Selected Upcoming Performances and Events:
Please note: This is only a select list of events. If you would like James' full performance schedule please contact him and he will get you the latest full list.
Upcoming 2013 Events:
Easter Season 2013:
Palm Sunday Services-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Vigil-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Sunday Services-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
If you would like to hear James in person please consult the list above for upcoming events or email James to receive the most current performance calendar. Please utilize the Contact tab on the top menu to contact James
A Sampling of Performances 2005-2012:
(Please note this listing is only a sampling of James' performances. This listing does not typically list James' church services, weddings, or ceremonial performances)
2013
February/March 2013 Tour of the South + Texas
1/20/13 MLK Special Services, St. Margaret Mary, Naperville
2012
12/29/12 Special Events Festive Celebratory Masses at St. Margaret Mary Naperville
Christmas Season 2012:
Christmas Eve 2012 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Christmas Day 2012 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
US Marine Corp Birthday Celebration
Odyssey Cruise Ship, Chicago, IL
Fall 2012 Musician Advice Presentation to Brass Students and Faculty
University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA
Special Events at Our Lady of Angels in Wheaton, IL
Special Events at Fox Valley Baptist Church, Dundee, IL
Easter Season 2012:
Easter Vigil-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Sunday Services-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
June 2012 Several Special Events St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
April 2012 Special Event St. Vincent Ferrer, Riverforest, IL
2011
Christmas Season 2011:
Christmas Eve 2011 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Christmas Day 2011 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
10/9/2011 Special 50th Anniversary Mass @ St. Margaret Mary, Naperville
8/27/11 Memorial Service @ St. Juliana Church, Chicago, IL
7/16/11 Private Event @ St. Juliana Church, Chicago, IL
7/16/11 Jubilee Event @ Our Lady of Angels, Wheaton, IL
6/18/11 Private Event St. Benedict Church, Chicago, IL
4/30/11 Private Event SMMP, Naperville, IL
Easter Season 2011:
Easter Vigil-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Sunday Services-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
2010
12/18/2010 Private Event at St. Vincent Ferrer Church in River Forest, IL
Christmas Season 2010:
Christmas Eve 2010 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Christmas Day 2010 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
James & Deborah Knabe, Special Music Church of Promise (12/5/2010)
Recording Sessions, Milwaukee, WI (10/11/2010)
Private Event at St. Tarcissus Church in Chicago, IL (10/9/2010)
Special Celebratory Mass at St. Margaret Mary Church in Naperville, IL (9/26/2010)
Private event at Naper Settlement in Naperville, IL (7/30/2010) Fransiscans Jubilee Event at Our Lady of Angels in Wheaton (7/17/2010)
Jubilee Concert at St. Raphael's in Naperville (6/6/2010)
Celebration/Transplant Mass for John Schlaman SMMP Naperville (5/30/2010)
Easter Season 2010:
Palm Sunday Services-Divine Savior, Downers Grove, IL
Easter Vigil-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Sunday Services-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
2009
Christmas Season 2009:
Lessons and Carols St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Christmas Eve 2009 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Christmas Day 2009 St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Handel Messiah Performances
James Knabe, Trumpet Soloist
11/28 7pm and 11/29/09 3pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, Rockford, IL
10/17/09 Private Event at St. Margaret Mary in Naperville, IL
10/10/09 Private Event at St. Hyacinth Basilica in Chicago, IL
9/26/09 Private Event at St. Philip the Apostle in Addison, IL
9/12/09 Private Event at St. Peter Cathedral in Rockford, IL
7/30/09 Wedding Workshop Event at SMMP in Naperville
7/25/09 Private Event at Hotel Monaco in Chicago
Studio Recording Sessions (String Trio+Trumpet) August/September 2009
IC Elmhurst Events May 10, May 22
Easter Season 2009:
Palm Sunday Services-Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL
Holy Thursday-Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL
Good Friday-Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL
Easter Vigil-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Sunday Services-St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Trumpet Soloist with SSPP String Orchestra
Rep: Torelli Concerto for Trumpet and Strings and Bach Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
St. Peter and Paul, Naperville, IL
2/22/09 11AM Service
Wizard of Oz
Solo Trumpet, Pit Orchestra
Elmhurst Children's Theatre
February 2009
Epiphany Sunday 1/4/09 at Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL
2008
Christmas Season 2008:
Christmas Concert 12/7/08 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Third Sunday of Advent-Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL
Fourth Sunday of Advent at Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL
Christmas Eve 2008 at St. Peter and St. Paul, Naperville, IL
Christmas Eve 2008 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Christmas Day 2008 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
12/14/08
Torelli Concerto with String Orchestra
St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Handel Messiah Performances
James Knabe, Trumpet Soloist
11/29-11/30/08 at Trinity Lutheran, Rockford, IL
Choir Festival Concert
Libertyville High School
10/14/08 at 7:30 PM
Repertoire: Brass Quintet with Mass Choir-Homeland by Gustav Holst
Music Faculty Recital
Libertyville High School
9/17/08 at 7:30 PM
James Knabe and Dustin Helvie, Trumpets
*Manfredini Concerto for Two Trumpets
James Knabe and Sarah Hibbard (Soprano)
*Handel-Eternal Source of Light Divine and Scarlatti Rompe Sprezza
LHS Faculty Brass Quintet with Don Shupe, Drumset and Percussion
*Gershwin's Strike up the Band
Word and Note Service
James Knabe, Trumept and Jeff Panko, Piano
7/24/08 at Bethel United Church of Christ, Elmhurst, IL
Repertoire: Ewazen-Hymn to the Lost and Living and the Damase-Hymne
Funny Thing Happened on the way to the Forum
April 2008 at College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn, IL
Easter Season 2008:
Palm Sunday 2008 Services at Immaculate Conception, Elmhurst, IL
Easter Vigil 2008 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Sunday 2008 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Northern Illinois University Memorial Service (Shooting tragedy)
2/28/08 at St. Margaret Mary Church, Naperville, IL
2007
Christmas Season 2007:
Christmas Eve 2007 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Christmas Sunday 2007 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
St. Margaret Mary Christmas Concert
12/2/07 at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Trumpet Soloist, Handel Messiah Performances
11/24-11/25/07 at Trinity Lutheran, Rockford, IL
Thanksgiving Service
11/22/07 at Immaculate Conception Church, Elmhurst, IL
Priest Installation Ceremony and Celebration
9/8/07 at St. Peter and Paul Church, Naperville, IL
Easter Season 2007:
Palm Sunday 2007 Services at St. Margaret Mary, Naperville, IL
Easter Vigil 2007 at St. Philip the Apostle, Addison, IL
Easter Sunday 2007 Services at St. Philip the Apostle, Addison, IL
2006
Christmas Season 2006
Handel's Messiah Christmas Concert-First Baptist Church, G