by Kurt Knecht | Dec 15, 2011 | Advent, Jonah Sirota, kurt knecht, SPACE, St. Mark's on the Campus, Uncategorized
One of the great places of peace and enjoyment in my life is our Wednesday night service at St. Mark’s on the Campus. It’s filled with incense, candles, and lots of silence. We sing Gregorian chant and say old prayers in new ways. The service usually...
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 6, 2011 | gigging stories, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
The ancient Celts talked about “thin places” in the world. The idea is that there are certain spots where the visible world and the invisible world have been rubbing against each other for so long that there is a sort of smooth spot in the fabric of the universe....
by Kurt Knecht | Dec 3, 2011 | 9-11 memorial, james bass, kurt knecht, Uncategorized, usf chamber singers
Here’s the link to hear my 9-11 Memorial Music commissioned by David Matthews for Dr. James Bass and the USF Chamber Singers.LINKMy first concern when writing music in memoriam for 9/11 was the profiteering that went on by composers after the tragedy. It seemed...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 29, 2011 | Crown Victoria, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
If you missed the rest, you can read them here:PrequelEpisode 1Episode 2 The Crown Victoria served in appropriate fashion for a vehicle named after such a noble and prudish queen. Modesty was not always possible on the...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 26, 2011 | ford crown victoria, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
The Crown Victoria made her second attempt for fifteen minutes of fame some months later. After learning that a member of their family had married someone who had filled a car full of diesel fuel, Jennifer’s grandparents came to make sure everything was OK. Jennifer’s...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 21, 2011 | captain kartoffelkopf, car stories, ford crown victoria, kurt knecht, Uncategorized
(If you missed the prequel, you can read it here.)We had no idea how famous the car would become when we took it from my grandmother’s driveway. After two years of living in Dallas, complete strangers would recognize us as “that couple with the car.” In my...
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