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Shawn Crouch, Suspended Contact (1999)
Suspended Contact was written in 1999 for the yesaroun' Duo and was premiered in December of that year at the New England Conservatory. In June 2001, Suspended Contact won the Percussive Arts Society's Composition Competition. It is published with Honey Rock Publication. The composer provides the following note:
"I recently have been interested with the details involved in phenomenons of nature. The experience one has when watching a tree bend in the wind, the movement of a wave, or listening to the sound of breath all stem from improvised phenomenons. Suspended Contact is an attempt to create a reflection of what happens at the point in which a drop of water lands on a pond or stream. I want to suspend the experience, describe all the subtle nuances in the greatest detail, while juxtaposing its presence within an urban world. The percussion and saxophone have been organized to create movement from very fast, energetic, high metallic timbres associated with the colors green, blue, and yellow; to the grounded sounds of the toms, wood-block, and low range of the saxophone, pertaining to the colors orange, brown, and red. Suspended Contact is music that stems from nature while at the same time exploring our participation within it."
Anthony Tomssini of the New York Times describes Shawn Crouch's work as music of "gnarling atonal energy" Shawn Crouch, composer, conductor, educator, and pianist, has had his works performed by the Eighth Blackbird ensemble, the Prism Saxophone Quartet, the Non Sequitur, ensemble, and the yesaroun' Duo. He has worked in collaboration with dance choreographers Julia Altschuler, Jeffrey Smith, and Cynthia Stephens, as well as in collaboration with the dance and art collaborative; Ensemble Suspension.
In June 2000, Mr. Crouch completed a two-year internship with New England Conservatory's Learning Through Music program where he conducted portfolio research and assessment under the direction of Lyle Davidson and Dr. Larry Scripp.
Shawn Crouch has studied composition with Ezra Laderman, Malcolm Peyton, and John Bavicci. He has attended the Berklee College of Music, the Norfolk Festival, and The Peabody Preparatory studying classical/jazz piano, composition, and horn. Mr. Crouch received his BM in composition from the New England Conservatory with honors and distinction, and is currently a candidate for the M.M. in composition from Yale University. Shawn Crouch currently serves on the faculty at the Walden School in Dublin, New Hampshire.
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