After graduating from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in both jazz and classical studies, Craig studied in New York with performers including George Colman and Victor Morosco.

He has led a busy professional performance career in the Australian music scene for the last 30 years as a freelance musician and has performed throughout Europe, Asia and America and locally with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Opera Australia, the English National Ballet, James Morrison and many others.

Craig works regularly in the orchestra pit for many of Australia’s music theatre productions including, Frozen, The Book of Mormon, Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Les Miserables, Matilda, Aladdin, Beautiful, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Shrek, Love Never Dies, Cats, Fiddler on the Roof, a Chorus Line, Jersey Boys, the Sound Of Music, Wicked and many more.

Craig is also a passionate private teacher and has conducted many ensembles around Sydney, including the Manly Campus ensembles for the past 26 years.