 In June 2004, he was invited by composer John Harbison to serve as a guest composer at the Songfest 2004 Program for New Art Song at Pepperdine University.Crozier's awards include ASCAP Special Awards annually since 1996, an ASCAP Foundation Young Composer's Grant for his first opera, "The Reunion", to a libretto by Roger Brunyate, and first prize in the National Opera Association Chamber Opera Competition for his second, "With Blood, With Ink", to a libretto by Peter M. Krask.In May 2000, excerpts from the opera were included in the New York City Opera's Showcasing American Composers Series.