Prague Symphony Orchestra
In 1995, Coleman released his first of three albums of symphonic rock music: ', which peaked at number one in the Billboard Magazine Top Classical Crossover Albums chart, and ' were both written and produced by Coleman with Peter Scholes conducting the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In June 2007, Coleman collaborated with over 150 youth musicians in the Contemporary Youth Orchestra, based in Cleveland, Ohio, to perform the entirety of "Kashmir: Symphonic Led Zeppelin" along with additional orchestrations of Led Zeppelin's music. In 1999, he produced and arranged an album of Doors material for orchestra, performed by classical musicians including Nigel Kennedy and the Prague Symphony Orchestra, called "Riders on the Storm: The Doors Concerto" (CD released in 2000). He has worked with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra, who have issued a CD of his "Symphony No. 1 "Idavoll"" with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra, and as composer-in-residence to the Prague Symphony Orchestra.