by Kurt Knecht | Aug 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of the things that has surprised me during my Summer adventures as an entrepreneur is some of the vocabulary that gets used in the business community. In several of the lectures I’ve heard, and several of the books Jenn and I have read, Maslow’s...
by Kurt Knecht | Aug 13, 2014 | Uncategorized
Chris Marks is one of the most thoughtful and expressive organists I have heard. He was also my very excellent organ teacher. I was super excited when he decided to commission a new work for his performance at the Organ Historical Society’s convention in...
by Kurt Knecht | Aug 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
One of my favorite things that I keep experiencing as part of the new MusicSpoke project is meeting – even if it is only electronically – musicians that I didn’t know before. I have written about this before, but we live in an astounding time when...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while. I’m going to keep it and update it as new events occur. I’m encouraging everyone to follow suit. Kurt Knecht’s music has been called “derivative” and “more academic than spiritual” by the Tampa Bay Times, and...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
If there is war in the world, it is because there is conflict in me.If there is racism in the world, it is because there is hatred in me.If there is political conflict in the world, it is because there are places in me that desire power over empathy.If there is...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 18, 2014 | Uncategorized
“…you as a music publisher more humane and educated as all other publishers should have the intention not to pay the artist a scanty remuneration but enable him to fully administrate the duties expected of him -“. I’ve been reading up on...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
As part of the MusicSpoke project, I’ve been continuing to trek down untrodden paths to find composers. One of the things that continues to astound me is how many people who are writing such wonderful music have never come to my attention before.Kile is the...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 7, 2014 | Uncategorized
I had a chance to chat with the ebullient and gregarious Stacey V. Gibbs today. His music is almost ubiquitous in the choral world these days, and it should be. It is the kind of music that singers like to sing. It is authentic, inventive, and irresistible.In recent...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
I remember the time a homeless man said to me, “Just because someone only answers to the name Bob Marley, and just because that person starts speaking in a Jamaican accent, mon, and just because that person will only respond using lyrics from Bob Marley’s...
by Kurt Knecht | Jul 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last Summer, Pete Eklund said he was planning a concert around some settings of Ps. 121. The centerpiece was Jake Runstad’s lovely setting “I will lift mine eyes”. He was going to pair it with the Mendelssohn setting from Elijah for women’s...
by Kurt Knecht | Jun 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
The MusicSpoke project (follow us on Facebook and Twitter and Instagram) has allowed me to reach out to composers around the country and talk shop. It turns out, it’s one of my favorite things to do. A little while ago, I had the chance to...
by Kurt Knecht | Jun 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
Here is what Stoopy’s house looks like in the daytime.On our 21st wedding anniversary, we were enjoying some beverages in our back yard when I heard the sound of breaking glass. I looked around the side of the house so see a white car speeding away. Quickly...
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