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Christopher COLEMAN

1976-1980 B.Mus. in Composition/Trombone (1980); magna cum laude with general honors, University of Georgia. Composition studies with Claude Baker, John Corina, and others. Trombone studies with Philip Jameson
1977,1983 Aspen Music Festival Composition Program. Composition studies with Dan Welcher, Michael Czajkowski
1980-1982 M.A. in Music Composition, University of Pennsylvania (1983); Composition studies with George Crumb, George Rochberg, Richard Wernick, and others
1982-1986 Assistant Director, University of Chicago New Music Ensemble
1982-1987 Ph.D. in in Music Composition, University of Chicago (1987); Composition studies with Ralph Shapey and Shulamit Ran; music theory and 20th Century Music with Robert Morgan, Joseph Straus, and Richard Cohn
1984-1985 Co-funder and Director, University of Chicago Percussion Ensemble
1985-1989 Instructor, Science Department; Columbia College; Chicago, Illinois
1987 Instructor and Technical Assistant, FM/MIDI Seminar; University of Chicago
1987-1989 Instructor, Continuing Education Department; University of Chicago
1987 Instructor, Department of Music; University of Chicago
1988-1989 Instructor, School of Music; De Paul University; Chicago, Illinois
1989- Associate Professor, Department of Music and Fine Arts, HKBU
1990-1991 Visiting Lecturer, School of Music; HKAPA
1992-1997 Composition Concentration Coordinator, HKBU
1993-1994 Associate Course Leader, M.A. in Music, HKBU
1994-2000 Course Coordinator, B.A. (Honours) Music, HKBU
1995-1997 Composition/Theory Faculty; Interlochen Center for the Arts Summer Program
1998 Acting Head of Department of Music and Fine Arts, HKBU
2000- Composition Concentration Coordinator, HKBU


Awards

2001

Featured Guest Composer, 21st Annual Contemporary Music Festival, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA

2001 Performance of My Grandfather's Kalimba at the Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the US (SEAMUS) National Conference
2001 Performance of Dark Gardens at Society of Composers Region III Conference
2000 Performance of Rite at Society of Composers Region VII Conference
1998 Performance of Rite at Society of Composers Region III Conference
1995 Performance of Dreams of a Spirit Seer at Society of Composers Region V Conference
1992 First Prize, Percussive Arts Society International Composition Contest, Large Percussion Ensemble Category for Cat Spanking: A Fantasy for Percussion
1988 Performance of The Ventricle of Memory at National ASTA/MENC Meeting, USA
1987 First Prize, ASUC/SESAC Composition Contest for String Quartet #1
1985 Performance of Conundrum at American Society of University Composers Region V Conference


Major Compositions
Orchestral

A Jazz Funeral (2005) 8' 
     for Symphonic Band

A Descent Into the Maelström (1990) 12'
The Ventricle of Memory (1987) 8'
     for 3 solo vn & string orchestra
Music for a Tranquil Moment (1980) 8'25"
Sinfonietta (1980) 7'30"


Chamber (Western)

Three Fugues and a Dirge for Richard III (2008) 20'
     for Woodwind quintet
Politics, Money, Music (2005) 9'  
     for brass quintet

Dark Gardens (1999) 23'30"
     for 2 ob, Eb cl, 2 Bb cl, bass cl, 2 bn, 4 hn, 2 tp & 3 tb
Ecstasy Of The Waters (1998) 13'
     for pf (4 hands)
Reflections (1996) 7'
     for 5 tb
Dreams of a Spirit Seer (1993) ca. 20'
     for 4 perc
String Quartet #1 (1986) 18'20"
Coronach (1985) 6'40"     
     for 8 tb
Scampata #3: Fantasia and Bolero (1984) 13'
     for bass tb & perc
Scampata #2 (1983) 16'20"
     for tp, tb & pf (4 hands)
Scampata #1 (1983) 4'     
     for hn & tb
Abschiedslied (1982) 8'30"
     for 6 tb
Lament of the Sea Kings (1982) 10'
     for 8 db, echo device & amplification
Romantic Suite (1981) 18'
     for 4 tb, also version for 2 tp, hn, tb & tuba
Threnody for Brass Ensemble, Percussion and Piano (1979) 10'30"
     for 4 hn, 3 tp, 3 tb, baritone horn, tuba, timpani & 3 perc
Cat Spanking: a Fantasy for Percussion (1979) 8'20"
     for 8 perc & pf
Divertimento for Woodwind Trio (1978) 9'50"
     for ob, cl & bn
Fanfare for the Celebration of the Dead (1978) 1'40"
     for 6 tb
Three Haiku (1977) 10'     
     for 2 db & 2 perc
Fantasy (1976), revised (1987) 5'45"     
     for 4 tb & tuba

