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Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council congratulate Tim Crofts. They have been selected to receive a 2024 Established Artist Recognition Award.
Tim Crofts is a creative artist, improviser, musician, and pianist located in Kjipuktuk, Halifax, Nova Scotia. A true 21st-century pianist, Crofts is known for a unique sound and approach to the piano through the use of extended techniques, found objects, and piano preparations. Tim specializes in creative improvisation and collaboration and has performed and recorded in a wide variety of improvised contexts with suddenlyLISTEN, Upstream, and Symphony Nova Scotia. These include the premiere of Tim Brady’s Concerto for Improvised Piano, “If You Remove Me From the Hinge, We Can Swing Freely on the Breeze” for 7 pianos, and the upcoming release of “Flickering Cotillion” with Sam Shalabi and Norm Adams. Crofts has also performed with Joe Maneri, George Elliott Clarke, Julian Priester, Jerry Granelli, Gerry Hemingway, Susan Alcorn, and Lori Freedman. Tim has toured the country multiple times as a soloist and ensemble.
About the Award
The Established Artist Recognition Award recognizes artists who have emerged from their initial training and development to become recognized, established artists in Nova Scotia.
The awards help showcase the recipients’ work to residents of the province and to people beyond our borders. This visibility will encourage artistic and economic well-being for the recipients and contribute to the health of Nova Scotia’s artistic sector in support of a well-rounded community.
The Artist Recognition Awards are presented annually by Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council and are funded through the Nova Scotia Arts Endowment Fund. Each award carries a cash value of $5,000.
The prize will be presented at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards on November 3, 2024.
