Craig McNutt, percussion

Craig Mcnutt is Principal Timpanist of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Emmanuel Music in Boston. He has performed with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, the Cantata Singers and Ensemble, the New Hampshire Symphony, and the contemporary music ensembles Boston Musica Viva, Collage New Music, and Alea III. Mr. McNutt has twice been a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and has performed as a soloist at the Newport Music Festival. He has recorded for Koch Classics, CRI, Opus One, and Crystal Records. He was the Principal Percussionist in the Peter Sellars/Craig Smith production of Kurt Weill/J.S. Bach: Conversations Between Fear and Hope After Death, which was performed in Paris and Frankfurt. Mr. McNutt holds degrees from the Hartt School of Music and Yale University, and is completing studies for a Doctor of Musical Arts at the New England Conservatory of Music.