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Trombones Online - Davies International Trombone Association (ITA) American Federation of Musicians (AFM) Mississippi Institute of Arts & Letters (MIAL) Gulf Coast Symphony (trombone sub) I thank our Mississippi leaders who
support funding for the arts:
Articles of Note: Does
Arts Education Make People Smarter? According to research led by
Dr. Michael S. Gazzaniga of the University of California at Santa Barbara,
children motivated in the arts develop attention skills and strategies
for memory retrieval that also apply to other subject areas.
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Gautier, Mississippi 39553 USA Tel 228-522-0028 - ken@kendavies.net 
Upcoming and Recent News/Performances of Ken's Works May 10, 2008. Connecticut concert pianist, Rebecca McNair performs Ken's Sapphire Kaleidocope at the visiting Artist Concert Series at the MusicMakers Academy in Manchester, CT. April 16-19, 2008. Ken's Soufriere for flute and digital media performed at the Society of Composers Regional Conference at Sam Houston University in Huntsville, Texas. March 29, 2008. Concert pianist, Rebecca McNair, perfoms Ken's Sapphire Kaleidoscope in a recital of living composers at Eastern Connecticut State University in Willimantic. February 21, 2008. Ken's Soufriere for flute and digital media selected for performance on the annual Free Play Concert Series at Grand Valley State University, Allandale, MI. February 16, 2008. Ken performs Notatsonata for trombone and digital media at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Concert sponsored by Southeastern Composers' League. December 5, 2007. Ken was awarded a professional development grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts. November 28, 2007. City of God for trumpet and organ, commissioned by Earl Turner, trumpeter and music minister at 1st Presbyterian Church in Pascagoula, MS. As Turner is one of south Mississippi's most sensitive trumpet professionals, upcoming premier and future performances will add a rich dimension to worship services. November. Some of Ken's works are now also available from Theodore Front Musical Literature of Van Nuys, California. November 15-18, 2007. Excellent performance by pianist Joey Prestamo of Ken's solo piano work, Sapphire Kaleidoscope, in New York City at Queens College, Aaron Copland School of Music New Music Festival sponsored by Society of Composers and The Long Island Composers Alliance. November 9-10, 2007. Delta Music Institute of Delta State University's Electroacoustic New Music Festival. Bologna Performing Arts Center, Cleveland Mississippi. September 26, 2007. Ken's Floating Galaxy CD is now available on CD Baby at http://cdbaby.com/cd/kendavies and at Pattisan Records. and at iTunes (type Floating Galaxy into the iTunes search) and other fine download sites. August 13, 2007. Kenvad Music published Ken's Notasonata for trombone and CD. Listen to an excerpt here. August 5, 2007. Ken's Quietudes 1,2 and 3 for organ were performed as preludes by Christopher Wicks at First Christian Church in Salem, Oregon. July 4th, 2007. Ken's setting of
the U.S. Pledge of Allegiance (I
Pledge Allegiance) was sung and/or played by several scout troops
in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
June 26, 2007. Mississippi Arts Commission unanimously nominated Ken for inclusion on SouthernArtistry.org (about), an adjudicated multi-displinary showcase registry of outstanding artists from the southern states of the Southern Arts Federation.
March 15-17, 2007. World premier of Veiled Places for woodwind quintet was performed by the Neopolitan Wind Quintet at the new music festival at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, sponsored by the Southeastern Composers' League. Also, Ken was elected Secretary of the organization for the coming year. February 22-24, 2007. Ken's Antiphonal Music for Two Trumpets was performed at the Society of Composers Regional Conference at Clarke College in Dubuque, Iowa. A brief article on Ken appears in the Winter 2007 edition (page 49) of ASCAP's PLAYBACK magazine. To see it online click PLAYBACK and scroll down. January 2007. Ken has received a prestigious ASCAP standard award for concert works performed in 2006. December 8, 2006. Ken's Floating Galaxy, an ambient electronic work, has been adapted for use on a new Music Therapy CD, The Healing Planets, planned for release in Spring 2007 by Gulf Coast Chamber Music Society, Inc. October 28, 2006. Soufriere for flute and digital media performed by Sarah Schneider at Society of Composers Regional Conference (Oct 26-28) at Middle Tennessee State University's McLean School of Music in Murfreesboro, TN. October 25, 2006 at 8 pm. Quatandre for trombone choir featuring the Low Brass Ensemble of Middle Tennesse State University McLean School of Music under the direction of Dr. David Loucky. Murfreesboro TN. September 2006. Ken is collaborating with clinical counselor/music therapist Dr. Alma Lott Flick to produce a recording for use in clinical situations. August 2006 - in Schwetzinger, Germany, a wedding couple marches down the aisle to the music of Ken's Wedding Processional. August 3, 2006. Ken