Past News and Performances of Ken's Works
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2022 continueed
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 Performances for 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.
1 Feb 2021 - Yahoola Park, Dahlonega, GA
2 Feb 2021 - Tumbling Creek, Oakwood, GA
4 Jan 2021 - ugaloo
State Park, Lavonia, GA
3 Jan 2021 - Don Carter State Park,
Gainesville, GA
2 Jan 2021 - Tumbling Creek, Oakwood, GA
1 Jan 2021 - Cherokee Bluffs, Flowery
Branch, GA
05 Dec.-"Soliloquy #3" performed by Dr. Joe
Alexander on a NACUSA
Mid-South & Sounds New Recital, Univ. of North
Georgia, Oakwood,GA.
21 Nov.-"Colloquium" is played by Dr. Alexander
(tuba) & Ren Garrison (tbn),
NACUSA Mid-South Chapter, Univ. of Montevallo,
Montevallo,AL.
07 Nov.-"Colloquium" NACUSA Mid-South Concert at
Mississippi University
for Women (the "W"), Columbus,MS.
30 Oct.-"Around 3AM" (sax, cl, tpt, pno) receives
virtual concert performance
at the ROCC Conference, Univ. of North Georgia,
Dahlonega,GA.
24 Oct.-Christopher Wicks (organ) plays "Quietude
#3" at Emmanuel
Presbyterian church, West Linn,OR.
23 Oct.-"Soufriere" for flute, Christian Fellowship
of Art Music Composers
(CFAMC) Virtual Conference, Fresno Pacific Univ,
Fresno,CA.
23 Oct.-"Weather Report" (oboe) National Mall,
Washington,DC.
23 Oct.-"Weather Report" Virginia Beach Boardwalk,
Virginia Beach,VA.
19 Oct. Dr. Alexander & Ren Garrison play
"Colloquium" at the "W", Columbus,MS.
29 Aug.-"Quietude #2" played by Christopher Wicks at
Emmanuel Presbyterian
Church, W. Linn,OR
02 Aug. "Weather Report" F.D. Roosevelt State Park,
Pine Mountain,GA.
02 Aug. "Weather Report" Robinson State Park,
Crawford,NE.
02 Aug.-Performance by Michelle Vigneau of "Dark
River" (Engl. Hr.) on a
Mid-South NACUSA Composer's Concert, Roosevelt Park,
Pine Mountain,GA,
and a performance on guitar of "Imprints" played by
Dr. Alan Goldspiel.
01 Aug.-"Weather Report" Tongue River Reservoir
State Park, Campers Point,
Decker,MT.
05 Jul.-"Collage 2013" played in two Mid-South
NACUSA & Sounds New Concerts
at Chickamauga & Chattanooga National Military
Park, Fort Oglethorpe,GA &
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park,
Marietta,GA.
20 Jun.-Two performances at Chickamauga &
Chattanooga National Military Park,
Fort Oglethorpe,GA & Kennesaw Mountain National
Battlefield Park, Marietta,GA of
Ken's "Strings Ablaze" for string orchestra by
NACUSA's Sounds New Chapter.
Additional Sounds New Chapter Concerts:
07 Jun.-"Strings Albaze" Walker County Public Lake
Dam, Jasper,AL.
07 Jun.-"Strings Ablaze" Music Bend Nature Trail,
Tupelo, MS.
06 Jun.-"Strings Ablaze" Benton County Rest Area,
Holladay,TN.
06 Jun.-"Strings Ablaze" Red Top Mountain State
Park, Acworth,GA.
24 May -"Strings Ablaze" Hoover Dam, Boulder City,NV
23 May -"Strings Ablaze" Red Cliffs National
Conservation Area, St. George,UT
15 May -"Collage 2013" Smithgall Woods State Park,
Helen,GA.
10 May -"Strings Ablaze" Chicago Midway Int'l
Airport, Chicago, IL.
10 May -"Collage 2013" Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky
Int'l Airport, Hebron,KY.
09 May -"Crystal Kaleidoscope" (horn &
vibraphone), SCI Online National Conference,
performed by Dr. James Boldin & Dr. Mel Mobley.
09 May -"Collage 2013" Catawba State Park, Port
Clinton,OH.
09 May -"Collage 2013" Presque Isle State Park,
Erie,PA.
08 May -"Strings Ablaze" Cincinnati/Northern
Kentucky Int'l Airport, Hebron,KY.
02 Apr.-"Weather Report" Fort Robinson State Park,
Crawford,NE.
01 Apr.-"Weather Report" Tongue River Reservoir
State Park, Campers Point,
Decker,MT.
06 Mar.-"Weather Report" Williams Mill Greenspace,
Flowery Branch,GA.
