Dr. Brady Knapp is Director of Music at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, TX, where he oversees an active multi-generational music ministry. During Dr. Knapp’s tenure, working closely with Courtney Daniell-Knapp Palmer’s Director of Children’s Music, the Palmer choirs have been invited to sing for national & regional music conferences. Palmer‘s choirs have been featured, by invitation, on conventions for the American Choral Directors Association, Texas Choral Directors Association, American Guild of Organists, and the Anglican Association of Musicians. Dr. Knapp has led the choirs on international and domestic tours, including choral residencies in the United Kingdom and the National Cathedral in Washington, DC. 

Additionally, Dr. Knapp is Associate Professor & Chair of the Music Department at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. He advises music major students and coordinates the graduate and undergraduate degree programs. Dr. Knapp conducts the University Singers, leads UST’s opera workshop, and teaches studio voice to music majors. Under Dr. Knapp’s leadership the University Singers‘ ensemble has been featured on regional conventions for the Southwest Liturgical Conference, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, and broadcast on Radio Maria. Both UST’s t Singers and the Palmer Episcopal adult choir, under Dr. Knapp’s direction, have recorded commercially on the Gothic Records & Naxos labels. Knapp’s choral discography has been regularly featured on NPR broadcasts over the last two decades. 

Born in Alabama and raised in North Georgia, Dr. Knapp comes from a dedicated family of public school educators. He received the Master of Music and the Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University, and holds the Bachelor of Music from Vanderbilt University. In demand as a voice teacher, clinician, and conductor, Knapp has led vocal pedagogy workshops, conducted choral festivals, and taught masterclasses across the country. As a guest lecturer, more recently, Dr. Knapp served on the music faculty of the Shepherd School at Rice University leading the graduate seminar in vocal physiology & pedagogy, and he has been invited to give guest lectures on the practice of church music. Before joining the UST faculty, Dr. Knapp served on the music faculties of Sam Houston State University, Kenyon College, Rice University, and the Columbus School for Girls in Bexley, OH. As a baritone soloist Dr. Knapp has performed extensively in opera, oratorio, and recitals.