Elizabeth Crawford is Associate Professor of Clarinet at
Ball State University. In addition to teaching studio clarinet, pedagogy and
literature, she is also a member of the Musical Arts Quintet. A native of
Louisville, Kentucky, she holds a Bachelor of Music,
magna
cum laude, from Furman University, the Master of Music degree from
The University of Michigan School of Music, and a doctorate from The Florida
State University College of Music. A member of the Jacksonville Symphony
Orchestra for ten years, she has also worked with the Baltimore Chamber
Orchestra, the Annapolis Symphony, the Monterey Symphony, the Colorado Music
Festival, Baltimore Opera Orchestra, and currently performs regularly with the
Indianapolis Symphony and the Fort Wayne Philharmonic. While living in the
United Kingdom from 2002-2005, she was a finalist for several bass clarinet
orchestra positions and performed extensively with the Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, the Philharmonia Orchestra, the BBC Philharmonic, the BBC National
Orchestra of Wales, the City of Birmingham Orchestra, the Royal Liverpool
Philharmonic, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. She has recorded for
the BBC, the Philharmonia Orchestra with Robert Craft, and in sessions at Abbey
Road, Angel, and Olympic studios in London. She was co-producer of the Musical
Arts Quintet’s new CD of works by American composers,
American
Breeze, recently
released on the Albany Records label (TROY 1369).
In 1995, her performance at the International Clarinet Association’s conference
was included on a “Highlights from ClarinetFest ‘95” CD, one of only a few
performances selected from the conference. Dr. Crawford continues to perform
frequently at ICA conferences and, in addition, is the Indiana State Chair for
the International Clarinet Association and the coordinator of the High School
Clarinet Competition. She has also
performed at conferences of the International Double Reed Society, the National
Flute Association and been a soloist with the Ball State Symphony Orchestra,
the Ball State Wind Ensemble, the Brevard Music Center Orchestra, the
Jacksonville Symphony, and the prestigious Robert Marcellus master classes.
She has performed in some of the worlds’ major concert halls such as the
Kennedy Center, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, the
Royal Albert Hall, the Concertgebouw, the Zurich Tonhalle, La Scala, and for
the Maggio Musicale in Florence. Her teachers include David Breeden, Dr. Robert
Chesebro, Dr. Frank Kowalsky, Dr. John Mohler, Theodore Johnson, and Fred
Ormand. Dr. Crawford has taught clarinet at the Florida Community College at
Jacksonville; Jacksonville University; the University of North Florida; the
Robert Louis Stevenson School in Monterey; the Hill House School in London; the
Blue Lake Fine Arts camp; and the Music for All summer program.