Kurt Knecht is a composer, organist, and conductor currently living in Kansas City, Missouri. His compositions have been described as “funky” and “joyous” in the Washington Post, and “brilliant in concept” in The Tracker magazine. His compositions have become a staple of the modern choral festival literature. Performances of his compositions include international performances at festivals and concerts in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Singapore, Hong Kong, Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Cuba, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and China. He has been featured on the American Public Media program Pipedreams multiple times as a composer and performer. As an eclectic performer, Kurt has been a featured soloist with groups ranging from Smokey Robinson to The Florida Orchestra, and he is the frequent collaborative organist/pianist for the multiple Grammy Award winning KC Chorale. Kurt regularly appears as a concert organist and collaborative pianist and has performed at the national conventions of the American Guild of Organist and the American Choral Directors Association. He is the organist at St. Paul’s Episcopal in Kansas City and the co-founder of MusicSpoke, a company that is creating the world’s largest marketplace for artist owned sheet music by making it easy for composers to self-publish and monetize their music.