About the Artist Dr. Robert Knupp is an internationally acclaimed organist and professor of music, having taught organ and organ area classes, music theory, and popular music and society at Mississippi Christian University since 2000. As a teacher, Dr. Knupp’s students have won state and regional competitions of the American Guild of Organists and the Music Teachers National Association, been awarded full teaching assistantships at major universities such as the University of Iowa, the University of Arizona, Indiana University, and the University of Houston.  They have also been successful in obtaining full time church employment.  The organ studio at MC takes an annual tour of major cities such as New York, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Dallas, Minneapolis, Chicago, Houston, St. Louis, Washington DC, Atlanta and in 2027 will be travelling to Boston. An active performer, he has performed in thirty states and six countries in Europe.  Noteworthy venues include St. Thomas and St. Mary’s in New York City, King’s Chapel in Boston, Church of the Ascension in Seattle, St. Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco, St. Philips Cathedral in Atlanta, the Washington National Cathedral and National City Christian Church in DC, St Thomas Church in Leipzig, Chester (UK) Cathedral, and the Cathedral of St. Mary in Tallin Estonia.  He has also accompanied choirs on European tours to Germany, Austria, and most notably was the accompanist for the 80th Anniversary of D-Day Durufle Requiem in Caen, France. His professional Instagram site “Pipe Organ of the Day” has over eight thousand followers, has amassed several million views since the start of the page, and has posted pipe organs from six continents. Knupp is a native of Johnstown, PA and holds degrees from the University of Alabama (D.M.A.), East Carolina University (M.M.) and Susquehanna University (B.M.)