List of Works

Op. 182When the Morning Stars Began to Sing (2000) for Organ3 min.

Sandra Gay, organ

Dedication: for Sandra Gay and Webster Presbyterian Church on its 175th anniversary

Commission: Commissioned by Sandra Gay for Webster Presbyterian Church for its 175th anniversary

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

Op. 180Three Passiontide Motets (1999, rev. 2001) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied4.5 min.

Text from the Stabat Mater (in Latin)

Matthew Curtis/Choral Tracks, LLC

Dedication: for Roger Wilhelm and Madrigalia for its 25th anniversary year

Commission: Commissioned for Roger Wilhelm and Madrigalia for its 25th anniversary year

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 179Netherlands Travelogue (1999) for Trumpet (young performers) and Piano4 min.
  • Shipping Yards at Rotterdam
  • New Church at Delft
  • Market at Dordrecht
  • Windmill Waltz
  • Train Trek

Dedication: for Colby

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 175Quintet for Trumpet and Strings (1999) for Trumpet and String Quartet16 min.

Dedication: for Al, Lisa, Albert, and Nicholas

Commission: Commissioned for the Williamson Glen Chamber Music Series (Canada) by Loretta and Taylor Burke

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 174Judy Arnold her Jubilee (1999) for Piano4.5 min.

Dedication: for Judy Arnold and twenty-five years of managing Max

Op. 173Organbook I (Pieces for Manuals) (1999, rev. 2001) for Organ (manuals only)13 min.
  • Divertimento
  • Passacaglia
  • Trumpet Tune
  • Chorale Prelude
  • Lament
  • Canon
  • Verset
  • Second Passacaglia
  • Prayer
  • Toccata

Dedication: for Wayne Leupold

Commission: Commissioned by Sally T. Hobson

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

Op. 172Two for Redemption (1999) for Organ5 min.
  • How Great Thou Art – O STORE GUD (in memory of Baden and Helen Frewin)

  • “Come, You Sinners, Poor and Needy” – ARISE (for Alice Parker)

Judy Congdon, organ

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

Op. 171Two for Pentecost (1999) for Organ6.75 min.
  • Eternal Spirit, God of Truth – FOREST GREEN (for Frederick Frahm)
  • “Creator Spirit, by Whose Aid” – MELITA (in memory of Calvin Hampton)

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

Op. 170Three Chorale Preludes (1999) for Organ5.25 min.
  • Nun danket (in memory of William Albright)
  • Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (for Carol Doran)
  • Wie schön leuchtet (for Charles Ore)

Commission: Commissioned by the Ecumenical Millennium Celebration Council

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

Op. 169Chorale Preludes (1999) for Piano4 min.
  • Slane
  • Amazing Grace
  • Power in the Blood

Dedication: for Gordon Rumson

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 168For Gwyneth (1999) for Piano2 min.

Dedication: for Gwyneth Walker

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 165Hallelujah Shout (1999) for Piano Duet (one piano, four hands)2.25 min.

Dedication: for Timothy and Nancy LeRoi Nickel

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 163The Great Wilno (1999) for Solo Piano and Wind Ensemble
2.1.2.0.AABar saxes/1.3.2.1.euph/timp.3perc
2 min.

Dedication: for Robert Blake, Bob Stata, and the Allendale Columbia Wind Ensemble

Commission: Commissioned by Bob Stata

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 162Codex (1999) for Contrabass2.75 min.

Dedication: for Adam Czernikowski

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

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. 158O rubor sanguinis (1999) for SATB Chorus Unaccompanied1.5 min.

Text by Hildegard von Bingen (in Latin)

Dedication: for Leo Nestor and the American Repertory Singers

Commission: Commissioned by Leonard Halkiner for the American Repertory Singers

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 154Crucifixus (1999) for Clarinet and Organ10 min.

Dedication: for Kenneth Grant

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 153Lagniappe (1999) for Three Violins and Cello or String Quartet (arr. 2000)1.25 min.

