ITEC 2001 Artists

Dr. Mary Ann Craig is Director of Bands at Montclair State University in New Jersey, where she also teaches applied euphonium conducting. Dr. Craig is Secretary of TUBA and founder of the Colonial Euphonium and Tuba Institute. As a member of the Colonial Tuba Quartet. Dr. Craig and the quartet present numerous concerts annually in schools to promote the tuba and euphonium. The educational skit presented by the CTQ has exposed thousands of young students to our instruments. In addition, many new works have been commissioned by the CTQ and premiered from Japan through the United States to Europe.

Dr. Craig has appeared as soloist and clinician throughout Japan, Europe, Australia, and the U.S., including the Mid-West Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago.. Her second solo recording, Euphonium...Out On A Limb, is receiving worldwide acclaim. Having commissioned numerous composers to write for the euphonium, Dr. Craig premiered Anthony Plog's Erica and the Euphonium with the Arizona State University Symphony Orchestra.

As a conductor Dr. Craig has recently traveled several times to Russia, where she has guest conducted the Volga Band of Saratov and the Symphonic Band at the prestigious Gnessinaes Academy in Moscow. In May she will guest conduct in Ukraine and in August she will conduct the World Honors Euphonium-Tuba Ensemble at ITEC 2001 in Finland. In the US she has adjudicated, guest conducted, and given numerous clinics for bands from the Midwest to the Northeast. Dr. Craig and has served as Eastern Division Chair for the Society for Music Teacher Education.