Rosśa Crean

I was lucky to have soprano Sarah Thompson Johansen and pianist Stephen Uhl perform my extended art song/monodrama "Chicago and December" this last Friday, May 27th, 2017. It was recorded in Ganz Hall at Roosevelt University in Chicago. I was…

I am excited to announce that I have signed with PARMA Recordings/Navona Records and Naxos America in bringing my opera "The Great God Pan" to recording in Summer of 2017!

So excited to be a new member of the…

New blog post is up, discussing my year-long process with grief, and how the creative process through two operas helped me come to understand and surrender to its importance. I hope my perspective can be helpful! Enjoy!

Very excited to hear the newest episode of the "Doing the Work Podcast" with Matthan Black, featuring yours truly! We talk grief in the creative process, my career in New Opera, horror movies, Synesthesia, and being true to yourself…

I am so very excited to announce that my comedic song cycle "The Passive-Aggressive's Guide to Mother Goose" will receive its World Premiere in Philadelphia on March 13th and its Toronto premiere on March 20th. I have the pleasure of…

Well, the day has finally arrived! "Lullabies for Trying Times" is now available at iTunes and CDBaby.com! What a whirlwind the last few months have been. Keep reading to get a bit of info on the new album.

"Lullabies for…

Ross' newest album, "Lullabies for Trying Times", will be released on CD and digital formats November 18th. Written for his mother, who passed away from cancer this past July 2014, he gives a tribute of songs that she loved and…

I was recently interviewed by Alex Ghani and Rujanee Mahakanjana of Nebula Creatives, where we discussed the "Summerland: A Ghost Story" exhibit at the Loyola University Museum of Art, as well as my career as a performer and composer. You…

Summerland: A Ghost Story will be premiering at the Loyola Museum of Art in Chicago on February 15th, 2014, and will be running until June 15th, 2014. For more information, go to the LUMA website right HERE!

Combining cautionary…

Ross' new holiday single, "Taladh Chriosta (The Christ-Child's Lullaby)", is out now and available at Bandcamp, CDBaby, and iTunes! The single is entirely in Gaelic, and the lyrics and translation can be found on both the Bandcamp…

The new acoustic EP, "Leftovers from the Sideshow", is now available on iTunes and all over the web! The three songs on the EP were demo recordings written for films during the "Lovers and Other Kinds of Monsters" era. 

I'm…

I composed a song called "A Fighter's Lullaby" to help raise funds for the CHERUBS organization. It's a very small way for you to help raise awareness about CDH.

CHERUBS is an organization that benefits The Association of Congenital…