Dedication: for the Dallas String Quartet

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 151Sonata for Brass Choir (1999) for Brass Choir (3 Trumpets [1 C/2 Bb], 3 Horns, 2 Trombones, Tuba)8 min.

Chicago Brass Choir; Michael Stewart, conductor

Dedication: for Michael Stewart and the Chicago Brass Choir

Commission: Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for the Chicago Brass Choir

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 150Fantasy on “Valmai” (1999) for Organ3.75 min.

Dedication: for Huw Lewis

Commission: Commissioned by H. Hubert Benckler

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

Op. 149Triptych (1999) for Piano Duet (one piano, four hands)6.5 min.
  • Fanfare and Tuckets
  • Arioso
  • Dance

Haley Myles and Matthieu Bergheau, piano

Dedication: for Robert Blake

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 144Trinity Matins (1999) for Organ7 min.

Dedication: for John Rose

Publisher: Conners Publications

Op. 140Sonata da Chiesa (1999, rev. 2001) for Organ8.5 min.
  • Prelude (“The church prepares to worship God with quiet hearts”)

  • Offertory (“The church contemplates the mystery of the Holy Trinity”)

  • Postlude (“The church praises God with joyful songs”)

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Daniel Pinkham and King’s Chapel, Boston

Commission: Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for Daniel Pinkham and King’s Chapel, Boston

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

Op. 137Ascendit in Caelum (1999, rev. 2002) for Violin and Organ2.5 min.

Rachel Gough, violin; Rupert Gough, organ

Dedication: for Elizabeth Juliana Cok

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 135King Nebuchadnezzar’s Dream (1999) for Organ3.5 min.

Dedication: for Andrew Paul Holman

Commission: Commissioned by Daniel Pinkham for Andrew Paul Holman

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

Op. 134Sea Findings (1999) for Solo Contrabass and Orchestra
1.1.eh.0.1/0.0.0.0/strings
4.5 min.

Dedication: for P. Kellach Waddle

Commission: Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music for P. Kellach Waddle

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 122Plainsong Variations (1999) for Cello11 min.

Craig Hultgren, cello

Dedication: for Craig Hultgren

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 121Sonata for Violin and Piano (1999, rev. 2001) for Violin and Piano10 min.
  • Prelude: Mountain Song
  • Postlude

Dedication: for Karen Bolshevian Ringwold

Commission: Commissioned by Karen Bolshevian Ringwold for the 2000 Contemporary Music Festival, Sofia, Bulgaria

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 120Two Catullus Songs (1999) for Voice and Piano3 min.

Text by Gaius Valerius Catullus (in Latin)

  • Iam very eglidos
  • Odi et amo

Dedication: for Jill Crooker

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

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. 117Three Voluntaries (1999) for Organ7 min.

Erik Simmons, organ

Dedication: for Peggy Krewson and First Congregational Church, Nantucket, Mass.

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

Op. 114Processional Intrada (1999) for Piano3 min.

Dedication: for the Allendale Columbia School Graduation Ceremonies

Op. 110Concerto for Bass Saxophone and Strings (1999) for Solo Bass Saxophone and String Orchestra20 min.
  • Chaconne: “…a continuum of dreams…”
  • Cadenza
  • Toccata

Dedication: for Andreas van Zoelen

Commission: Commissioned by Andreas van Zoelen with support from the Broeker Fund for New Music

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 109Prelude and Rondino on “Herzliebster Jesu” (1999) for Organ5 min.
  • Prelude
  • Rondino

Dedication: for Lew and Dot Wallace

Commission: Commissioned by the Werner Foundation

Publisher: Conners Publications

Op. 108Missa Ecclesiastica (1999) for Organ20 min.
  • Kyrie
  • Gloria
  • Credo
  • Sanctus
  • Agnus Dei

Dedication: for Frank Ferko

Commission: Commissioned by the Council for the Support of New Church Music, Rome, Italy

Publisher: Conners Publications

Op. 103Kyrie (1999) for Trombone5 min.

