Steven Guire Knight

VOCAL EDUCATION

• Study with Mary Kay Schmidt, August 1994 - May 1998.
• Study with Geraldine Braden, MacPhail Center for the Arts, September 1987 - March 1991 and September-December 1993.
• Study and coaching with Maria Jette, February 1991 - November 1992.
• Study with various instructors while an undergraduate at St. Olaf College.

OTHER MUSICAL EDUCATION

• Attended the Vancouver Medieval Music Programme, August 1993 and August 1994. Two-week performance practice seminars taught by Sequentia (Barbara Thornton, Benjamin Bagby, Elizabeth Gaver).
• Music theory (while a theory composition major at St. Olaf College, through May 1981); instructors include F. Marian Walker, Arthur Campbell, Alice Walker, Janet Gilbert.
• Music history tutorials with Robert Antley, February 1980 - May 1981.
• Piano performance with Kenneth Graber, September 1980 - May 1983. Presented senior piano recital (works by Bach, Beethoven, Hovhanness, Brahms), April 1983.

CHORAL EXPERIENCE

• Tenor with Consortium Carissimi (Minneapolis, MN; director Garrick Comeaux), October - November 2007. Inaugural concert of the North American branch of this ensemble, featuring works by Graziani, Cavalli and, yes, Carissimi.
• Tenor with re-formed Waltham Abbey Singers (St. Paul, MN; director Brian Link), February - May 2007. Concert of works by Victoria, Palestrina, Lassus and Josquin. (An excerpt from the Victoria Requiem is available at YouTube.)
• Tenor and alto in the Rose Ensemble (St. Paul, MN; director Jordan Sramek), August 1998;- June 2001.
• Tenor in the Dale Warland Singers (Minneapolis, MN; director Dale Warland), September 1996 - May 1998; substitute, September 1998 - May 2001.
• Tenor section leader at the Cathedral of St. Paul (St. Paul, MN; director Kevin Vogt), April 1996 - May 1997.
• Tenor section leader at the Church of St. Louis, King of France (St. Paul, MN; dirs. James Frazier, Douglas Shambo), March 1995 - June 1995.
• The Early Music Ensemble of St. Paul (St. Paul, MN; director John Baboukis, 1991 - 1994; director Douglas Shambo, 1994 - 1996), September 1991 - April 1996. Concert presentations (in style influenced by Thomas Binkley) of laude spirituali, plainsong, Byzantine chant, works by Lassus, Schutz, Josquin, Machaut, Palestrina, Morales, Cicconia.
• Waltham Abbey Singers (St. Paul, MN; director Brian Link), February 1991 - March 1996. An a capella ensemble in the Anglican/Tallis Scholars mold. Concert presentations of works by Tallis, Shepherd, Josquin, Machaut, Palestrina, Schutz, van Wilder.
• Gregorian Singers (Minneapolis, MN; director Monte Mason), September 1990 - May 1991. Worship-service performance of liturgical choral music, from Anglican plainsong to contemporary.
• Concentus Cantorum (Minneapolis, MN; director Arthur Maud), September 1989 - May 1990. The a capella component of Maud's Concentus Musicus organization. Concert presentations of works by Josquin, Gibbons, Hassler, Othmayr, Palestrina, Janequin, Brumel, Rogier, Weelkes.
• Dale Warland Symphonic Chorus (Minneapolis, MN; dirs. Dale Warland, Sigrid Johnson), July 1988 - November 1990. Concert presentations of Tosca, Boris Godunov, Voices (Stephen Paulus, world premiere), Aida, Symphony No. 9 (Beethoven), Madama Butterfly, Falstaff (Carnegie Hall appearance).
• Quire (Washington, D.C.; director Robert Eisenstein), September 1984 - May 1985. Early music a capella group founded by Eisenstein, a Folger Consort instrumentalist. Concert presentations of works by Taverner, Tye, Lambe, van Wilder, Resinarius, Sennfl, Browne.
• Collegium Cantorum (Reston, VA; director Tim Kendall), September 1984 - May 1985. Then-fledgling a capella early music group. Study of works primarily by Josquin and Ockeghem.
• Various choirs while a student at St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN), including Viking Chorus (director Robert Scholz, September 1979 - May 1980; also served as choir president), Chapel Choir (director Robert Scholz, September 1979 - May 1982; director Timothy Carney, January 1983 - May 1983), Repertory Singers (director Gerald Hoekstra, September 1982 - May 1983).

SOLO PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE

• Performer with Ex Machina Baroque Opera Ensemble (artistic director James Middleton, musical director Barbara Weiss), December 1988 - December 1992. Roles include: Aladino in Cunegonda (Scarlatti), March 1989; Curio in Julius Caesar Handel), October 1991. Chorus member in the Pellegrina Intermedii (Malvezzi, Peri, Marenzio), January 1989; concerts of Spanish Colonial music, April 1989 and December 1992; Requiem (Gilles), November 1991.

RECORDINGS

• The Rose Ensemble: Lôbo Requiem / van Wilder motets. Recorded November 1998; released May 1999.

MUSICAL THEATER TECHNICAL EXPERIENCE

• Stage manager for the 1995 Boston Early Music Festival production of Purcell's King Arthur (artistic director Jack Edwards, musical directors Peter Holman and Paul O'Dette), June 1995.
• Stage manager for Ex Machina Baroque Opera Ensemble (artistic director James Middleton), September 1992 - June 1995.
• Stage manager for the 1993 Boston Early Music Festival production of Monteverdi's L'Orfeo (artistic director Simon Target, musical director Andrew Parrott), June 1993.

ADMINISTRATIVE AND DEVELOPMENTAL EXPERIENCE

• Member of the Board of Directors for the Rose Ensemble, December 1999 - 2001.
• Chair of the Board of Directors for the Early Music Ensemble of St. Paul, September 1993 - 1996. Primary administrator, including having filed Articles of Incorporation and preparing organization Bylaws, keeping financial books, coordinating concert logistics.
• Member of the Board of Directors for Ex Machina Baroque Opera Ensemble, April 1994 - June 1995.

PERSONAL DATA

Age: 46
Formal Education: B.A., Computing Science, St. Olaf College (Northfield, MN), 1986.
Employment: Member of Technical Staff / Software Engineer, Google, Inc., Mountain View, CA.

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