Joy Crocker 1928 - 2006

Composer, pianist, organist, music director, choir director, teacher, peace activist.
Church Women United, CA, Civic & Legislative Chair
1996 Woman of the Year Business and Professional Womens Club of Oakland
Student of Paul Hindemith at Yale, Masterclass student of Karl Schnabel
Joy Crocker

Born June 12, 1928 in San Antonio, Texas
Died Friday, April 21, 2006, Charlottesville, Virginia

Thank you, everyone who attended and performed at Joy's memorial concert June 18, 2006
at First Presbyterian Church, Oakland, CA [program]

Read Laramie's Eulogy delivered at Plymouth Church June 24.

eMail Laramie for more details.

Listen to pieces from Joy's upcoming CD here, presented as Free MP3 files:
Debussy: Claire du Lune
Chopin: Waltz in C# Minor
Bach / Gounod / Crocker: Ave Maria / Prelude in C -- Charles Gounod wrote a melody for Ave Maria on top of Bach's Prelude in C, and it is normally performed by some combination of vocalist, keyboard and strings. Joy made this unique, beautiful arrangement for solo piano.
Bach: Bist Du Bie Mir
Bach: Arioso
    Bach: Minuet
    Chopin: 1
    Chopin: 2
    Chopin: 3
    Chopin: Etude in C# minor
    Fur Elise
    Moonlight Sonata
    Pathetique
    Traumerei
Beethoven: Farewell To The Piano
Debussy: Arabesque

Listen to Joy in the studio on the piano and Hammond B3, on Laramie Crocker's album

On "Welcome to Club Fed, playing the piano: Warmonger
On "Welcome to Club Fed", playing the piano: Club Fed
On "Welcome to Club Fed", playing the Hammond B3: The Nattering Nabob of Nepotism

Listen to some of Joy's live performances at Berkeley Live and Unplugged on piano:

Soon to come: a CD of Joy's original compositions, and classical repertoire recorded in March 2006. eMail Laramie for details.