Charles Knox

Who is Charles Knox?

Charles C. Knox is an American composer and music educator. He is particularly noted for his music for brass instruments and chamber music, among his over 100 compositions to date.

Knox received a B.F.A. in Music from the University of Georgia where he joined the Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia music fraternity in 1950 and was later elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He subsequently earned both his M.Mus. and Ph.D. from Indiana University, where he studied composition with Bernard Heiden.

Now retired from teaching, Knox was Professor of Music at Georgia State University for over three decades. In 2001 he was recipient of a Mayor's Fellowship in the Arts from the City of Atlanta.

Examples of Knox's chamber works can be found in audio format on two compact discs, Clouds Are Not Spheres and 2002: Chamber Music of Charles Knox.