Shawn
Crouch
Composer
"a gifted young composer" - Gramophone Magazine
Music for Large Ensemble


City Columns (2008) 9'
For chamber orchestra
Recorded by the Moravian Philharmonic
Vit Micka, conductor
Navona Records

The Road from Hiroshima, A Requiem (2005) 50'
For chamber orchestra, choir, children's choir, soprano and baritone soloists. First performance 5/14/05, Miami FL. Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor. Commissioned by Seraphic Fire Chamber Orchestra and Choir.
Introit (complete)

Kyrie (complete)

Pie Jesu (complete)

Sanctus (excerpt)
     Every Year (excerpt)

Every Month (complete)

In Paradisum (complete)

My Metropolitan Sky (2010) 6'
For wind ensemble
Commissioned and premiered by the Mount View Middle School Wind Ensemble; Shelly Williams, conductor
Recorded by the 2011 Maryland Junior All State Wind Ensemble, Shelly Williams, conductor

Three Meditations on an Infinite Landscape (1999) 20'
Concerto for soprano saxophone, piano, bass, percussion and chamber orchestra.
First performance 5/2/99 Boston, MA.


Choral


The Garden of Paradise (2009) 16’
A Motet for 12 Voices
Commissioned and premiered by Chanticleer
First performances March 17-22, 2009
Text: Brian Turner and Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (as selected and translated by Dr. Majid Naini)
Chant-I. Mihrab
Chorale No. 1
A Soldier's Arabic
     Chorale 2-III. Sadiq- Chorale 3
Lullaby
Recorded by Chanticleer on their album, "Best of Chanticleer", Rhino Records, Catalog # 8443
Mihrab


On Winter Afternoons (2006) 12'
For double choir and piano. First performance 12/15/06. Patrick Dupre Quigley, conductor. Commissioned by Seraphic Fire Chamber Choir. Text: Walt Whitman/Emily Dickinson.

Movement III-IV: "Thee for my Recitative/These are the days when birds come back"

Sun Tracks (2009) 4'
Commission and Premiered by the Syracuse Children's Choir, Barbara Tagg conductor
For unison treble chorus and piano
First Performance May 1, 2010
Three Native American Poems by Atoni (Choctaw), Eda Louw Walton, and Peggy Windsor Garnett

Sleepless (2008) 10’
For choir and bass clarinet. First performance 11/1/2009.
Dr. Mark Shapiro, Conductor
Commissioned by Cantori New York.
Text: Dana Gioia, Charles Simic and Larry Woiwode
Movement II: Insomnia


This Morning (2002) 14'
Song cycle for soprano solo, oboe, bass clarinet, cello and marimba. First performed at Yale University, New Haven, CT. Text: Harriet Levin.
Buoyancy (complete)

Orange and Purple (complete)
     This Morning I Went As Far (excerpt)


The Light of Common Day (2009) 5’
For choir and piano. First performance 3/7/2009.
Tom Cunningham, conductor
Commissioned by the Manhattan Choral Ensemble


Chamber Ensemble


Adolescent Psychology (2007) 7’
For flute, clarinet, violin, cello, vibraphone/crotales, and piano
Commissioned by the California EAR Unit
First performance at the Colly Soleri Music Center at Arcosanti, AZ

The Art of Awakening (2000) 10'
For flute, Bb clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello. First performance 7/5/2000 Dublin, MA. Non Sequitur ensemble. Commissioned by the Walden School.

I Could Believe in Gods (2006) 8'
For string quartet. First performed 7/9/06 Dublin, NH. Del Sol Strong Quartet. Commissioned by the Walden School

The Naked Mind (2005) 7.5
For saxophone quartet. First performance 7/10/05 Dublin NH. Prism Quartet. Commissioned by the Walden School
Naked Mind

Suspended Contact (1999) 10'
For saxophone and percussion. First performance 12/5/99 Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. Yesaroun Duo. Commissioned by the Yesaroun' Duo.
Suspended Contact (excerpt)

Transitional Silence (2001) 10'
For flute, Bb clarinet/bass clarinet, piano, percussion, violin and cello. First performance 7/6/01 Norfolk, CT. Eighth Blackbird Ensemble.


Solo


Brimfield Suite (1997) 8'
For piano. First performance 7/9/97 New York, NY.

Dancing Columns (1998) 7.5'
For marimba. First performance 11/17/99 Jordan Hall, Boston, MA. Commissioned by percussionist Matthew Massie.


Solo Vocal


Between the Breasts (2004) 15'
For mezzo-soprano, violin, cello, and piano. First performance 3/15/05 New York, NY. Commissioned by vocalist Betany Coffland. Text: e.e.cummings.

Moving with the Gods (2000) 10'
For mezzo-soprano and chamber ensemble. (piano reduction available) First performance 5/14/2000 Jordan Hall, Boston MA. Commissioned by vocalist Betany Coffland. Text: Shawn Crouch


Music for Theater and Dance


Add+ic=tion (2003) 7'
For computer. Commissioned by the Dodge Dance Company, New York, NY.

De La Luz (2004) 7.5'
For solo cello. Written for the Dodge Dance Company.

Incidental Music for King Lear (2003)
For chamber orchestra. Written in collaboration with Shakespeare and Company, Lenox MA.
Lear Entrance

Traitor Music

Fool
     Loud Brass Riot

Eclipse

Traitor Chase #2

Porch Light Project (2000) 7'
For computer. Commissioned by dancers Jeffery Smith and Julia Altschuler

Protelophase (1999) 12'
For two clarinets and two saxophones. First performance 4/31/99, Boston, MA. Commissioned by dancers Jeffery Smith and Julia Altschuler

Symphony Sam (2003) 1'
Theme song to television program Symphony Sam



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