by Kurt Knecht | Dec 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
Every year, I wind up doing a little parlor trick for students toward the end of the Fall semester. I have them pick a carol and a composer, and I try to play the carol in the style of the composer. A student once told me that it was more fun than watching...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
My setting of San Juan de la Cruz’s text “La blanca palomica” is finally out in print from the folks at Colla Voce thanks to the indefatigable Jo-Michael Scheibe. He really is one of the most important new music champions of our time.The piece was...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I was an undergrad, I didn’t think I was allowed to listen to any music that wasn’t “classical”. Nobody said that those were the rules. I just assumed that I was only allowed to listen to Chopin. Of course, I grew up in the 80s, so I would...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 27, 2014 | Uncategorized
For a few years now, I have been complaining about the tendency of composers to write music that is sonically interesting that doesn’t ask anything of me emotionally. I’ve been working against this kind of music for most of my life. I try to encourage...
by Kurt Knecht | Nov 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
I heard Reza Aslan interviewed on Krista Tippet’s On Being this week. I’ve seen him before on videos that people post on social media. Normally, it is an exchange that goes like this:Reporter: But, (insert religion) teaches that (insert thing)Aslan:...
by Kurt Knecht | Oct 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
My priest said to me yesterday, “What’s with all the dressing up lately?”I had to explain. “You may think I’m stepping up my game, but it’s much more complicated. You remember my old sweater that I wasn’t allowed to wear...
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