Coleman, Dan

Dan Coleman (born January 12, 1972, in New York City) is a composer and music publisher. He studied music at the University of Pennsylvania, the Juilliard School, and the Aspen Music Festival and School where his teachers included George Tsontakis, Jay Reise, George Crumb, William Bolcom, Robert Beaser, Stephen Albert, and Bruce Adolphe. He is the first composer alumnus of Young Concert Artists. His music has been commissioned and performed by leading ensembles, including the American Composers Orchestra, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Cypress String Quartet, Dallas Symphony, Fresno Philharmonic, Honolulu Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Pacific Northwest Ballet, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, Festival Mozaic Orchestra, Seattle Chamber Music Society, St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Utah Symphony, and the Tucson Symphony Orchestra, where he has held the post of composer-in-residence since 2002. In 2004 he and Bob Donnelly founded Modern Works Music Publishing, an independent music publishing administrator.