We look forward to welcoming our new Director of Music, Erich Knapp, in September. 

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Erich is currently Artist-in-Residence, Organist and Director of Music Ministries at St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Brenham, Texas, a position he has held since October, 2012. Before that he was: Organist and Director of Music Ministries at the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, Corpus Christi, Texas; Minister of Music at Grace Lutheran Church, Wenatchee, Washington; and Artistic Director & Conductor at Park Rapids Classic Chorale, Park Rapids, Minnesota. He has done organ recitals and choral concerts and tours throughout the USA and Europe.

 

Erich has conducted choral masterworks for choir and orchestra. He also has music teaching and music workshop experience. In 2007 Erich won the Educator of the Year: Bravo! Award, from OPERA America. He is currently working on his Doctorate in Musical Arts (DMA). He has taken masterclasses in both conducting and organ. Hobbies include gourmet cooking, gardening and Norwegian culture as that is his family heritage. For more information he invites you to visit his Facebook page.

 

Once he has settled in, we will let you know of our plans for the Music at First-St. Andrew's 2020-2021 season.