Dr. Robert Knupp is an internationally-acclaimed organist and professor of music.
Robert Knupp is a Professor in the music department at Mississippi College in Clinton. His area of primary teaching is applied organ and organ area classes, along with music theory. He is also the organist of Galloway United Methodist Church in Jackson.
As a teacher, Dr. Knupp’s students have won state competitions of the AGO and MTNA, been awarded full teaching assistantships at major universities, and fellowships to national organist conventions, and been successful in obtaining full time church employment. The studio also takes an annual tour to locations including New York, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Dallas, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston, St. Louis, and Washington D.C.
An active performer, he has performed in twenty nine states and in Europe. Noteworthy performance venues include St. Thomas Church and St. Mary’s in New York City, King’s Chapel in Boston, Church of the Ascension in Seattle, Trinity Lutheran Church in Lancaster PA, National City Christian Church in Washington DC, St. Philips Cathedral in Atlanta, and St Peter’s Cathedral in Jackson MS.
Knupp is a native of Johnstown, PA, and holds degrees from the University of Alabama (D.M.A.), East Carolina University (M.M.), and Susquehanna University (B.M.) Primary mentors include the late Warren Hutton, Dr. Janette Fishell, and Dr. Susan Hegberg.
This program will include works by Franck, Bach, Mendelssohn, de Grigny, Vierne, and more! Concert is Free to be public.