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Brian
Knox was born and raised in Minnesota where, from a young age, he
got his fingers into every concert, musical, and performing group
that was available to him including: orchestras, wind ensembles,
jazz bands, garage bands, and choirs. He graduated from the
University of Minnesota-Duluth with a double major in piano
performance and theory/composition. He then went on to earn a
master's degree from SUNY Purchase in studio composition; there he
studied music production techniques and composing for pop and modern
styles.
Brian is pianist, and multi-instrumentalist. He plays bass guitar,
guitar, French horn, sings, is a recording engineer, a composer and
conductor. He writes and produces his own material and collaborates
with other artists whenever possible
As a freelance musician, Brian performs regularly with various rock,
blues, funk, and party bands in the NYC area.For the past seven
years, Brian has been a member of the Stingers, a premier event band
in the New York area, and has been a part of some very notable
performances including: the queen of Morocco’s birthday party at the
palace in Rabat, Morocco; Howard Stern and Beth Ostrosky’s wedding
at Le Cirque; Alzheimer’s Foundation benefit at the Waldorf-Astoria;
and other similar events.
One of Brian’s favorite projects is to write music for films. He has
scored three short films and one feature length film, which contains
three of his original songs. His latest project, The Moment I Died,
has been accepted to the Barcelona Film Festival and will be on
display at an art gallery in Miami in November of 2009.
Teaching runs in Brian’s family; his father, mother, sister, brother
all have or have had a career in teaching. Since his mother is a
retired elementary music teacher, Brian was possibly used as a
guinea pig for her lesson plans. As he got older, his mother’s
pedagogical experience began to transfer to him, and all of the fun
lessons, silly songs and patience to deal with twenty ten-year olds
with recorders made sense. Brian has been teaching private music
lessons and classes since he started college. Brian is a fantastic
music teacher and works very well with children and adults. He has
been adjunct faculty at Purchase and the County College of Morris
and was a lecturer at SUNY Oneonta. Able to readily adjust teaching
styles to match the students’ need, Brian is comfortable teaching
any age, from 8 to 88! (and older.)
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