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Knapp, Craig
Craig Knapp is a graduate of the Crane School of Music and has been teaching classroom music and chorus, Grades 3–5, in the Rocky Point School District since 1998. Craig directs the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra’s Children’s Treble Choirs, where he has conducted at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. He completed Orff-Schulwerk Teacher Education Levels 1–3 at Hofstra University and Orff-Schulwerk master class at the University of Memphis. Craig completed FAME levels and received Kodály certification with John M. Feierabend at the Hartt School. He is a FAME-endorsed Teacher Trainer for Conversational Solfege and is a co-author of First Steps in Music with Orff Schulwerk and Conversational Solfege with Orff Schulwerk. Craig was inducted into the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame as Educator of Note (2024–2025).