KENNETH H. KNIGHT
Conductor Kenneth Knight ,
a native of Texas , received his B.A. degree in music
theory from Yale University , where he was a vocal
soloist with the Yale Glee Club and the Whiffenpoofs.
After graduate study in musicology and conducting at
the Manhattan School of Music in New York , he toured
for several seasons with the Norman Luboff Choir. He
has also sung with the Roger Wagner Chorale, the Gregg
Smith Singers, the Don Ellis Band, the Los Angeles
Master Chorale, American Bach Soloists, and the Philharmonia
Baroque Orchestra Chorus. In 1987 he was chosen to
be the cantor for the papal masses at the Los Angeles
Coliseum and Dodger Stadium during the visit of Pope
John Paul II. He was Director of Music for eight years
at St. Clare's Catholic Church in Santa Clarita , CA
, and for five years at Petaluma [CA] United Methodist
Church . He is also the founding director of the Sonoma
County [CA] Men's Chorus. Now a Santa Fe resident,
he is the conductor of the Santa Fe Men's Camerata,
the Zia Singers, and the choir of the United Church
of Santa Fe.
Professional
Conducting Experience:
Director
of Music/Choir Founder , St. Clare Catholic Church, Santa Clarita,
CA
.
Weekly choral liturgies
and semi-annual choral/orchestral concerts, 1988-96.
Director of Music
, Petaluma United Methodist Church , Petaluma, CA,
1996-2001.
Founder and Director
, Sonoma County [CA] Men's Chorus, 1997-2001.
Choir Director ,
United Church of Santa Fe, NM, 2002-present.
Artistic Director
, Santa Fe Men's Camerata, 2002-present.
Artistic Director
, Zia Singers (women's chorus), Santa Fe, NM, 2003-present.
Choir Director ,
Santa Fe Preparatory School, 2003-present.
Guest Conductor ,
Petaluma [CA] Women's Choir, 1999; Cantare
(chamber
choir), San Luis Obispo , CA , 2003; Canticum Novum,
Santa
Fe , NM , 2002 & 2003.
Professional
Chorister Experience:
Musica
Sacra (Richard Westenberg, conductor), New York City, 1970-72.
The Camerata
Singers (Abraham Kaplan, conductor), New York City
Performances with
the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein
and
Pierre Boulez, 1971-73.
The Norman
Luboff Choir . Five tours of the United States and Canada , 1974-77.
The Don
Ellis Band . Solo vocal quartet, 1974-75.
Los Angeles
Master Chorale (Roger Wagner, director). Performances with the Los
Angeles
Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormandy, Erich Leinsdorf,
Carlo
Maria Giulini, Andrew Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, Simon Rattle, Andre
Previn,
Kurt Sanderling, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Eric Kunzel,
Christopher
Hogwood, Robert Shaw, Myung Whun Chung, John Green, John Mauceri,
and
others, 1977-89.
The English Chant
Schola (Dennis Fitzpatrick, conductor), Los Angeles, 1977-80
I Cantori (vocal
chamber group), Los Angeles, 1978-96.
The Gregg Smith
Singers . Tour of the western United States , 1979.
The Roger Wagner
Chorale . Tours of Japan and Korea , 1980, 1996, and 1998.
Professional studio/film
singer . Choral singing on soundtracks of Taps, Trapper
John, M.D., Two of
a Kind, Making Love, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,
Short Circuit II,
The Witches of Eastwick, Young Guns II, Home Alone, Hook,
Jurassic Park, Mrs.
Winterbourne, The Sixth Sense, Snow Falling on Cedars,
Dinosaur, Jurassic
Park III, Behind Enemy Lines, The Scorpion King,
The Matrix: Reloaded,
The Matrix: Revolutions, and Van Helsing.
Formal Conducting
Instruction:
William
Robertson and Fenno Heath, Yale University, 1967-69.
Hugh Ross, Manhattan
School of Music, 1969-70.
Abraham Kaplan, The
Juilliard School, 1970-73.
Robert Shaw Choral
Conducting Workshops, University of Southern California ,
summers
of 1976 and 1977.
Paul Vorwerk, California
Institute of the Arts, 1988-90.
Education:
B.A.
in Music Theory, Yale University , 1969.
Graduate study in
voice, musicology, and conducting, Manhattan School of Music,
1969-70.
Special Choral Assistant,
Choral Conducting Department (Abraham Kaplan, Chair),
The Juilliard School,
1970-73.
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