Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533554 Composed by Carson Cooman. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 37 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3018601. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533554). I. (Flowing)II. (Fast, nimble)III. (Funereal) (in memoriam Donald Martino)IV. (Dancing)V. (Distant, echoing) (for Richard and Dee Wilson)VI. (Moderate, singing, with humor) (for Michael Finnissy)VII. (Slow, very lyrical)VIII. (March)IX. (Envoi: Very slow, from afar)Nine Preludes (2007) for piano was written for and is dedicated to pianist Marilyn Nonken; it was commissioned byRichard Mason.Although the work is composed as a set of discrete movements, the preludes are very much interconnected, as motivicand developmental ideas run throughout the entire set. The basic musical material (founded upon collections of minorand major thirds) is shared among all nine movements. An elegiac quality runs throughout the work.The first prelude (Flowing) is inspired by the piano music of Johannes Brahms, whose contributions to the instrument’sliterature have been a significant and ongoing influence on my work.The second prelude is fast and bright. Consistent staccato textures are maintained as the two hands intertwine.The third prelude (Funereal) is dedicated to the memory of American composer Donald Martino (1931–2005). The musicrefers very obliquely to Martino’s setting of Robert Herrick’s poems of death and eternity in The White Island (1985).The fourth prelude (Dancing) is light and buoyant. After a melodic middle section, the opening music reverses itself to theend.The fifth prelude (Distant, echoing) is dedicated to Richard and Dee Wilson. Through large blocks of sustained sound (bothquiet and loud), the movement explores certain harmonic colors of the piano.The sixth prelude (Moderate, singing, with humor) is dedicated to English composer Michael Finnissy. The opening ismarked “like an ‘off-kilter’ folk song,â€� and this original melody is subjected to a variety of transformations and textures.The rhythmic patterns are constantly in flux.The seventh prelude (Slow, very lyrical) is melodic and passionate, with a nocturnal character. The middle builds to anintense climax before dying away.The eighth prelude (March) is spiky and crisp. In the trio, the march theme is turned first into a tonal ballad beforegradually transforming back into the language of the march. A faster reprise of the opening music follows.The ninth prelude (Envoi: Very slow, from afar) is an elegaic “farewell.â€� Romantic gestures and harmonies try to assertthemselves before the music dies away.Performance Note: Although it is preferred that the entire set of nine preludes be played in concert, individual preludes (or smallerassembled groupings) may be performed when necessary for programming needs. If the entire set is played, however, the order of thepreludes should not be changed. The movements should be listed in the program in the format shown at the top of this page.Recorded by Donna Amato on Carson Cooman: Piano works  ALTARUS AIR-CD-9015

Bassoon Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533714 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary. Individual part. 4 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3041115. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533714). This is the second bassoon part for this work by Carson Cooman

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533735 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary. Score. 2 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3041833. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533735). The timpani part for this work by Carson Cooman

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533553 Composed by Carson Cooman. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 10 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3018597. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533553). Summer Solstice (2007) for piano was written for and is dedicated to pianist and composer Jeffrey Jacob.Though there were a number of interconnected inspirations behind the work’s conception, one of theseintentions is as a tribute to American composer Vincent Persichetti (1915–1987). Though there are nospecific quotations from Persichetti’s music, some of the textural and developmental ideas (particularly inthe fast, middle section) owe themselves to his work.The work opens in a free, declamatory manner – announcing its basic pitch material. Spasmodic gesturesintercut the resonant declamation. Amidst the bright ringing, a lyric melody tries to assert itself again andagain. A whirling and dry fast section, however, emerges; the material is put through a series of spinningtransformations, building to a ringing and clangorous climax – bathed in the white heat of the summer sun.The final section is marked “memorial candles� – distant and near candles set out on a field flicker in thesummer heat and ebbing sunlight while low, distant chimes sound the passing of time. The candles slowlyburn out – one by one – in the heat of the dry summer air.Recorded by Donna Amato on Carson Cooman: Piano works ALTARUS AIR-CD-9015

