Bio: Paul Coleman (native of Albuquerque, NM) is a composer and performer residing in Rochester, New York. His music has been performed in the United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Brazil, and ranges from solo works with computer-generated sounds to works for large orchestra.
Paul is pursuing a Ph.D. in Composition at the Eastman School of Music, where he has received a Ralph Jackno Scholarship and two Belle S. Gitelman Awards in Composition. He has served as Acting Administrative Director of the Eastman Computer Music Center and was on the board of directors of the Ossia New Music Ensemble. Paul received his Masters of Music degree from the University of Northern Colorado, where he taught music theory and co-produced and directed the Colorado Contemporary Music Consort.
Since 2007, Paul has been working with Brad Lubman and Steve Reich as Sound Director and engineer for the new music ensemble, Signal (www.signalensemble.org). Upcoming Signal projects include an all-Reich disc for Cantaloupe Records (including Daniel Variations and You Are Variations), the co-commission and premiere of a new work by Reich for his 75th birthday year, the co-commission of a new piece by David Lang, and a tour with Helmut Lachenmann, including the U.S. premiere of his work Concertini.
Current and Recent Activities and Performances: (Please visit Paul's website for the most up-to-date information.)
2 May 2008 12:00pm, Tiffany Ng, Rush Rhees Carillon, U of Roch (Rochester, NY): sketch no. 4 "unfolding" from Tiffany Sketches for carillon and electronics [2008]
1 May 2008 12pm, Kilbourn Hall (ESM, Rochester, NY), Musica Nova: Chain for Elliott Carter in celebration of his 100th birthday [2008]
7 April 2008 8pm, Kilbourn Hall (ESM, Rochester, NY), Symeon Waseen, Marcus McCauley, piano: On Eggshells for piano duo and mechanical metronome [2008]
19 February 2008 8pm, Kilbourn Hall (ESM, Rochester, NY), Bobby Mitchell/Ossia New Music: Gathering for piano, guitar, harp, marimba, and electronics [2008]
13, 15 December 2007, The Music Room, SPCO Center (St Paul, MN), The Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra: sound engineer for Kaija Saariaho's Amers and Brad Lubman's Fuzzy Logic
November 2007, Location TBA (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ), Lauren Radnofsky: amungus for cello and electronics [2007]
October 13 2007 12noon, Tiffany Ng, Rush Rhees Carillon, U of Roch (Rochester, NY): EROI Festival 2007: Tiffany Sketches for carillon and electronics [2007]
4 September 2007, iTunes podcast: Portable Music I: btrb [2007] available for download (free), designed to be listened to on portable listening devices
July and August 2007, [Multiple Locations] (Europe), Tiffany Ng:Tiffany Sketches for carillon (acoustic version) [2007]
1 April 2007, Rio Rancho High School, UNM Jazz Festival, University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM): Dubbed [under alias of 4th St., 2002]
6 April 2007 10:00pm, Abandoned Subway (Rochester, NY): canvasmix for 4-channel electronics [2005] and entangling [2007]
14 April 2007 5:00pm, Tiffany Ng, Rush Rhees Carillon, U of Roch (Rochester, NY): ECMC 25th Anniversary: Tiffany Sketches for carillon and electronics [2007]
2 May 2007 12:00pm, Tiffany Ng, Rush Rhees Carillon, U of Roch (Rochester, NY): ECMC 25th Anniversary: Tiffany Sketches for carillon and electronics [2007]
4 June 2007, Center for The Arts Drama Theater (Buffalo, New York): June in Buffalo, sound engineer for Steve Reich
Scott Worthington (Rochester, NY), Commission in progress: double bass and electronics [Autumn 2007]
Kara Bancks (Chicago, IL), Commission in progress: clarinet and electronics
Patti Monson (New York, NY), Commission in progress: contrabass flute and electronics
Carrie Koffman, Irrelevants (Hartford, CT), Commission in progress
[2006]
9 March 2006 7pm, Kilbourn Hall (ESM, Rochester, NY), Eastman Composers' Sinfonietta: Socorro for ensemble [2006]
2 April 2006 7:30pm, Keller Hall (UNM, Albuquerque, NM), SCI Regional Conference/UNM Composers' Symposium: canvasmix for 4-channel electronics [2005]
30 April 2006 4pm, St. Michaels and All Angels Episopal Church (Albuquerque, NM), Quodlibet: Agnus Dei [2004]
15 October 2006 3pm, Barnes Hall (Cornell University, Ithica, NY), Cornell Electroacoustic Music Center: canvasmix for 4-channel electronics [2005]
20 October 2006 7pm, Joe's Pub (New York, NY): Sound design/engineer for Electric Fuzz
[2005]
10 February 2005, Kilbourn Hall (ESM, Rochester, NY) Eastman Composition Department Forum: canvasmix for 4-channel electronics [2005]
4 June 2005, Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra (Albuquerque, NM): Dubbed [under the alias of 4th St., 2002]
2 December 2005 7pm, Eastman Composition Department Forum (Rochester, NY): transistor : burthen for three composers [2005]
Music Excerpts: (higher quality=320kbps, lower quality=128kbps)
Gathering for piano, guitar, harp, marimba, and electronics [2008]: [high vbr](15.9mb) [low vbr](7.4mb)
Paul Coleman is a member of Society of Composers, Inc.
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new and contemporary music.
(last updated June 2007)
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