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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...

Gigging stories: the love song of j. alfred manatee

by Kurt Knecht | Jul 18, 2012 | Eliot, gigging stories, kurt knecht, Little Gidding, manatee, Uncategorized

Playing on the circuit in any given town is the closest a religious musician ever gets to the existential despair that flourishes the “bar scene”.  You show up and have an intimate experience with people that you barely know.  Of course, after...

The state of things for composers (part 1)

by Kurt Knecht | Apr 17, 2012 | composers, kurt knecht, Uncategorized

I have a few thoughts about the state of things for composers that I will post over the next few days. Stay tuned for more exciting and depressing thoughts.I have a trusted friend who is a wonderful musical mind and a genuine and caring person. He happens to be an...

In response to Bob Woody

by Kurt Knecht | Mar 24, 2012 | creativity, kurt knecht, robert woody, science, Uncategorized

The internets are all worth it if I get to interact with such a fertile mind as the one Bob Woody carries around in his skull. You can read his response to my last post here. Let me say a few things in reply.I am certainly not opposed to technique in any sense. In...

Creativity explained…Eureka!

by Kurt Knecht | Mar 21, 2012 | creativity, imagine, jonah lehrer, kurt knecht, Uncategorized

Tonight, I listened to Jonah Lehrer speak about his book Imagine. It is another in an increasingly popular genre of literature that seeks to explain “creativity” to some degree or other. If you don’t already know the story, here is the Wikipedia entry on Eureka.“This...

The Thing: a cautionary tale

by Kurt Knecht | Mar 17, 2012 | kurt knecht, the thing, Uncategorized, urologists

On the morning of the first day, I awoke to a slight discomfort. It was just the slightest sensation that the family jewels may have been bumped around a little. On the morning of the second day, the pain had managed a crescendo to a relatively stable mezzo piano. I...
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