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A better video of my new Hopkins piece

by Kurt Knecht | Jan 26, 2013 | choral music, Gerard Manley Hopkins, kurt knecht, Uncategorized

Here is a better video of my new setting of the Hopkins poem, “Heaven-Haven: a nun takes the veil”.  I am happy to report that this piece will receive its European premiere at the national conference of the Association of British Choral Directors...

Deus Noster Refugium

by Kurt Knecht | May 22, 2011 | choral music, deus noster refugium, Howard W. Blake choir, kurt knecht, Melinda Doyle, Uncategorized

In honor of my friend Dr. Melinda Doyle getting hooded and becoming director of choral studies at the University of Montevallo, I am posting our 2004 collaboration.  Melinda commissioned this piece from me in 2004 for the Florida ACDA Convention. ...

Magical Marietta College Concert Choir singing Sero upside down

by Kurt Knecht | May 14, 2011 | choral music, kurt knecht, Marietta College Concert Choir, sero te amavi, Uncategorized

Last night, the fabulous Marietta College Concert Choir made a tour stop at St. Mark’s on the Campus. They are performing my setting of St. Augustine’s famous text “Sero te Amavi” on their tour. I had a chance to work with them for a few...

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