Indigo Knecht is a composer, tubist, and educator fascinated with the challenges people face as they navigate this world. Through a synthesis of contemporary classical music and rock & roll, Indigo explores themes such as environmentalism, mental illness, self-realization, and advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion.

As a nonbinary lesbian, Indigo places great emphasis on LGBTQIA+ advocacy in their music, creating works that both educate and emotionally speak to listeners. In addition, Indigo works to uplift the voices of their contemporaries with marginalized identities through their role as Programs Director in Bowling Green State University’s Tau Beta Sigma Alumni Association, an organization devoted to empowering women in music.

Due to their passion for nature, Indigo also centers environmentalism in many of their works. Past projects include sonifying data from the Earth’s melting ice caps, a musical documentary on the effect of climate change in Miami, and a sonic installation that demonstrates humankind’s impact on the environment. Their work has been featured annually on the Earth Day Art Model telematic festival hosted by the Donald Louis Tavel Arts Technology Research Center at the Indiana University Purdue School of Engineering and Technology. Indigo’s other projects involve developing a new music controller known as the Fidget Muse, a device meant for neurodivergent folks to interact with to relieve anxiety while creating ambient music. The first version of the controller won the 2021 Arduino Day Community Challenge for its educational and innovative functionality.

Due to the powerful, yet thoughtful nature of their work, Indigo has received a variety of successes in their field. Indigo’s unbroken passion for the well-renowned new music ensemble Hypercube premiered in October 2023 with additional performances at the Scholes Street Studio in Brooklyn in November 2023 and She Scores festival in June 2024. They were selected as one of five composers for the 2023 CAMP Young Composers Competition in which their work, across the bridge, was performed in February and March 2024.

Indigo is currently in their third year at University of Miami pursuing a D.M.A. in Composition under the guidance of Dr. Dorothy Hindman. Their multimedia installation, “The Chanting of Coral Reefs: Bringing Awareness to the Endangerment of Coral Reefs Through the Sonification of Settling Larvae,” received the 2024 Presser Foundation Graduate Award, with the premiere set for April 2025.After graduating in 2025, Indigo intends on teaching music theory, composition, and technology at the university level while continuing to develop expansive compositions that bring awareness to issues in our world with groundbreaking technology.