Welcome to the CMP Blog
Twice a month, I will publish a new blog post covering the following topics:
🎶Sneak peeks into the life of a traveling musician
🎶Inspiration for my latest arrangement for winds
🎶Celebrations of a wide variety of cultures
🎶Sharing more background information about Craig Music Publishers and how we got started
🎶Challenges arrangers face
Plus many other topics, and of course, more anecdotes, memories, and passions for music. See you in my next blog post!
Blog Post 9: Merry Christmas!
Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to my blog! This week, I completed the last of my five clarinet choir arrangements inspired by the vibrant and passionate opera Carmen by Georges Bizet. Be sure to take a look at the newly released “March of the Toreadors” available in our CMP Shop. Save 40% if you buy the entire suite! Look for Selections from the opera Carmen, which will be officially available for digital download on 31 December, 2025, right here in our Shop.
Blog Post 6: Happy Thanksgiving!
Welcome to my blog!
I am taking off a few weeks for the Thanksgiving holidays to be with my family. Plus, my mother is recovering from pneumonia, and I need to be at home right now to help care for her. I’ll be back on December 5th with more anecdotes, memories, and passions for music. See you in the next blog, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Blog Post 3: Carmen
Here are some thoughts about my new arrangement for clarinet choir, a selection of five movements from Georges Bizet’s dynamic and fiery opera Carmen. Today, we start with the “Aragonaise, “or “Entr’Acte” from Act IV.