06 Mar.-"Weather Report" Watson Mill Bridge State
Park, Comer,GA.
02 Feb.-"Cityscapes" Tumbling Creek, Oakwood,GA.
01 Feb.-"Cityscapes" Yahoola Park, Dahlonega,GA.
04 Jan.-"Cityscapes" Tugaloo State Park, Lavonia,GA.
03 Jan.-"Cityscapes" Don Carter State Park,
Gainesville,GA.
02 Jan.-"Cityscapes" Tumbling Creek, Oakwood,GA.
01 Jan.-"Cityscapes" Cherokee Bluffs, Flowery
Branch,GA.
2020
Nov. 7, 2020 - The world premier of Ken's
virtuosic And The Earth Will Wear Out Like A
Garment was performed by Dr. Richard Kravchak
(performing treble shawm, oboe, & English horn
with fixed audio) at the Mississippi Music Teachers'
Annual Conference (virtual).
Oct 17, 2o2o - The Christian Fellowship of
Art Music Composers Virtual Conference
featured videos of two of Ken's works: Twitter
Rhapsody for clarinet and fixed audio and Crystal
Kaleidoscope for horn and vibraphone.
Please note that all
scheduled performances from March 15 through
April 25 were cancelled due to the coronavirus
pandemic.
April 24-25, 2020, - Southeastern Composers League
Forum at Jackson State Univ. Jackson, MS . Weather
Report for oboe & fixed audio performed by
Dr. Richard Kravchak.
April 15, 2020 Wednesday at 12:20 p.m. -Weather
Report for oboe & fixed audio performed by
Dr. Richard Kravchak at Hulsey Recital Hall,
University of Alabama at Birmingham. Concert
sponsored by National Association of Composers USA
Mid-South Chapter.
April 5, 2020 - Weather Report for oboe
& fixed audio performed by Dr.Richard Kravchak
and Message in a Bottle (electronic) on
concert sponsored by National Association of
Composers USA Mid-South Chapter at 2:00 pm,
Poindexter Hall, Mississippi University for Women.
Columbus, MS.
March 26-28 - SCI National Conference of Society
of Composers at University of Texas at Arlington.
Ken’s Crystal Kaleidoscope for horn &
vibraphone performed by Dr. James Boldin, horn &
Dr. Mel Mobley, vibraphone.
March 20-21 - CMS College Music Society Great
Plains Chapter Conference, University of Kansas at
Lawrence. Weather Report for oboe &
fixed audio performed by Dr. Richard Kravchak.
March 15, 2020 2:00 pm - Weather Report
for oboe & fixed audio performed by Dr. Richard
Kravchak and Message in a Bottle
(electronic) on concert sponsored by National
Association of Composers USA Mid-South Chapter at
LeBaron Recital Hall, Davis Music
Building.University of Montevallo, Montevallo, AL
March 12-13 - CMS College Music Society South
Central Conference, University of Central Arkansas
at Conway. Cody Ford performs Euphonic
Soundscape for Euphonium & fixed audio and
Israel Getzov and the Central Arkansas String
Orchestra performs Strings Ablaze. My
thanks to the Mississippi Arts Commission for a
mini-grant to attend this conference.
2019
Dec 1 - Ken performs Parable of Differences
for trombone & fixed audio and Dr. Alan
Goldspiel Ken’s Imprints for guitar at
University of North Georgia, Oakwood Campus. Concert
sponsored by National Association of Composers USA.
Nov. 10 - Ken performs Soliloquy 3 for solo
trombone and Alan Goldspiel performs Ken's Imprints
for solo guitar at a NACUSA afternoon concert at
Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, MS.
Oct. 20 - Two new works will be premiered at
NACUSA's 2 p.m. concert at the University of
Montevallo, Montevallo, AL. Dr. Alan Goldspiel
premieres Ken's Imprints for solo guitar
and the composer premieres his Soliloquy 3
for unaccompanied trombone.
October 27-Composer Ken Davies takes center stage to
perform his
Soliloquy 3 and
Nocturne -
August 2017 at Tennessee State's NACUSA
afternoon concert in Nashville.
Oct. 18 - Dr. Richard Kravchak performs Ken's Weather
Report for oboe and fixed audio at Mississippi
College, Clinton during their annual Christian
Fellowship of Art Music Composers Conference.
7 June - James Boldin, horn, and Mel Mobley,
vibraphone perform Crystal Kaleidoscope at
New Music On The Bayou Festival at Ruston and
Monroe, Louisiana.
18 May - NACUSA concert at University of North
Georgia, Dahlonega. Ken plays Parable of
Differences for trombone and fixed audio.
