Michael Shingo Crawford is a Tokyo-based composer whose work tackles quirky subject matter with a tinge of the supernatural, often drawing inspiration from his Japanese heritage. Michael’s compositions have been presented by performers including the Network for New Music, PRISM Quartet, Sound Energy Trio, Philadelphia Orchestra Musicians, and the Vega String Quartet. Michael holds a Masters in Music Composition from Temple University and a Bachelors in Violin Performance from Emory University.
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A Fantastical Flight | violin duo violin violin | A Fantastical Flight transports the listener into a dream where he is airborne, unfettered by reason. . . | ||
Aberrant Bourrée | violin piano cello | Aberrant Bourrée is a reimagining of the bourrée that departs from the traditional dance. While it incorporates . . . | ||
Agnostic Symbol | wind quintet flute oboe bassoon clarinet french horn | Agnostic Symbol is inspired by Salvador Dalí’s painting of the same name. A desolate landscape opens. . . | ||
Bicycle | bassoon piano | This piece explores a bicycle’s gear mechanism through overlapping lines that move at differing rates. . . . | ||
Blossoms in the Dead of Winter | piano trio violin piano cello | Blossoms in the Dead of Winter is inspired by the imagery found in a scene from the 2005 anime series, . . . | ||
Derive | flute piano | Derive turns to equations and differential calculus for pitch material. The first movement uses the equation . . . | ||
E-scape Party | violin | Virtual reality (VR) is a quickly developing technology that brings its users into an immersive digital . . . | ||
Einstein's Dreams | flute bassoon cello percussion | Einstein’s Dreams is based on Alan Lightman’s novel of the same name. This fictional narrative consists . . . | ||
Following | trombone piano | Following is loosely based on “Following Piece” by the performance artist Vito Acconci. The music plays . . . | ||
Love Mobile | violin | Love Mobile was inspired by the first couple of months I spent driving around Pennsylvania and New Jersey . . . | ||
mono no aware | violin piano | Mono no aware is a Japanese phrase roughly translating to the "pathos of things" or "empathy toward things." . . . | ||
Parallax | piano | This composition explores the concept of parallax, the perceived difference in the position of multiple . . . | ||
Peeck at the Kil | flute | Jan Peeck was a Dutch trader who was the first European to make contact with Native Americans in the. . . | ||
Portraits | violin viola cello violin string quartet | Portraits is a string quartet in which each of the four movements is a depiction of one of the principal . . . | ||
Rainbow Chaser | violin piano cello | Rainbow Chaser is inspired by a story of a man enraptured and spellbound by the sight of a rainbow. The . . . | ||
Reconstructive Variations on Deep River | violin piano cello flute clarinet percussion | Reconstructive Variations on Deep River is a set of continuous variations on the spiritual, “Deep River.” . . . | ||
River Lights | violin | This is an original composition inspired by a nighttime walk along a riverbank while lights from the. . . | ||
shinrin-yoku | violin piano | shinrin-yoku, or “forest bathing,” is a Japanese word referring to the activity of spending time in natural . . . | ||
Shrouded | reed quintet saxophone bass clarinet bassoon clarinet oboe | Skyscrapers piercing through an unending expanse of impenetrable morning fog, their concealed foundations . . . | ||
Strolling Aroma | violin | Imagine if the scents that you smell on a daily basis were sentient beings that could move about at their . . . | ||
Sylvan Nights | percussion percussion quartet | Sylvan Nights depicts the sounds of nocturnal insects, resounding throughout a forest. The calls of these . . . | ||
teru teru bouzu | violin piano cello soprano flute clarinet | teru teru bouzu is a resetting of the text from a Japanese children’s song of the same name. The lyrics . . . | ||
Wistful Autumn Nights | violin piano | The text for Wistful Autumn Nights draws from Clay MacCauley’s English translation of Ogura Hyakunin-Isshu. . . . |