Valerie Coleman

**Valerie Coleman** mawaƙiya ce 'yar Amurka kuma mai busa sarewa, haka kuma ita ce mahaliccin ƙungiyar Imani Winds ta iska . Coleman fitacciyar mawaƙiya ce ta ƙarni wadda aka ba ta suna Performance Today 's 2020 Classical Woman of the year kuma an sanya ta a cikin jerin "ɗaya daga cikin Manyan Mawakan Mata 35" a cikin jaridar Washington Post.  A cikin 2019, ƙungiyar Philadelphia Orchestra ta ba da umarni kuma ta fara gabatar da aikin Coleman, *Umoja, Anthem for Unity.* *Umoja* na Coleman shine aikin gargajiya na farko da wata mace 'yar Afirka 'yar Amurka mai rai ta yi da ƙungiyar Philadelphia Orchestra.  

Coleman ta shahara da gudunmawarta ga wakokin Wind Chamber kuma tare da Imani Winds, ta fitar da wasu kundin waƙoƙi na studio tare da ƙungiyar, ɗaya daga cikinsu an zaɓe ta don kyautar Grammy don Mafi Kyawun Kundin Classical Crossover a 2005.  

Ta kammala karatunta a Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Mannes kuma mawaƙa kamar Julius Baker ke koyarwa, waƙoƙinta galibi suna haɗa nau'ikan waƙoƙi daban-daban kamar jazz tare da kiɗan gargajiya kuma galibi suna haɗa jigogi na siyasa ko zamantakewa. An saka waƙarta ta *Umoja* a 2002 a cikin ɗaya daga cikin "Manyan Ayyukan Amurka 101" na Chamber Music America .   Ta kammala karatunta na shirin CMS Two Fellowship na Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, kuma ta lashe gasar Concert Artists Guild . Charlotte Lee ce ta wakilci Coleman a Primo Artists. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Valerie Coleman a ranar 3 ga Satumba, 1970 kuma ta girma a Louisville, Kentucky, a cikin unguwa ɗaya ta tsakiyar birnin West End inda ɗan dambe Muhammad Ali ya girma.  Mahaifinta ya mutu yana da shekaru tara, kuma mahaifiyarta ta rene Coleman da 'yan'uwanta mata a matsayin uwa ɗaya tilo mai aiki. 

Tun daga ƙuruciya, Coleman tana da son kiɗa kuma tana da sha'awar buga sarewa. Ta fara karatunta na kiɗa a aji huɗu, tana da shekaru goma sha ɗaya. A lokacin ƙuruciyarta a matsayin ƙaramar mawaƙiya, Coleman tana da sha'awar rubuta kiɗa. Ta fara rubuta waƙoƙin symphonies a matsayin abin sha'awa, ta amfani da wani organ mai ɗaukuwa wanda take da shi a gidanta. Tana da shekaru goma sha huɗu ta rubuta waƙoƙin symphonies guda uku kuma ta lashe gasa da dama na gida da na jiha, da kuma shiga cikin ƙungiyar makaɗa ta matasa. Ta kammala karatunta a Makarantar Sakandare ta Louisville .

Coleman da dukkan 'yan'uwanta mata sun halarci kwaleji, kuma ta sami digiri  a fannin ka'ida / haɗe-haɗe da kuma busa sarewa daga Jami'ar Boston . Daga nan ta kammala karatun digiri na biyu a fannin busa sarewa daga Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Mannes . Coleman ya yi karatun busa sarewa tare da Julius Baker, Alan Weiss, Judith Mendenhall, Doriot Dwyer, da Mark Sparks, kuma ya yi waƙa tare da Martin Amlin da Randall Woolf . 

## Iskar Imani
 
A shekarar 1996, yayin da take ɗaliba, Coleman ta fara shirin ƙungiyar waƙoƙin ɗakin karatu .  Ta zaɓi sunan Imani Winds, Imani ita ce kalmar Swahili don imani,  kuma ta nemi 'yan wasan iskar katako na Ba'amurke 'yan Afirka waɗanda za su iya amfani da kiɗan gargajiya daga asalin al'adu iri ɗaya.  Game da dalilanta na fara ƙungiyar:

Ƙungiyar ta girma zuwa mutane biyar, inda Coleman ke busa sarewa, Toyin Spellman-Diaz ke busa oboe, Monica Ellis ke busa bassoon, Mariam Adam ke busa clarinet, da Jeff Scott ke busa ƙahon Faransa .  Tun daga farko ƙungiyar ta mayar da hankali kan "mawakan da suka yi fice waɗanda ba a wakilta su sosai daga ɓangaren kiɗan zamani na Turai ba."  Sau da yawa wannan waƙa ta ƙunshi kiɗan da al'adu daban-daban suka yi wahayi zuwa gare shi, gami da tasirin kiɗan Afirka, Latin Amurka da Arewacin Amurka. 

