Music by Karen Beaumont
American organist and composer Karen Beaumont (b. 1965) received her degree in Music History from the University of Wisconsin and studied organ with Gerre Hancock, John Behnke, Jeffrey Peterson, and Carol Haakenson. Beaumont has performed as a recitalist in numerous venues throughout the USA and the UK. From 1988 to 2011 she provided the organ and choral music for St. James Episcopal Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Her album of classic French noëls was released on the Pro Organo label in 2020. Her musical compositions have been published by Lorenz, Leupold Editions, Fagus-Music, and SMP Press.
Carson Cooman has recorded a number of Beaumont’s works for organ and piano.
The recordings can be listened to online at YouTube (full playlist) or downloaded as MP3 files.
Air (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Autumn (2022; piano)
Published by SMP Press
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Bicinium on “Nun danket all und bringet Ehr” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Celebration on “Viz, viz, viz” (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Contemplation on “Jesu, meine Freude” (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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A Fandango for Organ (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Fantasia on “Wondrous Love” (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Four Miniatures (2023)
1) Vivo con fuoco
2) Poco lento
3) Vivace con brio: A Chaconne
4) Adagio e teneramente
Published by SMP Press
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Four Sharp Lines: Variations on an Original Theme (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Fragmentary Blue (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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A Gift in March (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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A Kolomyjka on “O gwiazdeczko” (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Life Springs Ever Green (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Milwaukee Waters: A Trilogy for Solo Piano (2018)
1) Lake Michigan Predawn: An Elegy
2) River Path: A Waltz
3) At the Waterfall: A Gigue
Published by SMP Press
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Moonlight over the Purple Moor (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Orange: Color of the Sun (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Passacaglia on B-A-C-H (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Peace (2022)
Published by Leupold Editions in “The Organist’s Companion” (September 2022)
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Plaint on “L’occasion manquée” (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Postlude on “Old 124th” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Postlude on “Psalm 86” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Postlude on “Wondrous Love” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Prelude and Hymn: Worship the Lord in the Beauty of Holiness (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Prelude on “Adeste fideles” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Prelude on “Greensleeves” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Prelude on “Harewood” (2023)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Prelude on “Rendez à Dieu” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Prelude on “Salzburg” (2023)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Prelude on “Veni Creator Spiritus” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Processional on “Helmsley” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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A Quartet of Mysteries (2023)
1) Life; 2) Music; 3) Death; 4) Love
Published by SMP Press
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Reflections on Well-Known Hymn Tunes, Book 1 (2022)
Reflection on “Westminster Abbey”
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Reflection on “Pange lingua”
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Reflection on “Ubi caritas”
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Published by Fagus-Music.com
Reflections on Well-Known Hymn Tunes, Book 2 (2022)
Reflection on “Veni, veni, Emmanuel”
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Reflection on “Es ist das Heil”
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Reflection on “Erhalt uns Herr”
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Reflection on “Picardy”
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Reflection on “O filii et filiae”
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Reflection on “Divinum mysterium”
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Published by Fagus-Music.com
Reflections on Well-Known Hymn Tunes, Book 3 (2022)
Reflection on “St. Denio”
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Reflection on “Tallis’ Canon”
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Reflection on “Verbum supernum prodiens (Nevers)”
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Reflection on “Hymn to Joy”
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Published by Fagus-Music.com
Reverie on a Spanish Folk Song (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Rigaudon on a Theme by Heinrich Biber (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Scherzo on “Holy Manna” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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A Short Chaconne (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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A Short Contemplation on “Christ is erstanden” (2022)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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A Short Folia (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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A Short Passacaglia (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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A Short Romanesca (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Soliloquy on a Theme by Heinrich Biber (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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The Sound of Place (2023)
1) Appalachia
2) Oxford (UK)
3) New York City
4) Milwaukee (Wisconsin)
Published by SMP Press
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Three Short Pieces Inspired by Baroque Forms (2022)
1) Passacaglia in Mixolydian; 2) Chaconne; 3) Folia!
Published by SMP Press
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Toccata, Interlude, and Fugue (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Trumpet Voluntary (2023)
Published by SMP Press
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Variations on “Aus der tiefe” (2023)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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Variations on “Noël nouvelet” (2023)
Published by Lorenz Publishing Co.
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