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Ken Davies
composer-arranger-orchestrator
songwriter-sound engineer
Mississippi composer
Ken Davies has had commercial, acoustic and electronic works
performed across the USA, Canada, and United Kingdom. His
commercial work has included records and nationally
broadcast television shows for which he wrote or arranged,
conducted, and supervised music production.
His concert music
has appeared on numerous new music festivals such as the
Society of Composers, Electroacoustic Barn Dance,
Southeastern Composers League (he is a past president),
Electronic Music Midwest, International Trombone Festival,
International ClarinetFest, National Association of
Composers USA, Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers,
New Music on the Bayou, Parma Music Festival, London New
Wind Festival (UK), and Sonic Coast (UK).
His music has been performed by luminous
soloists and ensembles including trombonists Charle Vernon,
Ben McIlwain, Jonathon Warburton, Jacob Elkin, clarinetists
Scott Humes, Sarunas Jankauskas, oboist Richard Kravchak,
hornists Virginian Thompson, James Boldin. Pianists Chialing
Hsieh, Rebecca McNair Calissi, Brent Schloneger, orchestra,
Eric Crawford, Travis Jürgens and others.
Awards include the Mississippi Arts
Commission’s Performing Arts Fellowship for Composition (3
times), The American Prize National Finalist, the
Mississippi Music Teachers’ Association’s Commissioned
Composer Of The Year, and winner of the American Trombone
Workshop National Composition Competition.
His music studies were at the University of
Wisconsin at Madison, Yale School of Music, Middle Tennessee
State University at Murfreesboro (MA trombone), and the
University of Colorado at Boulder (MM composition). A writer
and publisher member of ASCAP, his music is published by
Kenvad Music. He is available for commissions.
A native of Wisconsin, he settled in coastal
south Mississippi in 2002. where hs lives with his wife,
Judy, and their cat, Darius Meow.
Our studio cat, Darius Meow often supervises
the creation of new 'mewsic' works. As Albert Schweitzer
once stated, "There are two means of refuge from the
miseries of life: music and cats."
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2023 News and Performances
of Ken's Works25 March- Dr. David Jones performs Ken's Loose Connections for solo horn on his concert at Portland State University's Lincoln Hallpresented by NACUSA's Cascadia Chapter. 2022
4 Dec. - Doctoral recital performance of Ken's Twitter Rhapsody for clarinet and fixed audio by Gregorio Maria Paone at Forbes Center for the Performing Arts at James Madison University School of Music. He is a student of Dr. Sarunas Jankauskas.
Dec-July Twitter Rhapsody electronic performances by Sounds New chapter of NACUSA: Dec 20-Tugaloo State Park, Lavonia, GA. Mov 29, Rabbit Hill Park Dacula, GA. Nov 15-Burton Mill Park, Flowery Branch, GA Oct 18-Suwanee Creek Park, Suwanee, GA Oct 14-Tribble Milll Park, Lawrenceville, GA Sept 13-Duncan Creek Park, Dacula, GA Aug 30-Linwood Nature Preserve, Gainesville, GA Aug 12-Mill Creek Nature Preserve, Buford, GA July 15-Don Carter State Park, Gainesville, GA July 12-McDowell Nature Preserve, Charlotte NC
29 Aug - Loose Connections for solo horn perfomed by Daniel Partridge at Leach Botanical Gardens, Portland, OR. Concert sponsored by NACUSA.
29 July 2022-Dr.
Richard Kravchak performed treble shawm, oboe and
English horn (with fixed audio) on Ken's "And the
Earth Will Wear Out Like A Garment" at the
Conference of the International Double Reed Society held
at the University of Colorado at Boulder.
JUNE & MAY -
Sounds New Chapter of NACUSA 2022 electronic performances
featuring Ken's"Antiphonal Music":
28 June -Ivy
Creek Greenway, Buford,GA.
24 June -Sell's Mill Park, Hoschton,GA.
21 June -Chattahoochee Riverwalk, Columbus,GA.
14 June -Dukes Creek Falls, Helen,GA.
09 June -Smithgall Woods, Helen,GA.
06 June -Oak Mountain State Park, Pelham,AL.
05 June -White Cliffs of Epes, Epes,AL. 31 May - Lighthouse Park, Biloxi, MS.
30 May -Chicopee Woods Nature Preserve, Gainesville,GA.
24 May -Van Pugh North Park, Flowery Branch,GA.
12 May -Chesterfield Gorge, Chesterfield,NH.
12 May 2022-Fort Dummer State Park, Guilford,VT.
12 May -Fort McClary State Historical Site, Kittery
Point,ME.
10 May -Ke'ehi Lagoon Beach Park, Honolulu,HI.
09 May -Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles,CA
07 May -Angle Lake Park, SeaTac,WA.
07 May -Art Source Gallery, Boise,ID.
06 May -Blue lake Regional Park, Portland,OR.
APRIL-JANUARY-NACUSA's
Sounds New Chapter performs Ken's "Amplitudes":
26 April -Charleston Park, Cummings,GA.
19 April -Lake Zwerner, Dahlonega,GA.
12 April -Big Rock Trail, Gainesville,GA.
05 April -Murrayville Park, Murrayville,GA.
29 March -Laurel Park, Gainesville,GA.
15 March-Red Fox Trail, Pound,VA.
08 February-Edge of the World, Dawsonville,GA.
19 January -Rafe Banks Wellness Park, Lula,GA.
01 January -Tumbling Creek Wetlands, Oakwood,GA.
26 Mar. 2022-Dr. Richard Kravchak performed "And The
Earth Will Wear Out Like A Garment" at the Christian
Fellowship of Art Music Composers Conference at Fresno
Pacific University, Fresno, CA.
19 March 2022-Ken's "Soliloquy #3" is featured by
Dr. Joe Alexander on a Composers Retreat at
Cloudland State Park, Rising Fall,GA. The retreat
was sponsored by Sounds New Chapter of NACUSA.
14 March - And the Earth Will Wear Out Like A Garment -
performed by Dr. Richard Kravchak on a Dept. of Arts &
Letters benefit recital held at the College of Southern
Nevada Recital Hall in Las Vegas.
25 February
2022-Dr. Joe Alexander performed Ken's "Soliloquy #3"
on a Music in the Library Concert, Mississippi University
for Women, Columbus,
MS
2021
Ken’’s electronic piece Cityscapes was performed in
a series of park concerts sponsored by the SOUNDS NEW group of
the National Assn pf Cf Composers s USA.
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Feb 2021 - Yahoola Park, Dahlonega, GA
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Feb 2021 - Tumbling Creek, Oakwood, GA
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Jan 2021 - ugaloo
State Park, Lavonia, GA
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Jan 2021 - Don Carter State Park, Gainesville, GA
2
Jan 2021 - Tumbling Creek, Oakwood, GA
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Jan 2021 - Cherokee Bluffs, Flowery Branch, GA
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