Dedication: for George Dardess

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 101Triptych for Harpsichord (1999) for Harpsichord6 min.
  • Bizarre
  • Corrupt
  • Unusual

Dedication: for Ewa Gabrys

Commission: Commissioned by the Broeker Fund for New Music

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 99Forgotten Runes (1999) for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, Piano2.5 min.
  • Fanfare
  • Waltz
  • Courante
  • Recitative
  • Hoedown
  • Minuet
  • Elegy
  • Tarantella
  • Nocturne
  • Hymn
  • Prelude
  • March
  • Toccata

Dedication: for Zae Munn

Commission: Commissioned by Ensemble Decadanse, France

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 95Ideas: Short Etudes for Solo Oboe, Book II (1999) for Oboe8 min.
  • Skewered Justice
  • Spacings and Echoes
  • Scotch-Poppers
  • Barcarolle
  • Homage to Robert Ward (moto perpetuo)

Dedication: for Ted Perkins

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 94Chanson d’Amour (1999) for Any Saxophone3.25 min.

Paul Wehage

Dedication: for Ned and Linda

Publisher: Conners Publications

Op. 92Paradoxes: Sonata for Cello and Piano (1998) for Cello and Piano12.5 min.

Josh Packard, cello; Travis Schedler, piano

Dedication: for Larry Kludge

Commission: Commissioned by Larry Kludge

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

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. 87Biblicals: Concerto for Solo Piano in Five Movements (1998) for Piano8 min.
  • Hovering Over the Waters
  • Baldhead
  • Forgiven and Free
  • Under the Sun
  • The Seventh Angel

Dedication: for Kathleen Supové

Commission: Commissioned for Kathleen Supové

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 86Barnyard Episodes: Sonata for Contrabassoon and Piano (1998) for Contrabassoon and Piano8.25 min.
  • Hymn of Rage
  • Scherzo
  • Song

Dedication: for Edith Hemenway

Commission: Commissioned for the 1999 International Contrabassoon Festival, Park City, Utah

Publisher: Lauren Keiser Music Publishing

Op. 85Dentistry Music (1998) for Flute and Piano3.75 min.
  • Teeth Pulling Waltz
  • Toothbrush Nocturne
  • Dental Floss Tarantella

Dedication: for Robert B. Lockemeyer, D.D.S. and his office staff

Commission: Commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the St. Petersburg (Russia) Society of Dentists

Publisher: Conners Publications

Op. 84Floopishness: Two Pieces for Clarinet Solo (1998) for Clarinet4 min.
  • Italian Recollections
  • Pompousness

Dedication: for Westhard Gerber

Commission: Commissioned by Westhard Gerber

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 72Joy of Humankind: Brief Transport for Orchestra (1998) for Orchestra
2.2.1.1/2.2.1.1/pno/strings
2.5 min.

Czech Radio Symphony; Vladimír Válek, conductor

Dedication: for Shirley Cooman, Lew and Dot Wallace, and in memory of John Pierce and Frank Cooman

Commission: Commissioned by Mrs. Lucy Hodges and the Hodges Fund for the Czech Radio Symphony

Publisher: Conners Publications

Op. 63Kayser Variations (1997) for Piano6 min.

Dedication: for Margaret Kayser

Publisher: Musik Fabrik

Op. 62Two for Lent (1997, rev. 1999) for Organ6 min.
  • Ah, Holy Jesus – HERZLIEBSTER JESU (for Bruce and Alice Klanderman)
  • “What Wondrous Love” – WONDROUS LOVE (in memory of Frank E. Cooman)

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

Op. 52Oakdale Sketchbook (1997) for Piano10 min.
  • Cake
  • Joggers
  • The Raccoon
  • The Dog
  • To Temple
  • Squirrels
  • Rainstorm
  • Gnawing Woodchucks
  • Trees
  • Traffic

Dedication: for Colby

Publisher: Musik Fabrik