Shawn Crouch, composer and conductor has had his works performed and commissioned by ensembles in the United States, Canada and Europe. Shawn has received awards from such institutions as the American Academy of Arts and Letters, The American Prize, ASCAP, BMI, Yale University, Society of Composers Inc., Meet the Composer and the Percussive Arts Society. Shawn Crouch is currently Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Composition and Theory at the University of Miami’s Frost School of Music where he is artistic director of the Ensemble Ibis.