Cello Chat with Host Dr. Benjamin Whitcomb and guest Karl Knapp
About the Episode
This week I chat with Karl Knapp, a Suzuki cello instructor among many other things. We chat about motivations from modern music and how it can inspire students take their learning to the next level.
Meet the Guest
As an active Suzuki educator in Alaska, Karl helped found the Alaska Cello Intensive. ACI is a two-week summer program which combines intense music study with the similarly intense experience of Alaska's midnight sun and landscapes like Denali national park or Kennecott Glacier. Karl graduated with his Master and Doctorate of Music degrees from University of Wisconsin - Madison where he was a member of the Hunt Quartet, an educational ensemble which took classical music into the elementary schools in the area. He has performed in the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Madison Opera Orchestra, and Minnesota Opera Orchestra. His studies have been with with Karl Lavine, Stefan Kartman, Nina Gordon, Uri Vardi, Parry Karp, and the members of the Pro Arte Quartet. Karl has received Suzuki training from Barbara Wampner, Alice Ann O'Neill, Carol Tarr, Nancy Hair, and Pamela Devenport.
Dr. Karl Knapp is known not only as a devoted Suzuki educator but also for his solo and chamber music performances. He recently served as Principal Cellist with the Fairbanks Symphony Orchestra as well as the Arctic Chamber Orchestra and the Juneau Symphony Orchestra.
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