arthur Perrin

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing in "A Carson Cooman Organ Album"

Op. 1435Gaudium (2022) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Matthew Owens

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Riverside Collection"

Op. 1197Gebet (2017) for Organ6 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Beate Leibe

Publisher: Carus-Verlag in "Expressions for Organ"

Op. 1252Gentle Joseph Heard a Warning (2017) for TTBB Chorus and Organ3 min.

Text by Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Harvard University Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: for Elizabeth A. Johnson, C.S.J.

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 1161Give All to Love (2016) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.5 min.

Text by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Huff Memorial Choir; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor

Dedication: in memoriam Harry Lyn Huff (1952–2016)

Publisher: The Sacred Music Press

Op. 862Gloucester Estampie (2010) for Organ7 min.

Christian Lane, organ

Dedication: for Christian Lane

Commission: Commissioned by The Memorial Church, Harvard University

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 7"

Op. 322Go Worship at Emmanuel’s Feet (2001) for Unison Chorus (opt. divisi) and Organ2 min.

Text by Isaac Watts and Richard Leach

Dedication: for Andrew Paul Holman and the choir of Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge, Mass.

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc. (forthcoming)

Op. 326God of Still Waiting (2001) for Organ2.5 min.

(on the hymn tune HESYCHIA by Alfred V. Fedak)

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Carl P. Daw, Jr.

Op. 657God, You Move Among Us (2005) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.5 min.

Text by Thomas H. Troeger

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Marisa Green and the choir of Marquand Chapel, Yale Divinity School

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 204Gospel Reflection on “Blessed Assurance” (2000) for Organ3 min.

Dedication: for Kevin and Nancy Cooman on their 25th anniversary

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 2"

Op. 1221Gothic Processional (2017) for Organ3 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Marco Lo Musico

Publisher: The Sacred Music Press in "Antiphonies"

Op. 88“Grace” Toccata (1998) for Organ5 min.

Dedication: for the congregation and staff of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda, Maryland on the dedication of the new sanctuary organ (Austin Organ Company), Easter Sunday 1999

Publisher: Fred Bock Music Company

Op. 1383Gratitude (2021) for Organ6 or 10 min.

Erik Simmons, organ (Version B)

Dedication: in memoriam Dorothy Pierce Wallace (1933–2021)

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1148Gregorian Diptych (2016) for Organ7.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Lynn Trapp

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1343Gridwork (2019) for Taiko Drums, Marimba, and Organ4.5 min.

Carolyn Koebel, taiko drum; Mark Lopez, marimba; Rhonda Sider Edgington, organ

Dedication: for Rhonda Sider Edgington

Commission: Commissioned with support from the Special Projects Committee of the San Francisco Chapter, American Guild of Organists

Op. 118Haec Aeterna (1999) for Organ2.5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Emma Lou Diemer

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 1"

Op. 1441Heaventree (2022) for Organ8 min.

Tom Winpenny, organ

Dedication: for Tom Winpenny

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1446Helium (2022) for Organ17 min.

Huw Morgan, organ

Dedication: for Huw Morgan

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Hydrogen Nitrogen Helium"

Op. 491Horizons (2003) for Organ4.5 min.

Harry Lyn Huff, organ

Dedication: for Murray and Hazel Somerville, in celebration and thanks for their years and ministry in the Boston, Massachusetts area

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 2"

Op. 934Hornpipe (2011) for Organ2 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Marcia Hempel

Commission: Commissioned by Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc.

Publisher: Wayne Leupold Editions, Inc. in "Carson Cooman: Organ Music, Vol. 8"

Op. 423How Far Away is Heaven (2002) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.5 min.

Text by Richard Leach

Dedication: for Curt Oliver

Commission: Commissioned by Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 1447Hydrogen (2022) for Organ10 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Jack Langdon

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Hydrogen Nitrogen Helium"

Op. 1036Hymnus (2013) for Organ (opt. pedal)3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for the staff of C. B. Fisk, Inc., in memory of Charles B. Fisk (1925–83)

Publisher: Carus-Verlag in "Expressions for Organ"

Op. 688I Have Seen the Lord: a Mary Magdalene Sequence (2006) for SATB Chorus, Alto Saxophone, Organ4.25 min.

Text adapted from the Bible

California Diocesan Choir; Jeffrey Smith, conductor

Dedication: for the installation of the Rt. Rev. Marc Handley Andrus as the eighth Bishop of California, July 22, 2006, Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, California

Commission: Commissioned by the Episcopal Diocese of California

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 683I Will Pour Out My Spirit (2006) for SATB (or SAB) Chorus and Organ2.75 min.

Text adapted from the Bible: from Acts 2

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Mark Hijleh

Commission: Commissioned by St. James Music Press

Publisher: St. James Music Press

Op. 1163Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit (2016) for Baritone, Alto Recorder (or Flute), and Organ3 min.

Text of John 16:22 (in German)

Dedication: für Tre Cantores: Erich Koch, Markus Nickel und Reiner Gaar gewidmet

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1372In memoriam Marian Sawa (2021) for Organ7 min.

Dedication: for Bartosz Patryk Rzyman

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 1483In modo passacaglia (2022) for Organ6.5 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Heinrich Christensen

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Crystal Hexagons and In modo passacaglia"

Op. 161In the Beginning Was the Word (1999, rev. 2003) for SATB Chorus and Organ2.75 min.

Text from the Bible: John 1:1–2, 4–5

Choir of Royal Holloway, University of London; Rupert Gough, conductor

Dedication: for Robert Ferris and the choir of St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Rochester, New York

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.

Op. 543In the Light (2004) for Piano and Organ4 min.

Dedication: for Duo Majoya

Commission: Commissioned for Duo Majoya

Publisher: Selah Publishing Co., Inc.

Op. 1464Inscription (2022) for Organ3+ min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Vidas Pinkevičius

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Franklin Collection"

Op. 1352Inside Voices (2020) for Electric Guitar and Organ4 min.

Gene Pritsker, electric guitar; Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Gene Pritsker

Op. 1312Intermezzo (2018) for Organ5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Rachel Laurin

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Six Quiet Organ Pieces"

Op. 1195Intrada (after a Sorbian Melody) (2017) for Organ3 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Feliks Brojer

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Five Festive Organ Pieces, Set 1"

Op. 1457Introduction and Canon (2022) for Organ4 min.

Carson Cooman, organ

Dedication: for Manfred Grob

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Three Canonic Pieces"

Op. 1323Introduction and Toccata (2018) for Organ (pedal solo)5 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Nicholas Schmelter

Publisher: SMP Press

Op. 1274Introitus in D (2018) for Organ3 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Jens-Michael Thies

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp. in "Five Festive Organ Pieces, Set 2"

Op. 1238Inventions for Organ, Book 1 (2017) for Organ (opt. pedal)12 min.
  • Praeambulum ex F (for Raimund Schächer)
  • Responses (for Margreeth Chr. de Jong)
  • Pastorale (for Philip Hartmann)
  • March (for Andreas Willscher)
  • Meditation (in memoriam Michael Eckerle)
  • Postlude (for Daniel Kunert)

Erik Simmons, organ

Publisher: Zimbel Press/Subito Music Corp.