18 May - NACUSA concert at Spout Springs Library,
Flowery Branch, GA. Ken plays Variations on a
Pitch Set (trombone alone).
18 May - NACUSA concert at Spout Springs Library,
Flowery Branch, GA. Ken plays In Memoriam:
Sondra (trombone alone).
17 May - NACUSA concert at University of
Montevallo, Montevallo, AL. Ken plays Variations
on a Pitch Set (trombone alone).
17 May - NACUSA concert at University of
Montevallo, Montevallo, AL. Ken plays In
Memoriam: Sondra (trombone alone).
17 May - NACUSA concert at University of
Montevallo, Montevallo, AL. Ken plays Nocturne
August 2017 (trombone alone).
16 May - NACUSA concert at Mississippi University
for Women, Columbus, MS. Window to the Stage
by Ken & Judy Davies, narrative & electronic
music from their CD Poetic Soundscapes.
16 May - NACUSA concert at Mississippi University
for Women, Columbus, MS. The Silent Sea by
Ken & Judy Davies, narrative & electronic
music from their CD Poetic Soundscapes.
16 May - NACUSA concert at Mississippi University
for Women, Columbus, MS. Bridges by Ken
& Judy Davies, narrative & electronic music
from their CD Poetic Soundscapes.
15 May - St. Pierre Episcopal Church, Gautier, MS.
Ken plays In Memorium: Sondra (trombone
alone).
17 April - NACUSA concert. Ken plays Parable of
Differences for trombone and fixed audio at
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS.
13 April 2019 Society of Composers Region VI
Festival at Texas A&M, Commerce. Ken's
Crystal Kaleidoscope for French horn and
vibraphone scheduled.
21-23 March 2019. College Music Society, South
Central Conference at University of Texas at Tyler.
Ken performs his Notasonata for trombone
and fixed audio.
17 March 2019. East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC. Dr. Stephen Ivany performs the world
premiere of Ken's Parable of Differences
for trombone and fixed audio.
6-9 March 2019. TUTTI New Music Festival at
Denison University, Granville, OH. Strings
Ablaze for string orchestra.
2 March 2019 - Southeastern Composers' League at
Fisk University, Nashville, TN. Quietudes Nos.
1,2,6 for solo organ.
1 March 2019 - Ken's Collage #2013, for
trumpet, trombone, and piano, WINNER of 2018-2019
South Texas Brass Symposium Composition Competition,
performed 7:30pm at the South Texas Brass Symposium,
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX by Scott Hagarty
(trumpet), Donald Pinson (trombone), and David
Sutanto (piano).
28 February 2019. College Music Society Southern
Conference at University of Central Florida,
Orlando. Dr. Richard Kravchak performs Ken's Weather
Report for oboe and fixed audio.
2018
9 December 2018. Ken's Strings Ablaze in
concert performed by the Ohio
Northern University Symphony Orchestra with
Travis Jürgens, conductor, in Ada, Ohio.
11 November 2018. At MTSU (Middle Tennessee State
University), my Alma Mater, two fine trombone groups
under Dr. David Loucky, performed Ken's Wisconsin
Uprising (7 trombones) and Milton's
Trombones (quartet).
3 November 2018. Ohio Northern University
orchestra director Travis Jürgens conducts Strings
Ablaze at Malone University, Canton, OH
at the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers
annual conference.
30 Sept 2018. Aurora Borealis electronic
work is feature at Poindexter Hall, Mississippi
University for Women, Columbus, MS in concert
sponsored by National Association of Composers USA.
14 Sept 2018. Bass trombonist Jonathan Warburton
performs Alpine
Pastorale at Trevecca University,
Nashville, TN.
3 July 2018. The Mississippi Arts Commission
awards Ken his 3rd win of the Performing Artist
Fellowship in Composition.
25 June at 7:30 pm. Dr. Richard Kravchak performs
the world premier of Weather Report for oboe
and fixed audio at Marsh Auditorium, University of
Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg.
19 June at 7:30 pm at Poindexter Hall, Mississippi
University for Women, Columbus, MS and 22 June at
LeBaron Recital Hall, University of Montevallo,
Montevallo, AL. Brittney White performs "Brain
Fantasies" for horn and fixed audio and Ken performs
"Nocturne September 2017" for solo trombone. Both
are NACUSA Mid-South recitals free and open to the
public.
5-7 April 2018 – Dr. Chialing Hsieh gives the world
premiere performance of Ken's Landscapes for solo
piano at the Society of Composers Region VI
Conference, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS.
3 April 2018. Jacob Elkin performs Notasonata at
Scholes Street Studio, 375 Lorimer St, Brooklyn NY.
