Terrance McKnight: a proud voice resounding from the middle of the road. Terrance is the evening host on WQXR.
When Terrance McKnight moved to New York City, his 96-year-old grandmother offered him a few words of wisdom: “If you’ve got something to say, get out there in the middle of the road and say it; don’t go hiding behind no bush.” From a long line of passionate citizens — his maternal family founded a branch of the NAACP in Mississippi and his father the pastor of a church in Cleveland — Terrance and his siblings were expected to contribute to their community while growing up. Early on, Terrance decided he would take the musician’s journey.
As a teenager, he played trumpet in the school orchestra and played piano for various congregations around Cleveland. At Morehouse College and Georgia State University he performed with the college Glee Club and New Music Ensemble respectively and subsequently joined the music faculty at Morehouse. While in Georgia he brought his love of music and performing to the field of broadcasting.
Terrance is an Artistic Advisor for the Harlem Chamber Players and serves on the board of the Bagby Foundation and the MacDowell Colony. He’s frequently sought out by major cultural organizations for his insight into the cultivation of diverse perspectives and voices in the cultural sphere. He regularly curates concerts and talks at Merkin Concert Hall, the Billie Holiday Theatre the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Museum of Modern Art.
Shows:
Terrance McKnight appears in the following:
Evening Broadcast: Beethoven Akademie 1808
Sunday, August 16, 2020
Black Experience In The Concert Hall: The Mozart Effect
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Chevalier Blanc
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Re-Play – Opening Night Broadcast: Mozart / Pärt Mashup
Monday, August 10, 2020
SPECIAL – Juneteenth: “The Black Experience in the Concert Hall”
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
Juneteenth: “The Black Experience in the Concert Hall”
Saturday, June 20, 2020
Your Juneteenth Playlist
Friday, June 19, 2020
IN CONVERSATION – With Víkingur Ólafsson
Wednesday, April 01, 2020
A Panel on Black Church Activism
Monday, January 20, 2020
Fifty Years Ago, 'Black Woodstock' Happened Weekly in Harlem
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Juneteenth
Wednesday, June 19, 2019
Leonard Bernstein’s Black America
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Charles White, Art & Conspiracy
Thursday, December 27, 2018
A Fresh Look at Studio 54, Charles White at MOMA
Friday, October 05, 2018
Remembering George Walker
Thursday, August 30, 2018
Leonard Bernstein’s Black America
Friday, August 24, 2018
Video Webcast: Chevalier de Saint-Georges Performed by St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Thursday, October 06, 2016
The Golden Record Remastered: A Cosmic Mixtape
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
Happy 100th Birthday Everett Lee, Trailblazing Conductor
Wednesday, August 31, 2016