A shekara ta 2001, ƙungiyar ta lashe gasar Concert Artists Guild,  kuma a cikin shekaru masu zuwa ta fitar da kundin waƙoƙi guda biyar a duniya a kan lakabin E1 Music (wanda aka fi sani da Koch International Classics), tare da waƙoƙin da yawa da Coleman ya tsara.  Game da matsayin mawaƙansu, *New Orleans Times Picayune* ya ce, "A matsayin ƙungiya, Imani Winds suna haɓaka babban sauti mai wadata wanda ke hulɗa da 'yan wasan gargajiya -- kuma suna nuna halaye masu ƙarfin hali, amsawa a cikin lokaci ɗaya da mutum ke dangantawa da haɗin jazz mai juyawa." 

An nada ƙungiyar mawakan mazauna Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, kuma ta bayyana a manyan ɗakunan kade-kade a faɗin Amurka.  Ƙungiyar ta lashe kyaututtuka daga Artists International da kuma lambar yabo ta ASCAP / WQXR-FM ta 2005 don Shirye-shiryen Adventurous, kuma an karrama ta a kyaututtukan kiɗan Concert na ASCAP na 2007. 

NPR Music ta sanya wa kundin waƙoƙin su *Terra Incognita* suna ɗaya daga cikin "Mafi kyawun Kundin Waƙoƙin Gargajiya na Amurka guda 5 na 2010," tana mai cewa "mambobin Imani Winds sun sami suna wajen faɗaɗa kundin waƙoƙin da aka yi rikodin su da iska mai ƙarfi, amma ta wata hanya mai mahimmanci a al'ada."  A cewar *Cleveland Classical*, "Imani Winds sun sassaka wa kansu wata hanya ta musamman ta shiga duniyar kiɗan ɗakin gargajiya ta hanyar shirye-shiryen ƙirƙira, ayyukan gudanarwa, da ayyukan ilimi, kuma sama da duka, ƙwarewa mai kyau a fannin kiɗa." 

### Bikin Kiɗa na Imani Winds Chamber (IWCMF)
A shekara ta 2009, Coleman ya ƙirƙiro kuma ya ƙirƙiri bikin kiɗa na Imani Winds Chamber, wanda ya ƙunshi shirye-shiryen kiɗa na cibiya da na ɗakin taro a harabar Lincoln Center da ke birnin New York.  Bikin yana jan hankalin masu fasaha daga Amurka da ƙasashen waje.

A shekarar 2012, an ƙara mawaƙa zuwa jerin sunayen mawakan ta hanyar Shirin Mawakan Masu Sauyawa. Ya ƙunshi azuzuwan mawaƙa masu ƙwarewa kamar Mohammed Fairouz da Daniel Bernard Roumain,   kuma ƙungiyar mawakan baƙi sun haɗa da Stefon Harris, Paula Robison, Carol Wincenc, da Stanley Drucker . 

## Aiki na kaɗaici
Coleman ta fara fitowa a matsayin mai busa da mawaƙa a Carnegie Hall a shekarar 2004,  kuma kafin hakan akwai ɗan makarantar Eugenia Zukerman mai busa a Lincoln Center. Coleman kuma ta kasance mai waƙa a bikin Mannes 2000 Bach Festival na Kwalejin Kiɗa ta Mannes .  Ta yi wasanni da kuma gabatarwa a Alice Tully Hall, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Chamber Music Northwest, da Philadelphia Chamber Music Society . 

Waƙoƙinta da ayyukanta suna samun karbuwa akai-akai a tashoshin rediyo na gargajiya a Amurka,  kuma an nuna ta a tashar rediyo ta gargajiya ta New York WQXR .  Ta kuma fito a shirin NPR na *Performance Today*, *All Things Considered*, da *The Ed Gordon Show* ; shirin WNYC na *Soundcheck*, da kuma shirin MPR na *Saint Paul Sunday* .  A watan Afrilun 2008 an nuna ta a *shirin Flutist Quarterly* . 

Ta karɓi kwamitocin daga San Francisco Chamber Orchestra, Brooklyn Philharmonic, The National Hight Association, Hartford Symphony Orchestra, College Band Director National Association, West Michigan Highte Association, da The Hight and Clarinet Duos Consortium. 

