by Kurt Knecht | May 3, 2013 | bg, Uncategorized
If there is anything that can make you better at doing something, it is watching someone else do it inefficiently. Of course, prolonged observation of poor practice is no guarantee that you will actually get better at something yourself. It may just turn you into the...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 21, 2013 | Uncategorized
On Sunday, the fabulous young organist, Wyatt Smith, premiered my new organ piece the “Missouri Sonata”. Wyatt is an amazing young organist, and if you don’t know about him yet, you will eventual learn about him. One of the amazing things about...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
I may very well risk the lives of both myself and 41 of my compatriots, but I noticed something this week at ACDA Dallas. There is a certain look you need to make it into the upper echelon of the choral conducting world. Glasses, facial hair, and a...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 16, 2013 | Uncategorized
There is a popular misunderstanding of the Romantic movement that goes like this: In the Classical era, everybody just played stuff, and then one day Beethoven discovered feelings. Beethoven invented playing with emotion, and then Liszt perfected the technique until...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
I think there are some things that younger composers should know. Showing up and walking around ACDA reminds me of some of the rules I use. Here are a few of the guidelines I use. Take them and make a list of your own.1. Unlike the cutthroat world of pianists,...
by Kurt Knecht | Mar 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
Today I had the great privilege of spending most of the day at St. Mark’s School of Texas. The school is an amazing place. They have astounding facilities including a fabulous chapel and a new Letourneau organ on the way. I am in Dallas for the ACDA...
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