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Jordan Crick
@jordan-crick.bsky.social
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Composer・作曲家

Kobe, Japan 📍神戸市

Contemporary classical music with generous helpings of schmaltz

Here’s my Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/KHXQjyx1SJvz2mSu6

Here's my Bandcamp: https://jordancrick.bandcamp.com
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Jordan Crick @jordan-crick.bsky.social · Oct 23
I don’t have many actual recordings of my work but this one by the amazing violist Martin Outram is probably the best!

I’d be grateful for any feedback/unadulterated praise anyone might have 👍
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I've finally finished the orchestration of the other song and have uploaded it to Soundcloud. I'll put the program notes below👇

(Likes/reposts are tantamount to thunderous applause)

'Two English Poems for Voice and Orchestra'

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Two English Poems for Voice and Orchestra
These two songs were written whilst I was a student and were originally clumsily arranged for voice and chamber ensemble, before being quietly put to one side once the initial flush of pride had turne
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December 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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My short story “Moult” which is written in both English and Malay is now reprinted in @innerworlds.bsky.social in very good company!

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Moult by Anita Harris Satkunananthan
I shed my skin every seven years. I never realise it till long after the act of shedding has taken place.
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November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: III Serenade by Paul Verlaine

#classicalmusic
#newmusic
#composer

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Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: III 'Serenade' by Paul Verlaine
Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: III ‘Serenade’ by Paul Verlaine Comme la voix d’un mort qui chanterait 
Du fond de sa fosse,
 Entends monter vers ton retrait
 Ma voix aigre et
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December 13, 2024 at 2:48 AM
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Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: II “Même quands nous dormons…” by Paul Eluard

#classicalmusic
#newmusic
#composer

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Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: II 'Même quand nous dormons' by Paul Eluard
Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: II 'Même quand nous dormons' by Paul Eluard Même quand nous dormons nous veillons l’un sur l’autre
 Et cet amour plus lourd que le fruit mûr d’u
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December 13, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: I ‘Green’ by Paul Verlaine

#classicalmusic
#newmusic
#composer

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Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: I 'Green' by Paul Verlaine
Three French Songs for Soprano and Chamber Orchestra: I 'Green' by Paul Verlaine Voici des fruits, des fleurs, des feuilles et des branches Et puis voici mon cœur qui ne bat que pour vous. Ne le déch
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December 13, 2024 at 2:44 AM
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Hello new followers 👋

I made this account to force me to promote the music I write so if you like contemporary classical music (with a Romantic tinge) then please feel free to check out my Soundcloud. It’s mainly mock ups at the moment but hopefully that changes at some point!

#classicalmusic
November 11, 2024 at 3:54 AM
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'Clair de lune' by Claude Debussy (orch. J. Crick)

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'Clair de lune' by Debussy (orch. J. Crick), by Jordan Crick
track by Jordan Crick
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May 31, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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Keats Song for Soprano and Orchestra, by J. Crick

(Programme notes below ⬇️ )

#classical #music #contemporaryclassical #composer
#soprano #orchestra

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Keats Song for Soprano and Orchestra
Keats Song for Soprano and Orchestra, by J. Crick (
on.soundcloud.com
October 18, 2024 at 3:41 AM
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If you have two minutes spare, feel free to give my ‘Japanese Miniature for Solo Flute’ a listen and a like!

(Also feel free to think how much better an actual recording with rubato would sound)
March 26, 2025 at 2:58 AM
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Yesterday I got a surprising amount of plays on Soundcloud so to whoever listened: thank you! 🥹

If you’re wondering what they were listening to, here’s my Soundcloud:

on.soundcloud.com/KHXQjyx1SJvz...
Jordan Crick
•Composer/orchestrator •Songs, chamber music, orchestral music, opera
on.soundcloud.com
June 1, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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'Adagio for Orchestra'

An orchestration of my piece for viola ensemble, full of passionate melody and crunchy suspensions.

