Hannah Creviston

Hannah Creviston is a highly regarded pianist, educator, and advocate for contemporary and inclusive music education, serving as a clinical associate professor at Arizona State University and performing worldwide as part of the acclaimed Creviston Duo.

Described as “impressive and expressive” (Fanfare Magazine) and “superb … [with] great dexterity, rhythm, and touch” (American Record Guide), Hannah Creviston is clinical associate professor at Arizona State University where she is keyboard area coordinator, director of piano pedagogy and the ASU community music school, and coordinator for class piano. Frequent workshop topics include Music Learning Theory, teaching music to children with special needs, the importance of movement in teaching rhythm, and music by composers killed in the Holocaust. Her articles and compositions appear in Piano Pedagogy Forum, Clavier Companion, Music Play II, ECMMA’s Perspectives, and others. Prior to joining the ASU faculty in fall 2012, Creviston was on the faculty at the Crane School of Music, SUNY Potsdam.

An avid performer of contemporary music, Creviston has premiered many compositions, both solo and collaborative. As a collaborative pianist, she performs in festivals and competitions around the world. As the Creviston Duo, she and her husband, saxophonist Christopher Creviston, have recorded Snell Sessions and Columbia Sessions, both on the Albany Records label; Sunday Afternoon and Breaking available through CD Baby; and Phoenix Rising on the Blue Griffin label. Their recordings have been described as “engrossing” (Fanfare Magazine), “highly imaginative and expressive” (composer Denis Bédard), “a good blend of the standard and the new” (American Record Guide), and “sensitive, transparent, powerful music making that causes one to hold their breath often” (Donald Sinta). A new CD, reminiscences, featuring music from the Holocaust, will be available through Blue Griffin in spring 2025.