Brady Knapp is Director of Music at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church in Houston, Texas, overseeing a nationally recognized multi-generational music program. Under his leadership the Palmer choirs have been featured on numerous national and regional conferences for the American Choral Directors Association, Texas Choral Directors Association, American Guild of Organists, and the Anglican Association of Musicians. The Palmer choirs have taken international and domestic tours singing choral residencies in the United Kingdom, in venues throughout the American Southeast, and at the National Cathedral in Washington, DC.
Additionally, Dr. Knapp is Associate Professor of Music and coordinator of vocal and choral studies at the University of St. Thomas in Houston. He conducts UST’s University Singers, is music director for the university’s opera workshop, and he teaches studio voice to music majors. The University Singers have been featured on conventions for the Southwest Liturgical Conference and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Fox television holiday programs, and on broadcasts for Radio Maria, KUHF (Houston) and Minnesota Public Radio. Dr. Knapp’s choral ensembles at Palmer Episcopal and the University of St. Thomas are regularly featured on National Public Radio broadcasts and both groups have albums on the commercial Gothic Records & Naxos labels.
Knapp received the Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts from Rice University, and he holds a Bachelor of Music from Vanderbilt University. In demand as a voice pedagogue, clinician, and conductor, Dr. Knapp has been invited to give workshops, masterclasses and participated in festivals across the country. He has served as guest lecturer of voice pedagogy as well as guest lecturer of church music at Rice University. Dr. Knapp served on the music faculties of Sam Houston State University, Kenyon College, Rice University, and the Columbus School for Girls (Bexley, OH). As a baritone soloist he has performed extensively in opera, oratorio, and recitals.
The Reverend Katherine Tuttle is the Director of Parish Life at Palmer Memorial Episcopal Church and is ordained in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. What she loves most about ministry is creating spaces for relationship-building, meaning-making, storytelling, and ritual—rooted in our shared call to love and serve our neighbors.
Prior to joining Palmer, Katherine served as a Resident Minister at Georgetown University and Loyola Marymount University. At both institutions, she lived in student housing with her family to help foster deep community, hospitality, and a sense of belonging among residents. Her experience accompanying college students, along with her work as a hospital chaplain, shapes her hope that people of diverse backgrounds will find a true home at Palmer.
Katherine lives in Houston with her husband, Jake, a professor of philosophy at the University of St. Thomas, and their two young children. In her free time, she enjoys baking bread, walking, reading, spending time with her family, and playing the ukulele—enthusiastically, if not skillfully. She loves exploring Houston and is always eager to meet Palmers in their favorite corners of this vibrant city.