Craig Fortnam

Craig Fortnam
Fortnam performing with NSRO in 2016
Fortnam performing with NSRO in 2016
Background information
Birth nameCraig Edward Fortnam[1]
BornSeptember 1967 (age 57)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England[2]
Occupations
  • Composer
  • conductor
  • musician
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • bass guitar
  • vocals
  • keyboards
  • percussion
Labels
Member of
Formerly of
Spouse
Sharron Saddington
​
(m. 2003)​
[3]

Craig Edward Fortnam (born September 1967) is an English composer, conductor and musician. Fortnam is a skilled guitarist and bass guitarist, specialising in nylon-string acoustic guitar (which he plays in a style drawing on classical and African techniques and the work of Nick Drake) and also sings. He is best known as the leader, conductor and principal composer of the North Sea Radio Orchestra, but also leads the smaller band Arch Garrison and was previously a key member of several other bands, most notably the Shrubbies and Lake of Puppies.

  1. ^ "Record Transcription: England & Wales Births 1837-2006". Findmypast. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
  2. ^ NME entry on North Sea Radio Orchestra Archived 30 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 14 July 2009
  3. ^ "Record Transcription: England & Wales Marriages 1837-200". Findmypast. Retrieved 3 February 2023.