Senior Lecturer Dr Bruce Crossman
- Biography
- Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
- Grants / Current Projects
- Awards and Recognition
- Publications
- Other Activities
- Contact Details
Biography
Crossman is a composer-scholar with eclectic interests across visual arts, poetry and music (classical, world and popular music) with a focus on Pacific-European musical identity. He holds research degrees from three countries (Australia, United Kingdom and New Zealand) and has achieved international recognition with performances in Australasia, Asia, Europe and the USA. Highlights include working with the Kanagawa Philharmonic (Japan), Korean Symphony Orchestra, and New Asia String Quartet at the Pacific Rim Music Festival in the USA.
National recognition has come from Australia and New Zealand with awards and composer residencies. Highlights include a Finalist Nomination in the APRA-Australian Music Centre Classical Music Awards and the Mozart Fellowship at Otago University.
Crossman has organized multiple research projects linking practice and scholarship with international linkage and publication outcomes (performance-based and refereed). Highlights include working with Grawemeyer Award winner Chinary Ung (USA) at Aurora Festival 2008.
As a scholar he is interested creative reflective-practice and has published several articles and edited books linking traditional musics of the Pacific Rim with European compositional techniques; one highlight includes co-editing Music of the Spirit: Asian-Pacific Musical Identity with Michael Atherton.
Crossman is an experienced teacher who has held multiple academic positions and supervised many postgraduates.
Areas of Research / Teaching Expertise
Music Composition, Intercultural Music (especially with Korea, the Philippines), Reflective-Practice Writing
Grants / Current Projects
Visiting Composer in Residence, California State University, San Bernardino at A Confluence of Cultures: Music of the Pacific Rim, May 2009
Designated Chief Researcher (DCR), International Research Initiatives Scheme — Music of the Spirit Project, University of Western Sydney, 2007-08 with co-researchers: Professor Michael Atherton (UWS) and Professor Chinary Ung (University of California, San Diego) at Aurora Festival 2008
Curator and Co-Convener, The Intercultural Event, University of Western Sydney, Riverside Theatres and Parramatta Heritage Centre at Aurora Festival 2006
Awards and Recognition
Vice-Chancellor's Excellence Awards, University of Western Sydney 2008: Highly Commended, Postgraduate Research Training and Supervision
APRA-Australian Music Centre Classical Music Awards, 2007:
Finalist Nomination, Vocal or Choral Work of the Year
Albert H. Maggs Composition Award, 2005, The University of Melbourne, Commendation
Foundation Orchestra Association Annual International Composition Competition 2004, Nevada, United States, Honorable Mention
Corbould Composition Competition 1996-Queensland Philharmonic Orchestra, Winner
Mozart Fellow 1992, Music Department, University of Otago
Fellow in Composition, 1990 Pacific Music Festival, Sapporo, Japan
Composer in Residence 1987, Nelson School of Music, New Zealand
Publications
Creative Works
CD: Resophonica / improvisation by Atherton and Crossman, Publications by Wirripang, 2009.
CD: Double Resonances / music by Bruce Crossman, Publications by Wirripang, 2008.
Double Resonances (piano and percussion), published: Wollongong, Publications by Wirripang, 2008
After-Resonance Blues (piano), published: Wollongong, Publications by Wirripang, 2005
Fierce Tranquillity (violin, viola, cello), published: Wollongong, Publications by Wirripang, 2004
Daragang Magayon Cantata (mezzo-soprano and piano), published: Wollongong, Publications by Wirripang, 2006
Sound Rituals (orchestra), published: Sydney, Australian Music Centre, 2000
Colour Resonances and Dance (orchestra), published: Sydney, Australian Music Centre, 2000
Books/Chapters
Atherton, Michael and Bruce Crossman (eds.). Music of the Spirit: Asian-Pacific Musical Identity. Sydney: Australian Music Centre, 2008.
"Spiritual Essences: Sounds of an Asian-Pacific Place, Personality and Spirit in Double Resonances." Music of the Spirit: Asian-Pacific Musical Identity. Sydney: Australian Music Centre, 2008.
Macarthur, Sally, Bruce Crossman and Ronaldo Morelos (eds.). Intercultural Music: Creation and Interpretation. Sydney: Australian Music Centre, 2006
"Moving Between Things: Heaven and Hell, Visual and Sonic Gestures Towards Transcendent Oneness." Intercultural Music: Creation and Interpretation. Sydney: Australian Music Centre, 2006
Journal Articles
"The Artist's Viewpoint: Asian-Australian Resonances" TAASA Review (The Journal of The Asian Arts Society of Australia) 14.2 (2005): 16-17
"Sounding the Ritual of Sensual Rebellion: Pacific-European Resonances." Leonardo Music Journal 12 (2002): 63-65
Other Activities
Performances
Fierce Tranquillity, Asian Contemporary Music Festival/Tongyeong International Music Festival, Next Mushroom Promotion (vn, va, vc), Tongyeong Arts Center, Korea, 28 March 2009
Double Resonances: Bernadette Balkus (piano), Claire Edwardes (percussion), Music of the Spirit, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, Aurora Festival, 19 April 2008
In Gentleness and Suddenness: James Franklin (shakuhachi performer), Brunei Gallery Theatre, SOAS, University of London, 21 July, 2006
Daragang Magayon Cantata: Lotte Latukefu (m-sop), Merlinda Bobis (dancer/chanter) and Ian Munro (pf), Aurora Festival, Riverside Theatres Parramatta, April 2006
Fierce Tranquillity: Pacific Rim Music Festival Commission, New Asia String Quartet (Kum Ho Quartet, Korea), UCSC Recital Hall, Santa Cruz, May 1 2005
Colour Resonances and Dance: Korean Symphony Orchestra/Sung Kwak, Seoul Arts Center, Asian Contemporary Music Festival, May 2002
Sound Rituals: Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra/Kazufumi Yamashita, Minato Mirai Hall, Yokohama, Asian Music Week, August 2000
Engagement
Coordinator, Creative Explosion in the West, with Michael Atherton and Ensemble Offspring, University of Western Sydney, October 2009
Coordinator, Intercultural Creativity: Asian-American-Australian Sound-Dance and Multi-media Connections, University of Western Sydney, 15-16 July, 2004
