Dan Coleman is a composer and music publisher.

He studied music at the University of Pennsylvania

University of Pennsylvania

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, the Juilliard School

Juilliard School

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, and the Aspen Music Festival and School

Aspen Music Festival and School

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 where his teachers included George Tsontakis

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, George Crumb

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, William Bolcom

William Bolcom

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, Robert Beaser

Robert Beaser

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, Stephen Albert

Stephen Albert

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 and Bruce Adolphe

Bruce Adolphe

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. In 1994 he won the Young Concert Artists

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 composition competition.

His music has been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles, including the American Composers Orchestra

American Composers Orchestra

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, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center

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, Cypress String Quartet

Cypress String Quartet

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, Dallas Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Honolulu Symphony

Honolulu Symphony

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, Indianapolis Symphony, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

Knoxville Symphony Orchestra

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, Mesa Symphony, New York Chamber Symphony

New York Chamber Symphony

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, Orpheus

Orpheus

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, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival Orchestra, Seattle Chamber Music Society

Seattle Chamber Music Society

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, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra

Tucson Symphony Orchestra

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, where he has held the post of composer-in-residence since 2002.

Selected works

Orchestra

• The Voice of the Rain (1997)
• Song at the End of Summer (1999)
• Focoso (2002)
• L'alma respira (2002)
• Wondrous Night (2003)
• The Swing of Things (2003)
• Winter Arias (2004)
• Tableaux (after Beethoven) (2005)

Concertante

• Pavanes and Symmetries for flute and string orchestra (2000)

Chamber music

• Dezembrum for viola and cello (1992)
• Poem at Night for viola and piano (1992)
• Sonata in Two Acts for violin and piano (1996)
• Sonata notturna for violin and piano (1997)
• String Quartet No.1 "Quartetto ricercare" (1999, revised 2003)
• Summer for viola and piano (2003)

Piano

• Burden of Dreams (1993)
• Quasi fantasia (1998)
• Night Singing (2005)

Awards and honors

Dan Coleman has been the recipient of several awards and honors:

• 1998 Whitaker Commission from the American Composers Orchestra
• 1997 Victor Herbert/ASCAP award for his Sonata in Two Acts
• 1996 grant from Commissioning Music/USA (a partnership between the NEA, Meet The Composer and the Helen F. Whitaker Fund)
• 1995 Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters

External links

• Official website