by Kurt Knecht | Dec 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
I only had time to do two today.Aliana Kae asked for “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” in the style of Rachmaninov. I adapted the opening of the C# minor prelude and used the melody as a replacement bass line. I then played part of the melody in a Rachmaninov...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
The latest set of requests for Christmas Carol mashups brought some fun options. It seems that the favorite from this round is a request by one of our compositions students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Cambria Butcher requested “Baby it’s cold...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 5, 2014 | Uncategorized
I had some time today between students to fulfill a few more of the requests.Today’s first mashup comes from a wonderful suggestion by one of my composition students. Caitlin Gilmore suggested “Grandma got run over by a reindeer” in the style of Bela...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every year, I wind up doing a little parlor trick for students toward the end of the Fall semester. I have them pick a carol and a composer, and I try to play the carol in the style of the composer. A student once told me that it was more fun than watching...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
My setting of San Juan de la Cruz’s text “La blanca palomica” is finally out in print from the folks at Colla Voce thanks to the indefatigable Jo-Michael Scheibe. He really is one of the most important new music champions of our time.The piece was...
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