Shawn Crouch

Here is a reflective composition for a cappella choir that uses overlapping, repetitive homophonic textures which build to an emotional climax. This is a prayer for understanding in difficult times.

Here is a reflective composition for a cappella choir that uses overlapping, repetitive homophonic textures which build to an emotional climax. This is a prayer for understanding in difficult times.

Walt Whitman wrote this poem near the end of his life as he was reflecting on his past and preparing for physical death. The music reflects this as it is both meditative, with passages of quiet homoph...

Walt Whitman wrote this poem near the end of his life as he was reflecting on his past and preparing for physical death. The music reflects this as it is both meditative, with passages of quiet homoph...

Poet and Iraqi war vereran Brian Turner writes moving accounts of the war that are vivid and powerful. Composer Shawn Crouch uses Turner's visceral images of the war but emphasizes the lyrical qualiti...

Poet and Iraqi war vereran Brian Turner writes moving accounts of the war that are vivid and powerful. Composer Shawn Crouch uses Turner's visceral images of the war but emphasizes the lyrical qualiti...

This is a meditative composition which uses ascending scale patterns to support an arching melodic line. This gives way to homophonic clouds of soft dissonances which build to a climax before receding...

Moved by the tragedy of countless school shootings in the United States, the composer asked himself what would happen if I lost my son in an act of violence. The words of this composition are an expre...

Moved by the tragedy of countless school shootings in the United States, the composer asked himself what would happen if I lost my son in an act of violence. The words of this composition are an expre...

Combining the Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila with the well known Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi here we have text that is at once comforting and declamatory. The music begins simply and builds t...

Combining the Prayer of St. Teresa of Avila with the well known Peace Prayer of St. Francis of Assisi here we have text that is at once comforting and declamatory. The music begins simply and builds t...

With a text excerpted from the poignant and insightful Wordsworth poem, composer Shawn Crouch has crafted music that flows as if one long line or brushstroke of continuous sound.