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Selected works composed by Charles Coleman:

Full Orchestra:

Streetscape
3.3.3.3. - 4.3.3.1. - timp; 3 perc; pno - str     20 min
Deep Woods
3.3.3.3. - 4.3.3.1. - timp; 3 perc; hrp - str      15 min
Drenched
2.2.2.2. - 4.2.3.1. - timp; 2 perc - str       4 min
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Branded
2.2.2.2. - 4.2.3.1. - timp; 2 perc - str      4 min
Red Oak Dawn
2.2.2.2. - 4.3.3.1. - timp; 2 perc - hrp -str    15 min
The Lime Factory
2.2.2.2. - 2.2.3.1. - timp; 3 perc - str       6 min
P.J. Fanfare
3.3.3.3. - 4.3.3.1. - timp; 3 perc - str       3 min
Bach Inspired
2.2.2.2 -4.2.3.1 - timp; 2 perc - str     18 min

Solo Instrument and Orchestra:

Violin Concerto
Solo Violin; 1.2.1.2. - 2 hrn - 1 perc - pno - str         25 min
'Latarnia' for Bassoon and Orchestra 
Solo Bassoon; 1.2.2.2. - 1.1.1 - drum set; 1 perc - pno - str      25 min

String Orchestra:

Carmilla     10 min
Elegy           10 min
Doves of Paris       4 min
After the Din      10 min
Estonian Polka  3 min

Chamber Orchestra and Instrumental:

Absolution
1.2.2.2. - 1.1.1. - drum set - pno - str          7 min
'Monologue Blue' for Jazz Violin and Chamber Ensemble
Jazz Violin; 1.2.2.2. - 2 hrn - drum set - pno - str           16 min
Westside Nocturne
for Solo Piano      4 min
Tracks
for chamber ensemble (6 instruments)     5 min
Pastorale
for Flute, Cello & Guitar           4 min
A Let Down
for Brass Trio (trp,hrn & bass trb)        5 min
Innovation J.S.
1.1.1.1. - 1 trp; 1 trb - drum set - pno - elec. guitar - str        5 min 
Lay Bare the Heart
for Solo Piano           10 min
Downtown Milonga
1.1.1.1. - 1 trp; 1 trb - perc - pno - str         6 min
Equation Note
for Solo Piano       4 min
Young Words
for Chamber Ensemble      10 min
Drenched
1.1.1.1. - soprano sax - 1 trp; 1 trb - perc - pno - elec guitar - str         4 min
'Basics' for Chamber Ensemble
ob. bsn. vln. vcl. pno                8 min
Identifiers
for Two Cellos            4 min
Lavandula
for Solo Piano             5 min
'Rut-Strut' for Chamber Ensemble  
cl. bsn, trp, trb, perc, vln, cb               7 min
'House Hens' for Chamber Ensemble
fl, cl, 2 pno, strings          2 min
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'Contemplation in a Secret Garden' for Chamber Ensemble
fl, ob, cl, bsn, tip, trb, perc, pno, strings           5 min
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Effluence

for Solo Piano            4 min

Downtown Interlude
for String Quartet     5 min

To be Beautiful

for Solo Piano   3 min

Set for Two

for Two Violins   2-3 min

Opera:

Redemption
Opera in one act
Story and Libretto: John Darrell Roberts        45 min 

Vocal music:

Five Songs of Mother Goose
for Soprano & Piano                5 min
Alone 
for Soprano & Piano (words: Edgar Allan Poe)         5 min
Pavement
for two Sopranos and Chamber Orchestra  (words: Walt Whitman)
2 sop; 1.1.1.1. - alto sax; tenor sax - 1.1.1. - drum set - pno - str           7 min
Libertad  
for Baritone, Bass Trb and Cb (words: Walt Whitman)            4 min
Four Songs from Sandisfield
for Baritone and Piano (words: Val Coleman)                8 min 
That Time of Year
for Soprano & Piano (words: William Shakespeare)          5 min
Recovery
for Mezzo Soprano & Piano (words: Val Coleman)            4 min
On Monsieur's Departure
for Soprano & Piano (words: Elizabeth I)                             4 min      
Two Winter Songs
for Mezzo Soprano & Piano (words: Val Coleman)           6 min
My Father
for Soprano & Piano (words: Doreen Dixon)                       8 min
Irish Love Song
for Baritone, Bass Tin Whistle and Bass Trombone        5 min
Arte Sublime
for Voice and Piano  (Words: Franz von Schober  (in Italian))   3 min

Ecce Puer

for Countertenor and Guitar (Words: James Joyce)     4 min

Flood
for Baritone and Piano (Words: James Joyce)  3 min
Hello
for Baritone, Trumpet and Guitar (Words: Val Coleman)  4 min

Vivamus

for Tenor and Orchestra (Words: Catullus)   3 min                               

The Tyger

for A capella Baritone (Words: William Blake)  2 min

Vocalise

for Soprano and Piano        3 - 4 min

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Panda Mating Season
for Baritone and Piano  (Words: Robert C. Ford)   3 - 4 min
The Music between us
for Baritone and Piano (Words Robert C. Ford)      5 min
Arrangements and Orchestrations:
Various works by Frank Zappa, Coldplay, The Beatles, Sigur Ros, Jimi Hendrix, Mark Kostabi, Eduard Tubin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Charlie Chaplin, etc
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