Piano,Trumpet - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533718 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary. Score and part. 2 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3041123. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533718). This is the first C trumpet part for this work by Carson Cooman.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533550 Composed by Carson Cooman. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 7 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3017907. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533550). I. Aria: Yet Brighter Light (2002)II. Rainshower (2002)III. New Dawn (2008) These three brief piano works were composed at different times and were notconceived as a suite. They may thus be played individually in any context.Recorded on New Dawn: Song Cycles and Piano Music of Carson Cooman (2008), Albany Records (Catalogue #TROY1053)

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533730 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary. Score. 6 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3041823. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533730). The percussion 1 and two part for this work by Carson Cooman. 1: crotales, bass drum, tenor drum2: vibraphone (motor off),suspended cymbal

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.775949 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary. Score. 8 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2033567. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.775949). A Robertsbridge Estampie (2010) for piano was written for Jeffrey Grossman. It is a concert piano transcription of an anonymous estampie from the Robertsbridge Codex (c. 1360), the earliest surviving collection of music explicitly written for keyboard (likely a portative organ). The medieval two and three voice original is re-imagined in the context of the style and technique of the modern piano. Carson.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533613 Composed by Carson Cooman. 20th Century,Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 5 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3031737. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533613). A Nantucket Prelude (1996) for piano was composed for a series of presentations given bythe composer in the Spring of 1997. It is a brief tone-poem, depicting abstractly variousmoods and events related to Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, USA.It should be performed very freely, with much musicality and rubato.

Piano Solo - Level 5 - Digital Download SKU: A0.533564 Composed by Carson Cooman. Concert,Contemporary,Standards. Score. 10 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #3022367. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.533564). Concert Piece: La Tricotea (2006) was written for and is dedicated to conductor and pianistJeffrey Grossman.The work is a “concert paraphrase� in the tradition of the virtuoso piano literature. Thus it is nota set of traditional variations but rather is a virtuosic elaboration of the source material – withdifferent parts of the piece focusing on and amplifying different elements of the original.The source material is the anonymous Renaissance Spanish three-part choral motet La Tricotea.In some sources, this motet is attributed to Francisco Alonso. It was originally published acollection entitled Cancionero Musical del Palacio (c. 1490 – 1520). The text of the motet isprimarily in Spanish but includes both elements of other Romance languages and a great deal ofgibberish.

Piano Solo - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.775947 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary,Spiritual,Standards. Score. 6 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2033573. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.775947). But darkness is Light, That doesn’t know it’s Light yet. - Stuart Saunders Smith Cantus II (Into Unknowing Light) (2011) for piano was written for and is dedicated to Julia Scott Carey, in memory of her mother, Harriet Stolmeier Carey (1951–2011). The work is marked tranquil, yet passionate. It is a memory space in which a gentle tolling texture pushes the discourse to an enormous climax, before dying away in peace and light.

Piano Solo - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.775935 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary,Standards. Score. 8 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2033235. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.775935). A moderately difficult work for piano in four movements : I. Popcorn, Chocolate Chips, Nuts & Chews, II. Gardens and Flowers, III. Books, Baseball, and Beethoven, IV. Capitol Hallways.

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.775929 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary,Standards. Score. 7 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2032901. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.775929). Mountain Toccata (2008) for piano was written for pianist Jeffrey Grossman. This musical material is largely inspired by the modality and sounds of Appalachian folk music, although the tunes are original. The score is marked energetic, very rhythmic, always rough-hewn. This spirit pervades the entire work.

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.775936 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary,Jewish,Standards. Score. 3 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2033251. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.775936). Yizkor (2011) for piano is dedicated to Jeff and Beth Grossman, in memory of Hugo and Irene Feingold. The Yizkor prayer is the Jewish memorial rite, recited in memory of departed family. It is traditionally said four times each year (on Yom Kippur, on the last day of Passover, on the second day of Shavout, and on the eighth day of Sukkot.) This piece is a musical Yizkor.

Piano Solo - Digital Download SKU: A0.775972 Composed by Carson Cooman. Contemporary. Score. 5 pages. Musik Fabrik Music Publishing #2034861. Published by Musik Fabrik Music Publishing (A0.775972). Cantus III (2013) for piano was written for and is dedicated to R. Andrew Lee. A pilgrimage is taken across a mostly quiet and atmospherically resonant landscape. It is unclear whether the originally intended destination is ever reached, or whether the traveler chooses simply to stop in a new and different place-under the heaventree of stars..