Ian Crane
BASS
Ian Crane is a piper and vocalist. As a piper he’s performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the Kennedy Center, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, as well as on tour to England and Ireland with Apollo’s Fire Baroque Orchestra. As a vocalist Ian has performed and recorded with Apollo’s Fire, and Quire Cleveland. He is featured with Apollo’s Singers on Apollo Fire’s 2024 recording of Israel in Egypt, which received a Grammy nomination for Best Choral Performance.
Ian holds degrees in music education and conducting. In 2022 he co-founded the Cleveland Celtic Ensemble and in March 2023 conducted the premiere of Irish-born composer Eoin McQuinn’s Ireland Journey. In 2024 he founded New Winter, a Celtic vocal quartet, and in 2025 they toured the east coast, including a performance at Princeton University.
