Craig B. Knapp is currently in his 13th year teaching General Music, Music Technology, Recorder/Orff Ensemble and Chorus, grades 3 through 5, at the Joseph A. Edgar Intermediate School in the Rocky Point Public School District.
Mr. Knapp’s 4th/5th grade students regularly participate in NYSSMA (New York State School Music Association) festivals as soloists/duets for voice, and his 4th/5th Grade Intermediate and 5th Grade Select Chorus ensembles have been performing annually at the NYSSMA Major Organization Evaluation Festival since Spring of 2003, where they have received consistent “Gold” or “Gold With Distinction” ratings. Mr. Knapp has had several students participate in ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) State, Regional and National Children’s Honors Choirs and in the OAKE (Organization of American Kodály Educators) National Children’s Choir since 2004.
Craig Knapp was the first ever music educator to be selected as Dowling College/News 12 Long Island “Educator of the Month,” in the 2005-2006 Academic Year.
Mr. Knapp is currently the Director of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York’s Children’s Treble Choirs. He has presented several elementary classroom music and choral workshops at various local and state conferences and has been a guest conductor for both the Nassau and Suffolk County Music Educators’ Associations.
Mr. Knapp is an active member of SCMEA (Suffolk County Music Educators’ Association), where he currently serves as President, after serving a year as President-Elect and three years as Executive Vice President for All-County Festivals. He is the Administrative Program Coordinator for the Orff-Schulwerk Summer Studies at Hofstra University. Mr. Knapp is also actively involved with the NY/ACDA (New York Chapter of American Choral Directors Association), where he is currently the Repertoire & Standards Committee Chairperson for Children’s Choirs.