Rosśa Crean
Composing and creating music with a focus on the evocative and lyrical, Rosśa Crean (they/them) began their professional career as a Bass-Baritone, specializing in avant-garde and Contemporary Classical music. As a synesthete, Crean occasionally creates projects that focus on neurological responses between sound, color, and emotional states. It has most recently been featured in their American Prize winning opera, "The Great God Pan," where the prepared piano notes were notated with specific color designations. Their most recent work, “The Priestess of Morphine,” a monodrama in song cycle style, was commissioned and premiered by the International Museum of Surgical Science in Chicago in June 2019. A prolific collaborator, Crean has received commissions from and worked with numerous artists, including The Mozart Players at Oberlin College, Loyola University Museum of Art, and The New Consort. They are a recording artist with the Navona/Naxos label.
Watch Rosśa’s commissioned works here! You can find more on our YouTube playlist from the 2019-20 World Premiere Concert.
“I Belong” - words by Nina Szabo - Music by Rosśa Crean - performed by Emma Smart and Christina Giuca
“Freedom of Mind” - words by Aarush Srivastava - Music by Rosśa Crean - performed by Nicholas Ward and Christina Giuca
“How will you speak into the world?” - words by Aarush Srivastava - Music by Rosśa Crean - performed by Nicholas Ward and Christina Giuca
“Voice of Freedom” - words by Aarush Srivastava - Music by Rosśa Crean - performed by Nicholas Ward and Christina Giuca