Kurt Knecht

Biography

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 the multiple Grammy Award winning KC Chorale. Kurt regularly appears as a concert organist and collaborative pianist and has performed at the national conventions of the American Guild of Organists and the American Choral Directors Association. He is the organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Kansas City and the co-founder of MusicSpoke, a company that is creating the world’s largest marketplace for artist owned sheet music by making it easy for composers to self-publish and monetize their music.