About Us
We provide meticulously crafted, exceptional wind arrangements designed specifically for advanced high school, collegiate, and professional ensembles
mission statement
Experience
Mark A. Craig (ASCAP) began writing musical arrangements in 2001, while serving as a clarinetist in the U.S. Air Force Bands. During that year, he created Craig Music Publishers (CMP). He specializes in high-quality digital sheet music arrangements for winds, focusing primarily on works for woodwind quintet, clarinet quartet, clarinet choir, and other chamber ensembles.
High-Profile Performances: Played worldwide for multiple heads of state, members of royalty, and both U.S. and international military VIPs.
U.S. Air Force Band Career:
Assignments & Ensembles: Completed 4 assignments and performed with 25 different ensembles.
Audience Reach: Performed for over 120,000,000 people across 30 countries and 45 states.
Touring & Travel: Completed 210 concert tours with 11 different Air Force Bands, spending a total of 880 days on the road and visiting roughly 1,500 cities.
Published arranger:
Over 150 arrangements published through Hal Leonard’s ArrangeMe
Over 90 arrangements published on Craig Music Publishers
Over 90 arrangements published on J. W. Pepper
Over a dozen arrangements published on United Music & Media Publishers (formerly ALRY Publications)
Five titles selected for the Texas UIL Prescribed Music List
Three titles selected for the Florida Bandmasters Woodwind Solo & Ensemble Music List
Live performance of the “Rondo” (Finale) from Mozart’s Gran Partita Serenade by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West’s Mission Winds Clarinet Quartet with special guest Paula Corley at the Baylor University Clarinet Festival.
education
Southern Methodist University | Bachelor of Arts in Music / Clarinet Performance
University of North Texas | Master of Information Science/Master of Library Science in Music
Why choose our arrangements?
Equally Weighted Instrumentation: Unlike traditional educational arrangements that feature imbalanced parts, our music is written with equal weight for all players.
Engaging Performance Roles: Every single member of the ensemble gets the opportunity to play the melody, countermelody, harmony, and technical passages.
Air Force Band Pedigree: Many of our pieces were originally crafted for elite Air Force Band ensembles, ensuring professional-grade balance and a rewarding experience for talented musicians.
Fresh and Challenging Repertoire: Mark founded CMP in 2001 to replace dated, uninspiring arrangements with high-quality, modern, engaging sheet music.
professional affiliations
Accolades
Industry Awards: Mark's arrangement of Percy Grainger’s Lincolnshire Posy (published by ALRY Publications) won the 2016 National Flute Association’s Newly Published Music Competition.
Featured Recordings: CMP arrangements have been recorded by premier military ensembles on multiple albums:
The Holly & Ivy – U.S. Air Force Academy Band
San Antonio Rose – U.S. Air Force Band of the West
New England Holidays and Winds and Brass – U.S. Air Force Band of Liberty
Broadcast Media Presence: Works have been widely broadcast across the United States:
Featured on local ABC, NBC, and CBS affiliate television stations.
Broadcast on numerous national radio stations, including a performance of two clarinet quartet arrangements by the Bay State Winds on NPR’s nationally syndicated show Fresh Air
testimonials
‍”I have known Mark Craig for over 20 years and personally performed many of his musical arrangements for nearly three decades. They are among the very best in all of our chamber music repertoire.”
‍Dr. Robert Jordan, Bassoonist
‍Adjunct Professor of Bassoon at McKendree University and Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville| ‍Owner, Nielsen Bocal Supply | https://nielsenbocalsupply.com/
“Arrangements from Craig Music Publishers are always well written. The parts are equally distributed, the selections have great audience appeal, and most importantly, they are fun to play!”
- Gail Tucker, Clarinetist
Music Degrees: B.M.Ed. from Susquehanna University; M.M. from Indiana University
Retired Chief Master Sergeant & Band Manager of the U.S. Air Force Academy Band
‍“Mark A. Craig is a well-respected colleague. We worked together for over ten years, and he is a true professional. He is an outstanding arranger and musician who writes accessible arrangements that are regularly performed by top-notch professional civilian and military chamber ensembles.”
Jeff Castle, Trumpet
Founder and Director of Castle Brass | Music Degrees: B.A. from UMASS-Amherst; M.M. from Rice University | ‍https://castlebrassbq.com/
Updated 27 Sep 2026
