Mark Knippel (b. 1983) studied composition at Southern Oregon University, primarily under Todd Barton and Wayne Slawson. He graduated in 2006 with a BA in music composition and education. He has written for saxophone quartet, woodwind quintet, and various other chamber groups, and for concert band, theater projects and film. His saxophone quartet, "At the Loss of Love and Folly", has been published by Dorn Publications. Two of his guitar quartets ("Marenje" and "Attained Elusiveness") will be recorded by the San Francisco Guitar Quartet (www.sfgq.com); the CD will be released sometime in 2009. Current projects include works for a large mixed chamber ensemble, solo pieces for flute and saxophone respectively, an antiphonal piece for five trumpets, and settings of ee cummings's poetry for a solo percussionist.
Mark completed an assistantship for the world-premiere musical, Tracy's Tiger, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon in 2006. He has received the ASCAPlus Award, and received the Schneider Award, given to the outstanding music student at Southern Oregon University, in 2006. Mark was an employee of the Britt Festivals in Medford, Oregon, where he served as the Education Assistant from 2006-2008. He currently studies with Dr. Robert Kyr and Dr. David Crumb at the University of Oregon, in pursuit of his M.Mus. in Composition.
Mark Knippel
Biography
Mark Knippel (b. 1983) studied composition at Southern Oregon University, primarily under Todd Barton and Wayne Slawson. He graduated in 2006 with a BA in music composition and education. He has written for saxophone quartet, woodwind quintet, and various other chamber groups, and for concert band, theater projects and film. His saxophone quartet, "At the Loss of Love and Folly", has been published by Dorn Publications. Two of his guitar quartets ("Marenje" and "Attained Elusiveness") will be recorded by the San Francisco Guitar Quartet (www.sfgq.com); the CD will be released sometime in 2009. Current projects include works for a large mixed chamber ensemble, solo pieces for flute and saxophone respectively, an antiphonal piece for five trumpets, and settings of ee cummings's poetry for a solo percussionist.
Mark completed an assistantship for the world-premiere musical, Tracy's Tiger, at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival in Ashland, Oregon in 2006. He has received the ASCAPlus Award, and received the Schneider Award, given to the outstanding music student at Southern Oregon University, in 2006. Mark was an employee of the Britt Festivals in Medford, Oregon, where he served as the Education Assistant from 2006-2008. He currently studies with Dr. Robert Kyr and Dr. David Crumb at the University of Oregon, in pursuit of his M.Mus. in Composition.