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 Charles Coleman, Composer's Profile |
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Nothing matters but the music! |
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| Location: | NEW YORK, New York |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Aug 17, 2008 (505 days back) |
About Me |
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| Composer-vocalist-arranger Charles Coleman has lived an extraordinary musical life that began as a boy soprano in the Metropolitan Opera and most recently triumphed when the Cincinnati Symphony and The New Jersey Symphony premiered his two new major symphonic works, "Deep Woods " and "Red Oak Dawn." Coleman fell in love with grand opera at the age of 9. In 1980 he joined the Metropolitan Opera’s children’s chorus singing all of the traditional children’s roles at the Met and the New York City Opera for the next four years.Coleman later entered the Manhattan School of Music where he earned his Masters Degree. At MSM he met Kristjan Järvi with whom, he and Gene Pritsker, founded The Absolute Ensemble. Coleman was named Composer-in-Residence of the Ensemble in 1997. The Absolute Ensemble has come to symbolize a special blend of modern classical music; a synthesis of jazz, rock and traditional music, probably best expressed in Charles Coleman’s Absolution, written in 1999 and recorded on ENJA NOVA, a CD that was nominated for the “Best Small Ensemble Performance” Grammy in 2002.As of this writing Charles Coleman has written more than 70 compositions starting with Five Songs of Mother Goose (1993) for Soprano and Piano which was published by Vanguard Music in 1993. Young Words for Chamber Ensemble was commissioned in 1995 by Litchfield Performing Arts of Connecticut and was choreographed and performed by the Pilobolus Dance Company. Elegy (1995) for String Orchestra , Westside Nocturne (1997) for Solo Piano , and Pastorale (1999) for Flute, Cello and Guitar (1999) followed.After his funky "Rut Strut" for Chamber Ensemble was performed in the New York Public Theatre’s Joe’s Pub in 2000, Coleman received a commission to write a major symphonic work celebrating the opening of The Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra’s 2001-2002 season with its new Music Director, Paavo Järvi. Streetscape for Full Orchestra – a furious walk through the streets of Coleman’s native Manhattan. Streetscape has since been performed several times by various groups such as the San Francisco Symphony and the Riga Festival Orchestra in Latvia.Many commissions followed including Pavement (2002) with the Dogs of Desire chamber orchestra conducted by David Alan Miller. Latarnia (2005) for Bassoonist Martin Kuuskmann and the Riga Chamber Orchestra under Normunds Sne. And Red Oak Dawn (2006) premiered by New Jersey Symphony under the baton of Neeme Järvi.In early 2007, Coleman spent five weeks as the resident composer of the Cincinnati Symphony teaching, composing and lecturing as part of "Music Alive," a program that partners the "Meet the Composer" Foundation with the American Symphony Orchestra League. The main event of this residency featured the Cincinnati Symphony commissioned world premiere of his Deep Woods, performed on Thursday, May 3, 2007 at the CSO Music Hall conducted by Paavo Järvi. Coleman returned to New York the following week to premiere his new chamber opera, "Redemption" with libretto by John Darrell Roberts, commissioned by Golden Fleece Ltd.In his short career, Coleman’s work as a composer, orchestrator and producer has appeared on many CDs, notably “Absolute Mix” (CCn’C 00702) which won the German Record Critics Award in the year 2000. He has served as the producer of four CDs. | |
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Music:Member Since: 10/17/2007Band Website: charlescoleman.com Influences: John Adams, Igor Stravinsky, JS Bach, Jean Sibelius, Thelonious Monk, James Macmillan, Ludwig van Beethoven, Ani DiFranco (among many others) Sounds Like: Influenced by all great music. And yet I try to put out my own disticntive mark. Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Classical / Progressive) |
My Blog |
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Dealing with Uncertainty |
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| Hey guys! Here is my first blog. Hope it's a good one.Like all composers, painters, sculptors or artists in general, I am forced to bear the burden of dealing with people's dire predictions for our... Posted by Charles Coleman, Composer on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 03:42:00 PST |
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