Kurt Knecht
MusicSpoke Reading Session
Saturday, March 7th 9:45am
Session Description
MusicSpoke will present a reading session of new and exciting works focused on composers who live in the Pacific Northwest. You'll find new pieces for your ensembles and interact with the composers who created the works.
Clinician Bio
Kurt Knecht is a composer and keyboardist currently living in Kansas City, Missouri. His compositions have been described as “funky” and “joyous” in the Washington Post, and “brilliant in concept” in The Tracker magazine. His music has been performed at the Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, and the Kimmel Center and by Grammy Award winning groups like the KC Chorale and the Washington Chorale. His music has been performed at the national conventions of the American Choral Directors Association, the Organ Historical Society, ClarinetFest, and the National Flute Association, and the Association of British Choral Directors. He has been featured on the American Public Media program Pipedreams multiple times as a composer and performer. An eclectic musician, Kurt has been a featured soloist with groups ranging from Smokey Robinson to The Florida Orchestra, and he is the Artistic Assistant for t