Tim Crawford
About
Welcome! I offer piano lessons from my home in Chester County, PA and accompanying services in the surrounding area. I have a great deal of experience in teaching and performing.
Bio:
Tim Crawford is a pianist and accompanist based in the Philadelphia region, with extensive experience in both opera and instrumental music. He has performed approximately 80 complete operas at the piano and has worked widely as a vocal accompanist and opera coach. Additionally, Tim has a great deal of experience teaching piano to students of all ages.
Tim began studying piano around the age of 11. By 13, he had taught himself Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata in its entirety, which he performed at the Academy of Music in Philadelphia. At 18, he began serious piano studies with Dr. Steven Herbert Smith. He later earned a Master of Music degree in solo piano performance from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, NY, where he held both a scholarship and a graduate assistantship in collaborative piano.
As a performer, Tim has appeared as a soloist and accompanist in the United States—including at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Lincoln Center in New York—as well as in Canada, Germany, Austria, and Italy. His favorite musical activities include unearthing neglected works and manuscripts from the past and bringing them to performance, as well as composing his own music.
Tim has written over 200 works for piano, voice, and chorus, several of which have been performed.