Craig Kridel, English and German bass horn, cimbasso, serves as columnist and editor of the Historical Instrument Section for the ITEA Journal and has presented lecture-demonstrations at the International Tuba-Euphonium Conference and the International Double Reed Society Conference. Craig has received various music and arts-related grants from the NEA, NEH, and state arts commissions and arranged for funding for the Historic Brass Society's 1995 International Historic Brass Symposium. He organized the first meeting of United Serpents at the 1986 Amherst Early Music Festival (with the premiere of Simon Proctor's The Amherst Suite for 8 Serpents), staged the 1989 Serpent Festival (premiering works by PDQ Bach and Simon Proctor's Serpent Concerto and featured on National Public Radio's The Morning Edition), and assisted with the organization of the 1990 Serpent Celebration. In 1987, he performed the solo "call to service" for Pope John Paul II Ecumenical Service in the United States.