April 26, 2009. Dr. Bill Mann performed Ken's Notasonata for trombone and electronic soundtrack in recital at University of Missouri at Columbia.

April 18, 2009. Jill Jantzen performed Ken's K'Danza for piano in recital at the Bass School of Music, Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK.

April 12, 2009.  St. Michael's Catholic Church in Biloxi, MS began using Ken's "Six Liturgical Settings for Mass" each Sunday.

March 21, 2009. Ken's Three Pieces for Bass Trombone and Piano, won the 2009 Eastern Trombone Workshop National Composition Competition and received a world premier performance by Chicago Symphony bass trombonist, Charlie Vernon at Ft. Myer, VA, home of workshop sponsor Pershing's Own U.S. Army Band.

March 13, 2009. Southeastern Composers League New Music Festival at University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Ken's electronic works Utah Sunset and Aurora Borealis from CD Floating Galaxy featured.

March 2-3, 2009. Quatandre for trombone quartet performance at the University of Central Missouri New Music Festival Innovation. Warrensburg, MO.

Feb. 26-Mar.1, 2009. Ken's virtuosic piano work, "K'Danza" receives its world premier performance at the new music concerts sponsored by Society of Composers Region VI. The work was selected from over 300 works by 164 composers. The concerts will be held at Bass School of Music in Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma City, OK.

Feb. 2, 2009. Ken led a music business master class for composition students at Belhaven College in Jackson, MS. The master class was hosted by Belhaven composition professor Dr. Andrew Sauerwein. The two hour session, "I got my composition degree--Now What?" also included recorded renditions of some of Ken's music.

25 November 2008. Ken is awarded a mini-grant from Mississippi Arts Commission to help support a performance of a new work outside the state.

Nov. 16, 2008. City of God for trumpet and organ premiered at First Presbyterian Church, Pascagoula, MS by Earl Turner, trumpet and David Harrison, organ.

Que Sarah Sarah? NEW Oct 21, 2008. Palindromes  for flute unaccompanied. Inspired by the notorious lady celebrity politician. Professor/composer Jesse Ayers used this piece in his theory analysis class. Thanks, Jesse.

October 10-11, 2008. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence, Ken's choral work for SATB, organ and brass (listen to excerpt) presented at Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers national conference and festival (College-wide Chapel Service) at Indiana Wesleyan University at Marian.

August 2008. Escape from the Matrix for Euphonium and Piano scheduled for release by Kenvad Music.

Wedding music is in the air. On June 24, Maryland organist Ray Brokamp performed Wedding Processional in Auburn, Indiana. In August, Wedding Processional will be heard at a wedding in the Netherlands.

June 20, 2008. Ken's first work for Appalachian mountain dulcimer -- Two Songs For Dan -- now published by Kenvad Music (listen to excerpt). The work was written as a gift to a dulcimer fan (Ken's brother) and was privately recorded by the noted dulcimer performer Larry Conger.

June 16, 2008. Ken is elected as a composer to the Mississippi Artist Roster (on Mississippi Arts Commission).

June 11, 2008. Ken's work now appears on the British website music community www.last.fm.

June 2008. At the Festival of Contemporary Performance at Mannes College of Music in New York City, Joey Prestamo performed Sapphire Kaleidoscope in workshops and concerts.

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.

February 2, 2008. Ken's Notasonata for trombone and digital media performed by Matt Walley at University of Nebraska a Lincoln.

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. 
- Boy Scouts of #463 in Peshtigo, WI sang it and played the CD as part of their 4th of July Parade;
- Girl Scouts in Peshtigo, WI during flag raising ceremony to dedicate a flag to a WWII veteran;
- Boy Scouts #1171 in Stephenson MI as part of their July 4th Parade;
- Upper Michigan Highway Patrol played the CD publicly from their post throughout the day.

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. 

June 17, 2007. We released a CD, Floating Galaxy (electronic ambient music) on Pattisan Records. Click here to view and to listen to mp3 clips of the album tracks. 
 

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.

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.
Pianist: Rebecca McNair

July 24, 2005. Etude #1 from 20 Pieces in Changing Meters for trombone (published by Puna Music). Matt Walley trombonist.
First Baptist Church, Pascagoula, Mississippi.

July 17, 2005. Quietudes #3, #4 for organ.
Christopher Wicks, organist
Jason Lee United Methodist Church, 
Salem, Oregon

July 17, 2005. Etude #1 from 20 Pieces in Changing Meters for trombone. Matt Walley. Memorial United Methodist Church, 
Fernandina Beach, Florida.

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
Southeastern Composers' League Conference Concert at Louisiana Tech University at Ruston.
Dr. Randall Sorensen and Dr. Marilynn Gibson, trumpets.

Jan. 14, 2005 - Quietudes No. 1-2 for organ
Christopher Wicks, organist
Jason Lee United Methodist Church, 
Salem, Oregon

Dec. 12, 2004 
Concert Piece for Brass Quintet and Organ
Jeanie Pollard, organ and 
the Gulf Coast Brass Quintet
First United Methodist Church 
Gulfport, Mississippi      

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