Xander Knecht
Viola, violin
About
Alexander Cai Knecht, violinist and violist, holds a DMA from USC and a Master's degree from Juilliard. In 2018, he became a member of the viola section of the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. Since 2019, he has worked as a Teaching Artist for the Caesura Youth Orchestra at Columbus Elementary School in Glendale. In 2019, he founded a free violin class outreach program at the Los Angeles Chinese SDA Church. He serves each week as a violinist at St. Joseph the Worker parish in Loma Linda. He has been a mentor teaching strings in the CKC-Music community engagement program in San Bernardino since its founding in 2008, continuing to the present day through Zoom.
This year he was featured in a live performance on AM 870 in Glendale, on the Impassioned Angels program. He is an active private teacher. He comes from a family of Chinese, Korean and Caucasion ancestry.
Music
Classical as well as R&B and rock covers
Videos
Past groupmuses (1)
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Virtual Premiere
Bach: Suite no. 5 and Chromatic Fantasy, Alexander Knecht, viola
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 7:00 PM PDT
- Neighborhood: Loma Linda, CA
- Composers: Bach, Devin Morrison, Aaliyah
- Instruments: Solo viola
- Price: $5 to reserve, $10+ at event
Happened over 3 years ago