Please listen, like and repost! (Headphones recommended)

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Adagio for Orchestra
Adagio for Orchestra
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April 24, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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If you enjoy my posts and games about movies and film music, I ask you to take just 30 seconds to read this.
And on Giving Tuesday, it would mean the world to me if you - my followers and friends here on Bluesky - could help us in any way you can at connorfund.org
Peace.
#givingtuesday #mentalhealth
Late November has arrived, and with it, thoughts of being together with loved ones in the days and weeks ahead. December 15th is the day our son, Connor, would’ve been celebrating his 32nd birthday. In 2020, we lost him to his struggles with mental health issues and substance use. We began The Connor Sheehan Fund to provide support for programs that help teens, their families, and schools to identify mental health issues and substance use disorders among young people, and to promote awareness, communication and education about youth mental health in our communities. Visit our page at connorfund.org to learn about what we have accomplished so far. And if you are able, please help us do even more in 2026 by giving whatever you can. Thank you, Dan
November 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Hearing it live only confirms what I already knew: Ravel’s Daphnis & Chloe is a masterpiece and I would gladly listen to it every day, forever

(Osaka Philharmonic & Charles Dutoit)
Charles Dutoit and the Osaka Philharmonic onstage after playing the socks off Daphnis & Chloe
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Including some new music for wind orchestra by me!!
composersed.bsky.social Composers Edition @composersed.bsky.social · 20d
New music for wind ensemble! Whether you go by ‘wind band’, ‘concert band’, ‘wind orchestra’, or something else, Composers Edition’s Isa Gibbs introduces a selection of great pieces for you
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Contemporary Repertoire for Wind Orchestra - What's New
Composers Edition's Isa Gibbs introduces a selection of great pieces for large wind ensembles, wind band, concert band & wind orchestra.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Have you pleasure from looking at the sky? Have you pleasure from poems?
November 12, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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c.org/qZcXBxHHGG Sign to show your anger and disappointment in the decisions taken at the University of Nottingham, where Music and Modern Languages are being cut.
Sign the Petition
Stop the suspension of undergraduate music courses at The University of Nottingham
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November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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New video just up on my YouTube channel: it's the 'Tango' from my Partita Contrafacta, brilliantly played by @matthewmillsmusic.bsky.social. Please have a listen!

(It's based on an unlikely Bach source-piece, hard to spot I reckon.)

#classicalmusic
Bernard Hughes - 'Tango' from Partita Contrafacta
YouTube video by Bernard Hughes
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November 5, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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I started a Bandcamp (even though I have no idea if it's useful for classical composers) so if anyone is active over there please follow, like etc. etc. Thanks!

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Japanese Miniature for Flute, by Jordan Crick
track by Jordan Crick
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May 17, 2025 at 2:38 AM
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What better way to celebrate Keats’ birthday than by listening to my ‘Keats Song for Soprano and Orchestra’?

(*This is a shameless plug)
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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What better way to celebrate Keats’ birthday than by listening to my ‘Keats Song for Soprano and Orchestra’?

(*This is a shameless plug)
October 31, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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While Mov. 1 and 4 get all the love in Mahler’s 9th (perhaps rightly so), I think Mov. 2 is an incredible example of Mahler’s ability to endlessly reshape and recombine motivic material.

(Also, it’s a lot of fun)
The opening page of Mahler 9, mov. 2
October 29, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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This happened again…
jordan-crick.bsky.social Jordan Crick @jordan-crick.bsky.social · Jan 4
Randomly heard some Mahler a few days ago so now inevitably the fires have been lit and I have to listen to the symphonies. Again. For maybe the 1000th time.

This music is at the core of everything I write. If I had a bone marrow test, it would read: “100% Mahler”

#classicalmusic
October 29, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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I have a new work just released. Score and parts are distributed through Universal Edition. The preface of the score contains a hymn sheet of Broadhurst's poems with his commentary. The video score here has audio produced from NotePerformer4 software.

youtu.be/39-aa7VhsH0
Songs of Youth - A Cycle of Dreams (for tenor voice, cello & piano)
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
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October 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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A recording of the premiere performance of my Bamboo and Silk Tango. It was presented on a concert in 2008 as part of the Afternoon of Shakuhachi and Koto Music series in Boston by two exceptional masters of these instruments: youtu.be/sPpccwx44gQ
Bamboo and Silk Tango (for shakuhachi & koto)
YouTube video by Martin Max Schreiner
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July 6, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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Thinking about writing/rewriting program notes for the pieces I have on Soundcloud and I’ve remembered something:

Writing program notes for your own pieces is hard…

(Maybe because I automatically assume no one is interested in the piece in the first place 😂)

Any advice is welcome
October 29, 2025 at 1:15 AM