Craig, or "Chendry", as he is affectionately known by the others, first joined The Ten Tenors back in August 2000 as the group's keyboard player and backing programmer. Previous experience in this area included accompanying various choirs, playing in numerous jazz ensembles and musical theatre orhestras and creating demo tracks in his home studio.

But it was Chendry's vocal background that would eventually come to the fore and in January 2003, he joined the "front line" of The Ten Tenors. Despite a largely classically-based training, Chendry's main experience was forged in the field of vocal jazz, having both participated and performed in jazz festivals and master classes in Australia and Asia. Highlights include the 1998 Singapore Fringe Festival, singing with Michael Crawford on his Australian tour of the same year and performing the lead boy soprano line in his Grade 3 choir's rendition of "Don Gatto".

Chendry also brings inspiration from the world of theatre. You may remember him in roles of varying degrees of importance in such critically acclaimed plays as Camelot and West Side Story, to name but a few.

When he's not on stage, Chendry enjoys reading, exercising and Smirnoff Vodka and continues his involvement in the creation of the group's orchestrations, arrangements and original material.

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