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Composition
As a composer, Neil is influenced rhythmically by Stravinsky and Bartok and harmonically by Schnittke. The first piece of Schnittke he heard was a cello sonata and this inspired him to write his own cello sonata. Neil also enjoys writing in the style of the classical masters. At St John’s, Smith Square and at a recent Purcell Room debut, Neil performed one of his own piano pieces, Black. He has recently premiered a set of duet variations on Beethoven’s, Ode to Joy, written in the style of Beethoven. Neil has a number of compositions available for performance including piano sonatas, preludes, a cello sonata, guitar pieces, violin pieces, a trumpet concerto, songs, string quartets, a symphony, pieces for flute/alto and piano, flute oboe and clarinet, flute violin and piano and a ballet. Neil is also very happy to undertake commissions. "A creative mind of considerable accomplishment" "Thoroughly absorbing, it gave
the overall impression of accelerated Skryabinism, very much the product of a
pianist-composer, particularly when bearing in mind its concern with colour"
Margaret Murphy Management, 28 Windsor Road, Wanstead, London E11 3QU. Tel/Fax: 0181 989 1357 E-mail: shaun.margaret.murphy@virgin.net
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Neil Crossland divides his time between
performing and composing. A graduate and major prizewinner of the Royal College of Music,
Neil was awarded numerous prizes for composition and had the satisfaction of seeing many
of his works performed by the RCM Orchestra. Neil studied composition with Edwin Roxburgh
and Timothy Salter. His composition awards included the Joseph Horowitz prize for the best
composition of piano music and the Major van Someron Godfrey prize for the best portfolio
of English Songs and the Adrian Cruft prize for the best composition and performance of
his first String Quartet.
