Craig Curry is an active, professional composer and arranger. With hundreds of compositions published by leading sheet music publishers such as Hal Leonard Corporation and Jubilate Music Group, Craig’s music is regularly performed throughout the US and abroad. He has received numerous ASCAPlus Awards (American Society of Composers, Arrangers, and Publishers) and many of his pieces have been named an “Editor’s Choice” by music retailer JW Pepper.

Craig previously served as Composer-in-Residence at Friends University (Wichita, KS) where he taught music theory, composition, orchestration, jazz arranging, and jazz piano. He formed the university’s Jazz Vocal Ensemble in 2009 which developed a national reputation for excellence, opening for Pentatonix and Take 6. They were invited to perform at international jazz conferences (JEN) as well as multiple regional and state music conferences (SWACDA, KMEA) where Craig also presented clinics on vocal jazz.

An accomplished pianist, Craig has many collections of arrangements published for solo piano as well as seven recordings of his piano music. His most recent piano sheet music collection, "Curry & Jazz: Piano Hymn Settings with a Blues Touch" released in 2024.

For more than 20 years, he served as collaborative pianist and arranger for gospel vocalist Earnest Alexander, founder of Youth Horizons, a faith-based ministry to at-risk youth. He has also served as a worship pastor and clinician for church music conferences.

Craig holds music degrees from the University of Miami, FL (M.M., Media Writing and Production) and the Wheaton College-Conservatory of Music (B.M., Piano Performance). He celebrated 30 years of marriage to Amy in 2024 and they recently became grandparents. They are proud parents of their adult children, Ella and Coltrane.

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