Craig is a trumpet performer and instructor based in Greenville, SC.

He has degrees in trumpet performance from Yale School of Music (MM) and Furman University (BM). Craig recently won the Second Trumpet position in the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra and performs frequently with the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, GAMAC Orchestra, West End Brass Quintet, GSO Brass Quintet, Greenville Jazz Collective Big Band, Project X Big Band, Foothills Brass Band, and on occasion the Asheville Symphony, Spartanburg Philharmonic, and South Carolina Philharmonic.

Past highlights include performances at New York City’s Lincoln Center with the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, Broadway shows on local stops, Ringling Bros Circus, opening band for Wilco, Battle Of The Bands winner at the renowned Toad’s Place in New Haven, and orchestras with Johnny Mathis, Andrea Bocelli, Edwin McCain, and Bela Fleck.

Craig teaches trumpet at the SC Governor’s School for the Arts and Humanities, Converse University, and North Greenville University, where he also served as Director of Jazz Bands for six years. Craig has taught Jazz History and Music Appreciation courses at NGU and Furman University.

Craig enthusiastically provides help and strategies to players dealing with embouchure issues. After suffering a lip injury his junior year of college due to faulty practice and playing habits, Craig began what proved to be a very long road to recovery. He spent many years working through different embouchures and methods, eventually finding what works, all the while developing a very intimate understanding of all approaches and a keen ear for detecting playing problems.