Coral Douglas

The music of Coral Douglas (b. 1999, they/them) cultivates dreamlike soundworlds, inviting audiences to imagine and fantasize. Douglas' work is informed by somatic methodologies, exploring embodiment, semiotics, and social imagination, and playing with how musical form might shape expectation and desire over time. Douglas' recent projects thematically engage with queerness, environmental conservation, and the attention economy.

Coral has written for TAK Ensemble, Dither Quartet, Splinter Reeds, loadbang, the Rhythm Method, the Trace Chamber Society, Stolen Time, Dawn Upshaw, and Louis Raymond-Kolker. Douglas has premiered works at the Lucerne Festival, Darmstädter Ferienkurse, CCI//Sessions, the Washington State University Festival of Contemporary Art Music, and the MMRC/MARC Festival. Douglas is the recipient of the 2023 Pauline Oliveros New Genre Prize, a NYYS 2022 Commission, and the Ida M. Vreeland Award.

Beyond composition, Coral is active as a photographer and visual artist. Douglas firmly believes in the necessity of diverse, engaging music education.

Coral is a DMA Composition candidate at Cornell University, studying at Columbia University for 2026-27. They hold an M.M in Music Composition from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and a B.M. in Composition and Audio Engineering from LaGrange College. Coral has studied with Elizabeth Ogonek, Marcos Balter, Seth Cluett, and Du Yun.