Valerie Coleman

Valerie Coleman is an internationally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated artist who is one of the most performed living composers in the world. Commissions include the Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, 卡内基音乐厅, Atlanta Symphony, Library of Congress, and Metropolitan Opera/林肯中心 Theater. Her work has been performed by the New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Baltimore Symphony, 和圣. Louis Symphony, among many others. Award highlights include Performance Today’s 2020 Classical Woman of the Year, Orchestra of St. Luke’s 2022 Gift of 音乐, and Herb Alpert Awards’ Ragdale Prize. She is also the creator, 创始人, and former flutist of Imani Winds as well as a former fellow in the CMS 林肯中心 Bowers program. Coleman was an artist in residence in Juilliard’s Preparatory Division during the 2021-22 season and is director of the Woodwind Quintet Workshop at Boston University Tanglewood Institute.