Ta kasance malamar ƙungiyar kiɗa ta Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, ta yi aiki a sashen shirin ci gaban kiɗa na makarantar Juilliard da kuma ƙungiyar makaɗa ta makarantu ta New York.  Ta ba da darussan sarewa na musamman a SUNY Purchase, Columbus State, UMass Amherst, Ohio State, Ithaca College, Utah State, Norfolk State, da Hampton University,  Ta kuma kasance mawaƙi/mai busa sarewa a gidanta da Young Audiences NYC, kuma ta kammala aikin jagoranci tare da Brooklyn Philharmonic .  Coleman yana cikin kwamitin ba da shawara na Ƙungiyar Busa Ƙara ta Ƙasa . 

## Waƙoƙi
Coleman ita ce mawaƙin Imani Winds, kodayake ƙungiyar ta haɗa da ayyukan sauran membobi da mawaƙa. Salon Coleman ya haɗa waƙoƙin zamani da nau'ikan waƙoƙi kamar jazz da Afro-Cuban .  Ta ƙara ayyuka da yawa a cikin littafin sarewa, kuma tana ba da gudummawa ga wallafe-wallafen waƙoƙin iska quintet, cikakken makada, iskar katako, tagulla, da kirtani, waɗanda da yawa daga cikinsu International Opus ne ya buga su.

A matsayinta na mai busa sarewa, Valerie Coleman ta rubuta ayyuka da yawa waɗanda suka zama wani ɓangare na kundin sarewa. Ɗaya daga cikin waɗannan waƙoƙin ya haɗa da *Danza de la Mariposa* . Wannan aikin waƙa ce ta sautin da aka rubuta don sarewa kaɗai kuma an yi wahayi zuwa gare ta daga nau'ikan malam buɗe ido daban-daban da ke zaune a faɗin Kudancin Amurka.  Coleman ya kuma rubuta *Amazonia,* wani waƙa ta sarewa da piano. Wannan waƙa ta fara ne da nuna kyawun dazuzzukan Amazon. Duk da haka, waƙar ta fara nuna jigogi masu duhu a cikin waƙoƙin, waɗanda ke wakiltar tasirin lalata da ɓarna da ɗan adam ke da shi akan dazuzzukan Amazon. 

Sau da yawa tana haɗa kiɗa da kalmomin mawakan tarihi da na tarihi, a wasu lokutan tana amfani da jawabai na mutane daban-daban kamar Robert F. Kennedy, A. Philip Randolph da Cesar Chavez . 

Game da fitowarta ta farko a duniya a fim ɗin Painted Lady, jerin waƙoƙi biyu na ƙungiyar makaɗa da soprano da kuma aikinta na farko, The Hartford Courant ta ce "Waƙoƙin suna da haske, tare da harshe mai daɗi amma mai sauƙin fahimta, waɗanda aka ƙawata da sautin waƙa mai daɗi da kuma ɗan ƙaramin salon rawa. Aikin wata babbar baiwa ce, kuma ya kamata a yi rikodin su nan take." Waƙoƙin sun yi amfani da kalmomi daga mawaƙin Afirka-Amurka Margaret Danner .

Waƙarta mai suna *Umoja* (wanda aka sanya mata suna da  ) a shekarar 2002 an jera ta a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin "Manyan Ayyukan Amurka 101" na Chamber Music America .  An fara rera *Umoja* don ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta mata don murnar ranar farko ta Kwanzaa. Tun daga lokacin, Coleman ta shirya *Umoja* da nau'ikan kayan kida iri-iri. Wannan ya haɗa da shirya ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta sarewa, ƙungiyoyi uku na iska, quintet na tagulla, da quartet.  Bugu da ƙari, ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Philadelphia ta shirya *Umoja* don ƙungiyar makaɗa kuma ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Philadelphia Orchestra ta yi ta a shekarar 2019. Wannan shine karo na farko da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Philadelphia Orchestra ta yi wani aiki da wata mawakiyar Afirka 'yar asalin Amurka mai rai ta yi.  *Josephine Baker: Rayuwar Jazz Mai Zafi* a shekarar 2007 ta gano rayuwar Josephine Baker,  ta sami bita mai kyau a cikin *The Philadelphia Inquirer* . 

## Ilimi
A shekarar 2018, an naɗa Coleman a matsayin Mataimakin Farfesa na Ayyuka, Kiɗan Chamber, da Kasuwanci; kuma Daraktan shirin Kiɗan Chamber a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Frost, a Jami'ar Miami (FL). 

