Eric Knechtges

28-year-old Doctoral Student at Indiana University M.M. in Music Composition from Bowling Green State University (2005) B.M. in Music Education from Michigan State University (2001)Awards include: • Honorable Mention, NACUSA Young Composer's Competition (1994), for ¿Qué Pasa? (tuba and piano) •Semi-finalist, BMI Young Composers Award, Full Orchestra Division (1996), for Michigan Moods (orchestra) •Second annual National Bandmasters Association Young Composers Mentor Project (2001), for Broken Silents (symphonic band) •Commissioned by Champlin Park High School in Champlin, MN (2003), for Carpe Diem (symphonic band) •Semi-finalist, Juan Bautista Comes Choral Competition (2004), for Caritas (SATB) •Special Distinction, Second Bi-annual ASCAP/CBDNA Frederick Fennell Prize (2004), for Broken Silents •Second Place, New Voices Project of the San Francisco Choral Artists (2005), for Sonos (SSAATTBB) •Second Place, Juan Bautista Comes Choral Competition (2006), for O Nata Lux (SATB)