Bio

Craig Daffron Jordan, NCTM, is completing the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance and Pedagogy this fall at the University of Iowa, where he studied with Dr. Réne Lecuona. He currently serves on the piano faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and often performs with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, New World Symphony, and Peoria Symphony Orchestra. An active member of MTNA, Craig has served on the Iowa Music Teachers Association board as the Collegiate Member Chair and is currently the Wisconsin Foundation Chair. He previously served on the piano faculty at the Lawrence Conservatory of Music and the Preucil Suzuki School of Music.

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Craig spent two years as a Piano Fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center, where he worked closely with leading artists such as Emanuel Ax, Margo Garrett, Orli Shaham, Dawn Upshaw, Martin Katz, Tania León, Gabriela Ortiz, Jacob Greenberg, and Will Liverman. At Tanglewood, he participated in intensive summers of solo, chamber, and orchestral performances. Other recent performances include a solo engagement at Blackburn College, concerts with the percussion & cello duo, Duo Battuto, the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Season Opening Fanfare, the New World Symphony’s production of Der Kaiser von Atlantis, and an appearance at the Illinois Music Teachers Association Conference for the world premiere of Matthew Mason’s The Pianist’s Guide to Illinois.

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Craig completed his Master of Music at the University of Miami, studying with Professor Tian Ying, where he notably performed Neustadter’s Seaborne Concerto for percussion sextet, orchestra, and film as a winner of the 2021 concerto competition. He received his Bachelor of Music from the Lawrence Conservatory of Music, where he studied with Dr. Catherine Kautsky and was awarded the Marjory Irvin Prize for Excellence in Piano Performance.

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An active performer, Craig has appeared internationally at festivals in Bangkok, Thailand; Medellín, Colombia; Natal, Brazil; Acqui Terme, Italy; Saarburg, Germany; and on Holland America Cruise Lines.