A shekarar 2021, an naɗa Coleman a matsayin Clara Mannes Fellow a cikin sashen koyar da waƙoƙi da kuma waƙoƙin sarewa a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Mannes, a Makarantar New York City. 

A shekarar 2024, an naɗa Coleman a matsayin malami a sashen tsara waƙoƙi, wanda ya fara aiki a shekarar karatu ta 2024–25 a Makarantar Juilliard da ke birnin New York. 

## Kyaututtuka

* Kyautar Wombwell ta Bikin Kiɗa na Aspen 
* Kyautar Tunawa da Michelle E. Sahm a Bikin Kiɗa na Tanglewood 
* Haɗu da Kyautar Asusun Tunawa da Edward da Sally Van Lier na Mawakiyar, 2003 
* Kyautar Wombwell Kentucky don karatu a Bikin Kiɗa na Aspen, 2003 
* Kyautar Michelle E. Sahm ga masu sarewa, 2003 
* Na karɓi Asusun Samar da Fasaha da Yawa - tallafin da aka bayar don "tallafa wa sabbin ayyuka masu ƙirƙira a dukkan fannoni da al'adun wasan kwaikwayo." 
* Gasar Fim ta Mata ta Shekara ta 2020 ta Yau 

### Grammys

## Jerin waƙoƙi
Tushe: 

### Guda ɗaya na iska

* 2001: *UMOJA*
* 2002: *magana.* *da kuma canzone*
* 2005: *Wasan Concerto na Afro-Cuban*
* 2006: *Suite: Hotunan Josephine - Motsi 4*
* 2009: *Red Clay da Mississippi Delta - Scherzo*
* 2011: *Tzigane*

; Shirye-shirye

* "Afro Blue - Mongo Santamaria"
* "NKOSI SI KE LEL 'I AFRIKA - Enoch Sontaga"
* *Ruhaniya, Vol.1* (" Duk Lokacin da Na Ji Ruhu ", " Sata Away ", "Ƙaramin Dauda Ya Yi Wasa da Gaya")
* "Ɗaga Muryar Kowa da Kowa"
* Waƙoƙin hutu daban-daban

### Kiɗan ɗakin taro

* 2003: *UMOJA* don sextet na iska
* 2005: *Sonatine don Clarinet da Piano*
* 2006: *Maombi Asante - Addu'ar Godiya* ga sarewa, goge, da cello
* 2006: *Suite: Hotunan Josephine - Ballet a cikin Motsi 8* don tarin ɗakin taro
* 2007: *Suite: Hotunan Langston* don sarewa, clarinet da piano
* 2007: *Titin LENOX* don clarinet, violin, cello, da piano
* 2008: *Des Filmes Epiques* don ƙungiyar iska da igiya
* 2009: *Allahnmu na Abubuwan da Ba Su da Murya* don ƙungiyar mawaƙa, ƙungiyar wind quintet, da ƙungiyar jazz
* 2011: *Four Winds of Ol' Forester* don sarewa, goge, cello da mp3
* 2012: *Rubispheres* na sarewa, clarinet da bassoon
* 2012: *Ruby St. Nola* don busa sarewa uku na C
* *Pontchartrain* don mawakan sarewa

### Ƙungiyar makaɗa

* 2005: *Matar da aka Zana*
* 2018: *Mata Masu Ban Mamaki*
* 2019: *UMOJA*
* 2020: *Ihu Bakwai na Karfe Bakwai*

### Ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta kade-kade

* 2008: *UMOJA*
* 2009: *Roma*
* 2013: *Arabia* don ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta tsakiya

### Busa sarewa ɗaya tilo

* 2011: *Danza de la Mariposa* ( Theodore Presser )

## Kundin Waƙoƙi

### Iskar Imani

; Kundin waƙoƙin studio

* 2002: *Umoja*
* 2005: *Tsarin Karkashin Ƙasa na Gargajiya* ( Kiɗa na E1 )
* 2006: *Iskar Imani* (E1)
* 2007: *Josephine Baker: Rayuwar Jazz Mai Zafi* (E1)
* 2008: *Wannan Kirsimeti tare da Imani Iskoki* (E1)
* 2010: *Terra Incognita* (E1)
* 2013: *Mohammed Fairouz: Mai ba da labari na asali* ( Naxos Records )
* 2013: *Ba tare da Net ba* ( Rubuce-rubucen Blue Note )

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Coleman tana zaune tare da mijinta, Jonathan Page, da 'yarta, Lisa. 

## Manazarta