After attending Amherst College for his bachelor’s degree in both geology and music, Cooper completed his graduate studies in composition at the Yale School of Music, and later formed the composers’ collective Sleeping Giant with several of his classmates.
Cooper’s national awards include a Music Alive Residency Award from New Music United States of America, a Charles Ives Scholarship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a Morton Gould Young Composer Award from American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Also dedicated to teaching and scholarship, Cooper has served on the faculty at Amherst College and authors program notes for Carnegie Hall. He currently teaches at West Chester University. Opera
Timberbrit (2008, revised 2010) for male vocalist, female vocalist, guitar, keyboard, drumset, and laptop
Orchestral / large ensemble
Serenade (2013) for 2 vocalists and 16 instrumentalists
Stabat Mater Dolorosa (2009) for string orchestra and 4 amplified voices
Odradek (2006) for full orchestra
Chamber
Cast (2014) for chamber ensemble
Agitated, stumbling, like an endless run-on sentence (2011) for cl, bsn, tpt, tbn, perc, vln, db
bad black bottom kind (2011, rev 2013) for string quartet
Cello Octet (2010)
Solo (and solo with electronic track / laptop)
Silver Threads (2011-2013) song cycle for voice with electronic track
Louisiana Plus Quebec Plus Quebec Lente (2013) for piano with laptop
Arches (2012) for cello with laptop
Clifton Gates (2011) for piano with laptop
Alter Ad Alterum (2011) for accordion with laptop
Not Just Another Piece for Solo Bass Drum (2005)
Video
Triptych:
Commencer une autre mort (2010)
Black or White (2012)
Alla stagion dei fior (2012).
