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Zachary Crawford

Orchestral Composer

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Year
2022-2025
Scoring
Piccolo Flute I Flute II Clarinet in A/Bb I Clarinet in A/Bb II Oboe I Oboe II English Horn/Oboe III Bassoon I Bassoon II Bassoon III Horn in F I Horn in F III Horn in F II Horn in F IV Trumpet in C I Trumpet in C II Trumpet in C III Trumpet in C IV Trombone I Trombone II Bass Trombone Tuba Timpani Chimes Triangle Sleigh Bells Glockenspiel Vibraslap Mark Tree Bass Drum Snare Drum Suspended Cymbal Woodblocks Handbells Celesta Violin I Violin II Viola Violoncello Contrabass
Duration
31:19

Crawford Suite "The Ornaments"

For Full Orchestra

Description

Crawford always does a daily at-home Christmas concert. He usually composes or arranges Christmas pieces and plays it on every instrument in an orchestra. In 2025, he wanted to change the tradition. He decided to not just play an arrangement of “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, but he also decided to compose a Christmas suite. Since he knew his Christmas of 2025 would be the most hardworking, he decided to work on it early.

He began working on it during the summer. He used instruments he never composed in his life so it was challenging. For the finale, he decided to make a tribute to himself by using the first One-Man band Christmas composition as the finale. That year of Christmas was his most favorite Christmas ever.

This piece has jolly Oboe, English horn, Celesta, Handbell, Timpani, Low Strings, Flute, Low Brass, Piccolo, Viola, Mallet, Violin, Crash Cymbal, English Horn, Trumpet, Horn and more excerpts.

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Crawford Suite No. 2 "The Ornaments" Full Score + Audio (opens in a new tab)

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