Craig Juricka

BASS

Craig Juricka* is a vocal pedagogue, actor and singer. His versatile performance career has brought him to musical theater, concert, choral, and opera stages around the nation.

Juricka recently was seen in Carousel with Boston Lyric Opera as Ensemble/Billy understudy, Boston POPS production of Ragtime as Harry K Thaw/Lower East Side Ensemble, in the Franklin Performing Arts Company’s Little Mermaid as King Triton, and in a Broadway Workroom workshop of Michael Mott’s new musical In the Light. In the concert singing world, Juricka is a sought-after soloist and chorister. He has sung with esteemed ensembles and orchestras such as the New York Philharmonic, Boston POPS, Boston Baroque, Handel and Haydn Society, Ensemble Altera, Emmanuel Music, Bach Akademie Charlotte, and Marsh Chapel. And he has performed in opera houses with Des Moines Metro Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Odyssey Opera, and MassOpera.

As an advocate for the pedagogy behind a versatile mechanism, Juricka’s approach to teaching singing is rooted in his cross-trained background as a singer. Comfortable teaching all genres, he has worked with students from the high school through the graduate-degree level, as well as professional actors and singers. His students have been seen working on Broadway (Gypsy, Boop!, Funny Girl, Great Gatsby), in national tours (Jagged Little Pill), and in regional theater and opera houses throughout the US.

Mr. Juricka holds a Masters of Music in Vocal Pedagogy, from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, as well as professional affiliations with the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) and Early Music America. In 2016, he received his BM from Capital University in Vocal Performance, with an emphasis on Opera and Musical Theatre. During the summers of 2021 and 2018, he was featured as an Apprentice Artist with Des Moines Metro Opera. In 2017, he was a national finalist in the Classical Singer Competition (Emerging Classical & Musical Theatre Professional Division) in Chicago, IL.

*Mr. Juricka is an active member of AEA (Actor’s Equity Association) and AGMA (American Guild of Musical Artists).