Craig Kingsbury, bass-baritone. A native of Los Angeles, he earned a degree in music composition at the University of Southern California. Active for many years as a professional singer in the L.A. area, he appeared as soloist with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Ojai Music Festival, Cuesta Master Chorale, San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival and Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, and performed in concerts, radio broadcasts and recordings with the Roger Wagner Chorale, the Early Music Ensemble of Los Angeles, and the chamber ensemble I Cantori. In Europe, he appeared with chamber orchestras and oratorio societies in France, Belgium and Holland, and in opera productions with the Opera of Flanders in Antwerp. Since relocating to the Northwest, Kingsbury has performed as a member of the vocal quartet Cantabile, and has been a featured soloist with Choral Cross-Ties, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Oregon Repertory Singers and Waverly Baroque Ensemble in Portland; with the Rogue Valley Symphony, Northwest Bach Ensemble, Rogue Valley Chorale and Southern Oregon Repertory Singers in Ashland and Medford; and in Washington with the Seattle Choral Company and St. Joseph’s Chorale (Vancouver). Also active as a composer and arranger, he has numerous titles in print through Santa Barbara Music, Alliance, Colla Voce, Gentry Publications and OCP.
