Members of The Knights are composers, arrangers, singer-songwriters, and improvisers who bring a range of cultural influences to the group from baroque and classical performance practice to jazz and klezmer genres to pop and indie rock music.
This forum for radical inquiry and in-depth preparation serves as the foundation for The Knights, which is supported by the strong camaraderie built over years of friendship.
The orchestra has collaborated with leading artists such as Dawn Upshaw,[2] Joe Gramley,[3] Susan Narucki, Gil Shaham, singer-songwriter (and Knights violinist) Christina Courtin, Iranian ney virtuoso Siamak Jahangiri, fiddler Mark O'Connor, and Syrian clarinetist/composer Kinan Azmeh.
The Knights have recorded two albums for Sony Classical, Experience: Live from New York with cellist Jan Vogler, and New Worlds.
The orchestra signed an exclusive artist contract with Warner Classics, with its label debut the ground beneath our feet released in April 2015.