Flutist Barry J. Crawford is a member of the Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players in New York City and the international touring group, Poetica Musica, with whom he has performed and given master classes in over 16 countries. He regularly performs as a guest artist with some of New York's leading ensembles. The New York Sun reported, "Mr. Crawford is a musician with guts….and brought a robust flute sound ... Crawford always performs with steely accuracy and a superb, singing tone". The Southampton Press said of his performance, "… Crawford's playing was superb. I admired his tone, his phrasing and breath control, and the joy-giving communicative quality of his playing ... Crawford is a superb flutist with a silvery tone, exquisite phrasing, and a fluid deftness". He has participated in numerous internationally recognized music festivals, such as Mostly Mozart, the Lincoln Center Festival, the Spoleto Festival in Spoleto, Italy, and the Pablo Casals Festival in San Juan, Puerto Rico Crawford is a staff member at the Composers Conference at Wellesley College, an Affiliate Teaching Artist at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, NY, and assistant adjunct professor of flute and director of the flute ensemble at the University at Buffalo.
Jezioro, Jan. Program notes, “A Musical Feast performs works by John Bacon, W. A. Mozart, Bernard Rands, Nathan Heidelberger and Elliott Carter.” Concert. Buffalo, NY: Burchfield Penney Art Center at Buffalo State College, May 18, 2012.