and his music featured on Eye On Jackson County, WPMP - AM radio interview with Hal Comello in Pascagoula, MS. July 1, 2006. Ken received the 2006-2007 Mississippi Performing Artist Fellowship in Composition awarded by the Mississippi Arts Commission and National Endowment for the Arts. $4000 fellowship offered every two years in an area of performing arts. April 30, 2006. Concert Piece for Brass Quintet and Organ. Jan Coleman, organ and the Gulf Coast Brass Quintet. First Presbyterian Church, Pascagoula, MS. March 19, 2006. Quietudes for organ performed in recital by composer-organist Christopher Wicks at Trinity Lutheran Church in Silverton, Oregon. March 17, 2006. Dark River for English Horn and Digital Media excellently performed by Dr. Kelly Vaneman at the Southeastern Composers Conference at Converse College, Spartanburg, SC. March 14, 2006. Completed K'Danza for piano, requested by Washington composer Lothar Kreck for use as part of his Piano Concerto. Feb. 2006. Two woodwind works recorded. Soufriere for Flute & Digital Media with Hannah Albers, flute. Dark River for English Horn & Digital Media with Jim Rice, English Horn. Recorded at Doc Rock Studios in Biloxi, MS with Ken Leonard, engineer. These recordings funded in part by a grant from Mississippi Arts Commission. Feb. 2006. A review, by Christopher Wicks, of my Quietudes for organ appears in the February 2006 issue of American Organist magazine (page 90). Oct. 14, 2005. Sapphire Kaleidoscope
for solo piano. Society of Composers conference. University of North Carolina
at Greensboro.
July 24, 2005. Etude #1 from
20
Pieces in Changing Meters for trombone (published by Puna
Music). Matt Walley trombonist.
July 17, 2005. Quietudes #3, #4
for
organ.
July 17, 2005. Etude #1 from
20
Pieces in Changing Meters for trombone. Matt Walley. Memorial United
Methodist Church,
July 2005. An Easter Call To Worship for SATB a cappella has been selected for inclusion in the reading session packet for the Nebraska American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) Summer Conference. Antiphonal Music for 2 trumpets (publ by Kenvad Music) is reviewed in the June 2005 issue of ITG Journal (International Trumpet Guild) on page 87. June 2005. Quietudes #1, #2, #3 and #4 for solo organ were recorded in Salem, Oregon by composer and organ recitalist Christopher Wicks. Wed. May 25, 2005 Quatandre for trombones. Lunchtime Concert 12:30 pm., Danna Center, Loyola University. Performed by the New Orleans Trombone Choir, Milton Bush, Director. International Trombone Festival -- Loyola University -- New Orleans LA -- May 25-28, 2005 Mar. 11, 2005 - Antiphonal Music
for 2 trumpets
Jan. 14, 2005 - Quietudes No.
1-2 for organ
Dec. 12, 2004
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" The purpose
of commercial [media] is to induce mass sales.
For mass
sales there must be a mass norm... By suppressing
the individual,
the unique, the industry ... assures itself
a standard
product for mass consumption." - John Whiting, writer,
commenting
on the homogenization of corporate media program content
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"The only
proof I needed of the existence of God was music." - Kurt Vonnegut
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"I haven't
forgotten the lessons I learned when I was young...that we will be judged
by
how we
treat the least among us and that the first shall be last and the last
shall be first.
I try to
live my life by these lessons and I hope it comes through in my filmmaking."
...Michael Moore
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"I wish
we were not appropriating money for the arts, period. It is not the responsibility
of the government to
determine
what is and what is not art." - Tom Tancredo, R-CO congressman
and 2008 presidential contestant
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ìThe Church
knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better
able to praise him than the
building
of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.î
- Igor Stravinsky
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"Real composers
get ideas from heaven but they never came to me that way." - Paul Hindemith
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"In the
end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug
and we
shall want to live more musically." - Vincent van Gogh
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"...never
before have I been more respected for being a classical musician."
- Middle
Tennessee State University flutist Sarah Schneider
on the
response from audience members during her South Korea Tour.
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"The life
of the arts is very close to the center of a nation's purpose and is a
test
of the
quality of a nation's civilization." - President John F. Kennedy
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"All
art constantly aspires towards the condition of music."
-Walter
Pater (1839-94), English essayist, critic
March
20, 2007. We have hired ...er, adopted a new studio cat -- Darius Meow
(Milhaud). He brings his good looks, ample vocal abilities and minimal
keyboard skills ("walking bass") to our production facilities.