1978) has been described as having “an undoubted gift for writing beautiful music….that is truly magical” ( NY Concert Review), with works hailed as “magnificent, very cleverly constructed sound sculpture” ( Classical Voice), and “superb writing…full of spine-tingling moments” ( Salt Lake Tribune). In demand throughout the country as a choral clinician and featured composer, Craig Courtney resides in Columbus, Ohio.ĭr. ![]() ![]() He has been a frequent recipient of ASCAP achievement awards and his composition, Peace I Give to You, was awarded 1st place in the 2003 John Ness Beck Foundation competition. Courtney combines his training and background as a pianist, a cellist, a vocal coach, an accompanist and a choral director to create words that bear his unique style. Courtney's published works include more than two hundred choral octavos, nine vocal collections, a piano solo collection and six extended works for choir and orchestra. Beck appointed Craig Courtney to assume his responsibilities as staff composer and editor.Īt this point in time, Mr. In making plans for the ongoing of Beckenhorst Press, Mr. In 1985, his compositions came to the attention of John Ness Beck, through the publication of his octavo, Thy Will Be Done, initiating a close working relationship between the two men which continued until Mr. Courtney began directing a church choir and composing sacred choral music, due to the unavailability of English language music. It was during this six-year period, while serving in the music ministry of the Salzburg International Baptist Church, that Mr. Courtney studied the piano with Illonka Deckers, performed for the Associazione Musicale "Gustav Mahler", and worked extensively as a vocal coach, he was invited to join the music faculty of the famed Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria, serving as piano teacher and accompanist for the woodwind and brass department. ![]() During that time, he was a member of the Pi Kappa Lambda Honorary Music Society.įollowing a three-year stay in Milan, Italy, where Mr. He received a Bachelors and a Masters degree in piano performance at the University of Cincinnati, studying piano under Raymond Dudley and chamber music under Walter Levin of the LaSalle Quartet. A native of Indiana, Craig Courtney began playing the piano at the age of three and the cello at the age of eleven.
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