KENNETH H. KNIGHT
Musical Director
Conductor

Conductor Kenneth Knight , a native of Texas , received his B.A. degree in music theory from Yale University , where he was a vocal soloist with the Yale Glee Club and the Whiffenpoofs. After graduate study in musicology and conducting at the Manhattan School of Music in New York , he toured for several seasons with the Norman Luboff Choir. He has also sung with the Roger Wagner Chorale, the Gregg Smith Singers, the Don Ellis Band, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, American Bach Soloists, and the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Chorus. In 1987 he was chosen to be the cantor for the papal masses at the Los Angeles Coliseum and Dodger Stadium during the visit of Pope John Paul II. He was Director of Music for eight years at St. Clare's Catholic Church in Santa Clarita , CA , and for five years at Petaluma [CA] United Methodist Church . He is also the founding director of the Sonoma County [CA] Men's Chorus. Now a Santa Fe resident, he is the conductor of the Santa Fe Men's Camerata, the Zia Singers, and the choir of the United Church of Santa Fe.

Professional Conducting Experience:

           Director of Music/Choir Founder , St. Clare Catholic Church, Santa Clarita,
           CA .
          Weekly choral liturgies and semi-annual choral/orchestral concerts, 1988-96.
          Director of Music , Petaluma United Methodist Church , Petaluma, CA,
               1996-2001.
          Founder and Director , Sonoma County [CA] Men's Chorus, 1997-2001.
          Choir Director , United Church of Santa Fe, NM, 2002-present.
          Artistic Director , Santa Fe Men's Camerata, 2002-present.
          Artistic Director , Zia Singers (women's chorus), Santa Fe, NM, 2003-present.
          Choir Director , Santa Fe Preparatory School, 2003-present.
          Guest Conductor , Petaluma [CA] Women's Choir, 1999; Cantare
               (chamber choir), San Luis Obispo , CA , 2003; Canticum Novum,
               Santa Fe , NM , 2002 & 2003.

Professional Chorister Experience:

           Musica Sacra (Richard Westenberg, conductor), New York City, 1970-72.
           The Camerata Singers (Abraham Kaplan, conductor), New York City
                 Performances with the New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein
                 and Pierre Boulez, 1971-73.
           The Norman Luboff Choir .  Five tours of the United States and Canada , 1974-77.
           The Don Ellis Band .  Solo vocal quartet, 1974-75.
           Los Angeles Master Chorale (Roger Wagner, director). Performances with the Los
                Angeles Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta, Eugene Ormandy, Erich Leinsdorf,
                Carlo Maria Giulini, Andrew Davis, Michael Tilson Thomas, Simon Rattle, Andre
                Previn, Kurt Sanderling, Jesus Lopez-Cobos, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Eric Kunzel,
                Christopher Hogwood, Robert Shaw, Myung Whun Chung, John Green, John Mauceri,
                and others, 1977-89.

          The English Chant Schola (Dennis Fitzpatrick, conductor), Los Angeles, 1977-80
           I Cantori (vocal chamber group), Los Angeles, 1978-96.
          The Gregg Smith Singers .  Tour of the western United States , 1979.
          The Roger Wagner Chorale .  Tours of Japan and Korea , 1980, 1996, and 1998.
          Professional studio/film singer .  Choral singing on soundtracks of Taps, Trapper
          John, M.D., Two of a Kind, Making Love, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom,
          Short Circuit II, The Witches of Eastwick, Young Guns II, Home Alone, Hook,
          Jurassic Park, Mrs. Winterbourne, The Sixth Sense, Snow Falling on Cedars,
          Dinosaur, Jurassic Park III, Behind Enemy Lines,  The Scorpion King,
          The Matrix: Reloaded, The Matrix: Revolutions, and Van Helsing.

Formal Conducting Instruction:

          William Robertson and Fenno Heath, Yale University, 1967-69.
          Hugh Ross, Manhattan School of Music, 1969-70.
          Abraham Kaplan, The Juilliard School, 1970-73.
          Robert Shaw Choral Conducting Workshops, University of Southern California ,
               summers of 1976 and 1977.
          Paul Vorwerk, California Institute of the Arts, 1988-90.

Education:

          B.A. in Music Theory, Yale University , 1969.
          Graduate study in voice, musicology, and conducting, Manhattan School of Music,
            1969-70.
          Special Choral Assistant, Choral Conducting Department (Abraham Kaplan, Chair),
          The Juilliard School, 1970-73.

JOHN M. ONSTAD
Executive Director

Music Résumé
Bach cantatas:  produced and sang baritone solo at Cantata Series, Christ Lutheran Church

No.     13        “Meine seufzer, meine Tranen”
           21        “Ich hatte viel Bekummerniss”
           34        “O ewiges Feuer”
           61        “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland”
           67        “Halt' in Gedachtnis Jesum Christ”
           69        “Lobe den Herren, meine Seele”
           82        “Ich habe genug”
           87        “Bisher habt ihr nichts gebeten in meinen Namen”
           106      “Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit”
           108      “Es ist euch gut, dass ich hin gehe”
           111      “Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit”
           116      “Du Friedefurst, Herr Jesu Christ”
           127      “Herr Jesu Christ, wah'r Mensch und Gott”
           137      “Lobet den Herren, den machtigen Konig der Ehren”
           140      “Wachet auf”
           143      “Lobe den Herren, meine Seele”
           198      “Trauer-Ode”

Choral music

18 seasons with the Sangre de Cristo Chorale as chorister and soloist

Founder and artistic director of “Canticum Novum” an early music ensemble; performed two
recitals at St. Francis Cathedral, Durufle “Requiem” at Christ Lutheran Church and numerous
other recitals and liturgical service

Opera and stage

Menotti's “Amahl and the Night Visitors,” a workshop at Theaterwork; co-produced and sang
principal role Handel's “Acis and Galatea,” co-produced and sang principal role

Seymor Barab's “Toy Shop,” an opera for children produced by Opera Unlimited; sang
principal role in two seasons touring New Mexico schools                   

Professional Résumé of John M. Onstad

Education:       B.A. Grinnell College , Grinnell , Iowa
Employment:   1980 to present, President and General Manager of Hubbell Electro-Mechanical,
                       Santa Fe , NM . Company performs all aspects of air conditioning, heating, plumbing
                       and electrical construction and service.

Associations:   Contractors 2000 , founding director; a national trade association dedicated to
                      development of business education for plumbing, heating and air conditioning                       contractors.
                       Educate New Mexico , founder and past president; a non-profit that raises money and
                       awards K-12 scholarships for low income children to attend private schools. In school
                       year 2003-4 over 400 scholarships were awarded with the average value of $1,350.
                       American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers ; member
                       since 1989.
                       Rotary Club of Santa Fe del Sur , past president and member since 1990.