Ellie Jenkins, horn and natural horn, and Lou Ann Knight, piano, have collaborated with me on a piece for horn, natural horn and piano entitled Finding Rest. This work will be premiered on a recital the two are giving on Sunday, May 7, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. at the Christ Presbyterian Church , 520 South Tibbs Road, Dalton, GA 30720. Some of the other works on the program include Nevertheless, She Persisted by Edward Knight, written in 2017 and L’Automne by Jean Baptiste Victor Mohr, a professor from the Paris Conservatory in the late 19th century. Lou Ann Knight will also perform some solo piano works.
Dr. Ellie Jenkins, a native of coastal Georgia, joined the faculty at Dalton State College in 2010, and is an Affiliate Artist in horn at Berry College. An active performer, she is principal horn in the Carroll Symphony and the Chamber Players of the South, and second horn with the Rome Symphony. She also performs in Austria most summers with the Classical Music Festival in Eisenstadt. Dr. Jenkins holds degrees from the University of Wisconsin – Madison (DMA), University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (MM) and the University of Miami (BM).
Lou Ann (Pope) Knight taught at Harper College in the Chicago area, and was the Co-Coordinator for the Piano Pedagogy Department at the University of Michigan. She most recently taught piano at Dalton State College. She was recently married and will open a new piano studio in Calhoun, GA in the fall. Mrs. Knight holds degrees from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX (Master in Piano Pedagogy) and Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH, (Bachelor of Music in Piano Performance with emphasis on Pedagogy)