Craig Alberty Coordinator of Music
Program
Director
of Instrumental
Activities Francis
Marion University
Meet
Alberty and hear
him perform jazz and fusion standards on sax and wind controller at
various clubs and venues in the area.
Craig
Alberty is the Director of
Instrumental Activities at Francis Marion University. Born and raised
in South Dakota, he holds degrees from the University of South Dakota
and Arkansas State University. Before initiating the electronic music
program at the University of South Dakota in 1988, he directed high
school bands for several years in South Dakota and Iowa. In 1996 he
moved to South Carolina to develop a new instrumental music program at
FMU. His teaching responsibilities at FMU include: direction of Wind
Symphony, Jazz Express, and Chamber Jazz Ensemble; Introduction to
Music; Music Theory; Sightsinging and Eartraining; Music Literature;
and Applied Lessons.
As a composer, Alberty is represented in the catalogs of
several
publishers with works for concert and jazz band, brass ensemble, a jazz
improvisation method, and several recordings. Performances of his
pieces have been heard at various state and national conventions
including the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic and the
North American Saxophone Alliance. He also
owns and operates an audio production studio specializing in the
creation of accompaniment materials for educational publications.
Trained as a trumpet player, Alberty now performs on
saxophones and
wind-controlled synthesizer. He is a founding member of the International Wind Synthesis
Association.. His jazz album Christmas
is in international distribution through the Walking Frog label.
Alberty's most recent venture is www.JoyousNoiseMusic.com,
a
site dedicated to his recent arrangments of contemporary worship
materials and praise band charts.
The Alberty family includes wife Lyn (euphonium, trombone);
daughter
Erin (piano, trumpet, and currently teaching English in China); sons
Seth (trombone and a junior at Iowa State University); Thad (age 8,
clarinet and cornet); and Grant (age 4 with an inclination toward
percussion that may be influenced by parental intervention).
Mr.
Craig C. Alberty
Coordinator of Music
Progrfam
Director
of Instrumental
Activities
Assistant
Professor of Music
M.M.E.,
Arkansas State
University
(843)
661-1540 E-mail:
calberty@fmarion.edu
Craig
Alberty is the Director of
Instrumental Activities at Francis Marion University. Born and raised
in South Dakota, he holds degrees from the University of South Dakota
and Arkansas State University. Before initiating the electronic music
program at the University of South Dakota in 1988, he directed high
school bands for several years in South Dakota and Iowa. In 1996 he
moved to South Carolina to develop a new instrumental music program at
FMU. His teaching responsibilities at FMU include: direction of Wind
Symphony, Jazz Express, and Chamber Jazz Ensemble; Introduction to
Music; Music Theory; Sightsinging and Eartraining; Music Literature;
and Applied Lessons. 