John Cooper, College of the Atlantic
Professor
Bar Harbor, Maine
jcooper@coa.edu
Office:
(207) 801-5706
Bio/Research
John Cooper has served as Professor of Music and Composer in Residence at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor since 1989. Previously he held positions at the University of Pennsylvania, and Lincoln University.
Cooper publishes his classical work exclusively with Dorn Publishing, an...
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Cooper publishes his classical work exclusively with Dorn Publishing, an...
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Bio/Research
John Cooper has served as Professor of Music and Composer in Residence at the College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor since 1989. Previously he held positions at the University of Pennsylvania, and Lincoln University.
Cooper publishes his classical work exclusively with Dorn Publishing, and will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Saxophone Journal. Donald Sinta, world renowned classical saxophonist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, has commented on Cooper's 1st Sonata for Alto Saxophone: "I love it. It's from the heart and I identify with all of it." Cooper's 1982 text on Jazz Improvisation, "Steps Ahead" has recently been reprinted by request for use by the Rowan University Jazz Program, under the direction of renowned saxophonist Denis DiBlasio.
John is a saxophonist (Woodwinds), bassist, jazz vocalist, brass doubles, and synthesist/pianist (MIDI Keyboards) with an active performance schedule that has included the major venues in Philadelphia/Baltimore and the casinos of Atlantic City, as well as the Maine Center for the Arts and various sites in Downeast Maine. John has performed with the following notable jazz artists: Cecil Payne, Neville York(Steel Drum Artist), Grover Washington, Jr., Bill Watrous, Marvin Stamm, Jim Snidero, Charlie Ventura, Al Cohn, Clark Terry. John has also composed numerous film scores and served as conductor of the Maine All State Jazz Band in 1995, and the Maine All State Jazz Honors Band in 1999 and has been contracted to conduct the Maine All State Jazz Combo in 2005.
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Cooper publishes his classical work exclusively with Dorn Publishing, and will be featured in an upcoming issue of the Saxophone Journal. Donald Sinta, world renowned classical saxophonist, and Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan, has commented on Cooper's 1st Sonata for Alto Saxophone: "I love it. It's from the heart and I identify with all of it." Cooper's 1982 text on Jazz Improvisation, "Steps Ahead" has recently been reprinted by request for use by the Rowan University Jazz Program, under the direction of renowned saxophonist Denis DiBlasio.
John is a saxophonist (Woodwinds), bassist, jazz vocalist, brass doubles, and synthesist/pianist (MIDI Keyboards) with an active performance schedule that has included the major venues in Philadelphia/Baltimore and the casinos of Atlantic City, as well as the Maine Center for the Arts and various sites in Downeast Maine. John has performed with the following notable jazz artists: Cecil Payne, Neville York(Steel Drum Artist), Grover Washington, Jr., Bill Watrous, Marvin Stamm, Jim Snidero, Charlie Ventura, Al Cohn, Clark Terry. John has also composed numerous film scores and served as conductor of the Maine All State Jazz Band in 1995, and the Maine All State Jazz Honors Band in 1999 and has been contracted to conduct the Maine All State Jazz Combo in 2005.
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