Instrumental Solo
Bitter Wind (2007) 12'
     for
Zephyros trumpet, piano
the crystalline architecture of loss (2003) 21'
     for Grand pedal harp

Palidromes for piano (2002) ca. 12'
Chants, Waves, Mutations for euphonium (2001) ca. 7'
Conundrum for piano (1983) 25'
Lament for piano (1981) 2'30"
A Game of Chants for trombone (1981) 2'20"
Capriccio for trombone (1977) 4'15"

Vocal/Choral
Sing Unto the Lord a New Song (2000) 5'     
     for SATB choir
America's Going to the Dickens! (1995) 3'40"     
     for medium voice & pf
The Maidens (1993) 5'     
     for solo female voice
Since Feeling is First (1993) 7'     
     for solo male voice & mixed choir
Chinese Baby Asleep (1991) 3'     
     for 4-part women's Chorus
Disappearances: Five Songs on Texts by Mary Ann Coleman (revised) (1991) 35'     
     for mezzo-soprano, cl/bass cl vn, vc, pf & 2 perc
The Witness (1989) 8'40"     
     arrangement for mezzo soprano & tape
Four Sonnets of Shakespeare (1978) 12'15"     
     for bass-baritone & pf
Psalm 131 (1978) 2'     
     for SATB Choir


Electro-Acoustic Music / Computer Music
Rainbows, Halos, Glories (2009) 10'    
     for fixed media
Listening to the World (2007) 6'30"
     for fixed media
My Grandfather's Kalimba (1996) 10'30"
     for tape; realized on Korg 01W, Ultraproteus & Yamaha TX802
Rite (1992) 15'
     for Korg 01W, Yamaha DX7, Yamaha TX802 (2 players); computer, perc (1 player), conductor & 3 dancers; also version for perc & tape
Intervention (1986) 2'
     for Yamaha DX7, 2 Yamaha TX7's, & Yamaha CX5M computer
Electronic Essay #2 (1984) 5'
     realized on Serge modular synthesizer and Buchla 200 series synthesizer
Electronic Essay #1 (1983) 5'10"
     realized on Buchla 200 series synthesizer


Experimental Music
September Variations (2002) variable (60')
     for various combinations of performers in various media
Prophecies for a New Millennium (2000) variable (60')
     for various combinations of performers in various media
Improvisations Approaching the Millennium (1998) variable (15')
     for 2 vn, 2 vc, fl, 2 cl, euphonium, yangqin, pf & 4 perc
In Memoriam John Cage (1992) variable
     for bowed pf, crystal glasses, tam-tam & percussive sounds
Lacrimosa (1992) variable
     for 2 fl, 2 cl, ob/perc, vc, 2 pf (8 hands) & 2 perc
NEWSPAPER PIECES (1990) variable
     for various combinations of performers


Theatre Music
Music for the play Einstein's Blues by Peter Stambler (1996-97)
     North American Quodlibet: The Song of Lost Interests    4'40"
     The Immigration Blues    3'
     Ballad of the Buffalo    3'20"
     The Bagatelle of Judicial Betrayal    5'
     The Conflict of Interest Rag    3'30
     The Song Of Paradoxes    4'
     The Economic Migrant Blues    4'10"
     Opera Buffa: Preemptive Nutials    7'
     The Post-Nuptial Agreement Aria    2'50"
     The Self-Inflicted Moral Blues    4'10"

Discography
A Jazz Funeral on Postcard from Singapore (2005) Mark Custom Recording 6034 MCD
My Grandfather’s Kalimba (2004) Innova Records
Conundrum on Contemporary Eclectic Music for the Piano, vol. 7 (2003) New Ariel Recording AE007


Publications
A Jazz Funeral. Maecenas Music, 2008.
Rite. Theodore Presser Co., 2004.
A Descent Into the Maelström for orchestra. Theodore Presser Co., 2001.
Abschiedslied and Reflections for trombone ensemble. Nichols Music, 2000.
Cat Spanking: A Fantasy for Percussion. C. Alan Publications/McClaren Press, 1994.
The Ventricle of Memory. The Teacher-Composer Alliance of the American String Teachers Association, Chicago-Area Chapter, 1988.
Capriccio for solo trombone. Crown Music Press, 1986.

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