Qualifications and Background

The story so far | As a young performing artist, Craig enjoyed a stellar college career: a graduate of The Guildhall School of Music of Music and Drama in London under Mr. Eric Crees, he then uprooted to New York City in 2011 where he graduated from the Juilliard School under Mr. Joseph Alessi. Craig has performed with some of the most prestigious ensembles in North America and Europe including the Houston Symphony Orchestra, Houston Grand Opera Orchestra, The Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra, The Royal Scottish National Orchestra, The River Oaks Chamber Orchestra, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and The Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Curriculum Vitae |

Performance Experience

• Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra | Guest Second Trombone | 2023 | Rajaton
• Vancouver Symphony Orchestra | Guest Second Trombone | 2023 | Otto Tausk
• Houston Grand Opera | Guest Second Trombone | 2016 – 2017 | Faust, Gotterdammerung
• Houston Ballet | Guest Second Trombone | 2016 | The Nutcracker
• Hawai’i Symphony Orchestra | Guest Second Trombone | 2016 – 2017 | Gerard Schwarz
• River Oaks Chamber Orchestra | Guest Trombonist | 2015 – 2017
• Houston Symphony Orchestra | Guest Second Trombone | 2015 – 2017 | Andres Orozco-Estrada
• Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Guest Principal Trombone | 2015 | Christoph Altstaedt
• Symphony of Southeast Texas | Principal Trombone | 2013 – 2014 | Chelsea Tipton

Teaching Appointments

• Manitoba Conservatory of Music and Arts | Brass Faculty | 2022 – present
• Houston Baptist University | Adjunct Professor of Brass | 2016 – 2017
• Lee College | Adjunct Professor of Low Brass | 2016 – 2017
• Lonestar College | Adjunct Professor of Low Brass | 2013 – 2014, 2015 – 2017
• British International School of Houston | Brass Instructor | 2015 – 2017

Professional Affiliation

• Canadian Federation of Musicians | Member 2023 – present
• Music Professionals of Manitoba Local 190 | Member 2023 – present
• Manitoba Band Association | Member 2022 – present
• Manitoba Music Educators Association | Member 2022 – present
• Washington Music Educators Association | Member 2017
• American Federation of Musicians | Member 2015 – 2017
• Texas Music Educators Association |  Member 2015 – 2017

Education

• The Juilliard School, New York | 2011 – 2013 | Master of Music | Joseph Alessi – principal trombone – New York Philharmonic Orchestra
• Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London | 2007 – 2011 | Bachelor of Music (with Honours) | Eric Crees – principal trombone – Orchestra of The Royal Opera House, Covent Garden

Collegiate Performance Experience

• The Juilliard Symphony Orchestra | 2011 – 2013 | Alan Gilbert, George Stelluto, James Ross, Matthias Pintscher, Symon Bychkov, Itzhak Perlman, Christoph Von Dohnanyi, Marin Alsop, Leonard Slatkin | Avery Fisher Hall, Alice Tully Hall, Carnegie Hall – New York | Stravinsky – Rite of Spring, Brahms – Symphonies 2 and 4, Schumann – Symphony 3, Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique, Mahler – Symphony 1, Sibelius – Symphony 7, Strauss – Don Quixote, Alpine Symphony
• The Juilliard Opera Orchestra | 2011 | Sir Peter Maxwell-Davies – Kommilitonen! | Peter Jay Sharp Theater, New York
• Juilliard ‘415’ Baroque Ensemble | 2013 | Jordi Savall | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | bass sackbut
• Axiom | 2011 – 2012 | Elliot Carter, Jeffrey Milarsky | Alice Tully Hall, New York | Wolfgang Rihm – Jagden Und Formen, John Adams – Grand Pianola Music
• The American Brass Quintet | 2011 | Paul Hall, New York | collaboration