24-25 March 2018 – Dr. Joseph d'Auguste plays Ken's
Twitter Rhapsody for clarinet and fixed audio and
Dr. Carol Shansky performs his Soufriere for flute
and digital media at the University of Delaware,
Newark, DE on the CMS Northeast Regional Conference.
15 March 2018 – On the Composer's Concert at
Campbell University, Buies Creek, NC, Don Martin
performs Ken's Twitter Rhapsody for clarinet and
fixed audio and Ken plays his Notasonata for
trombone and digital media.
23-24 February 2018 – Dark Side of Venus for
saxophone quartet is premiered by Northwestern State
University's sax quartet when its school hosts the
2018 Southeastern Composers' League Forum at
Natchitoches, LA.
2017
20 Oct 2017 NACUSA Mid-South Concert at University
of Montevallo, AL. Ken plays Nocturne August 2017 and
premieres Nocturne
September 2017 on unaccompanied trombone.
6 Oct 2017 - Crosswinds performs Ken's contemporary
hard rock piece
Make A Joyful Noise (Psalm 100) at the Christian
Fellowship of Art Music Composers annual
conference at Fresno Pacitic University, Fresno,
California. My attendance at this conference was
assisted by a grant from the Mississippi
Arts Commission.
24 Sept 2017 – NACUSA Mid-South Concert at MS Univ.
for Women, Columbus, MS. Ken premieres Nocturne August 2017
on unaccompanied trombone. Dr. Jessica Haislip
performes Ken's Dark
River for English horn and digital media.
26-30 July 2017 – Twitter Rhapsody has been selected
by the International Clarinet Association for
performance by Dr. Sarunas Jankauskas at their
International ClarinetFest to be held at the
DoubleTree Hotel near Universal Studios, Orlando,
FL.
31 May 2017 – Ken's Around 3 AM ensemble for clarinet,
alto sax, trumpet and piano will be featured in
concert at a New Music on the Bayou
Concert, 7:00 PM at the Stone Theater on the
Louisiana Tech University campus in Ruston.
19 and 20 May 2017 – Ken performed his Soliloquy II
for unaccompanied trombone on two NACUSA Mid-South
Concerts: 5/19 at the Univ. of Montevallo,
Montevallo, AL and 5/20 at the Univ. of Alabama at
Birmingham.
29 April 2017 – NACUSA Mid-South Concert at MS
Univ. for Women, Columbus, MS – Soufriere for
flute and digital media was performed by flutist
Jessica Banks, a lecturer at MS State Univ. Dr.
Matthew Haislip, also an instructor from MS State,
gave the premier performance of Ken's new work, Loose Connections
for unaccompanied French horn.
20 Oct 2017 – NACUSA Mid-South Concert at
University of Montevallo, AL. Ken plays Nocturne August 2017 and
premieres Nocturne
September 2017 on unaccompanied trombone.
6 Oct 2017 - Crosswinds performs Ken's contemporary
hard rock piece
Make A Joyful Noise (Psalm 100) at the Christian
Fellowship of Art Music Composers annual
conference at Fresno Pacitic University, Fresno,
California. My attendance at this conference was
assisted by a grant from the Mississippi
Arts Commission.
24 Sept 2017 – NACUSA Mid-South Concert at MS Univ.
for Women, Columbus, MS. Ken premieres Nocturne August 2017
on unaccompanied trombone. Dr. Jessica Haislip
performes Ken's Dark
River for English horn and digital media.
26-30 July 2017 – Twitter Rhapsody has been selected
by the International Clarinet Association for
performance by Dr. Sarunas Jankauskas at their
International ClarinetFest to be held at the
DoubleTree Hotel near Universal Studios, Orlando,
FL.
31 May 2017 – Ken's Around 3 AM ensemble for clarinet,
alto sax, trumpet and piano will be featured in
concert at a New Music on the Bayou
Concert, 7:00 PM at the Stone Theater on the
Louisiana Tech University campus in Ruston.
19 and 20 May 2017 – Ken performed his Soliloquy II
for unaccompanied trombone on two NACUSA Mid-South
Concerts: 5/19 at the Univ. of Montevallo,
Montevallo, AL and 5/20 at the Univ. of Alabama at
Birmingham.
29 April 2017 – NACUSA Mid-South Concert at MS
Univ. for Women, Columbus, MS – Soufriere for
flute and digital media was performed by flutist
Jessica Banks, a lecturer at MS State Univ. Dr.
Matthew Haislip, also an instructor from MS State,
gave the premier performance of Ken's new work, Loose Connections
for unaccompanied French horn.
9 April 2017 - Ken performs his Notasonata for
trombone and fixed audio at Electrobrass at
Tennessee Tech University, Cookeville.
7-8 April 2017 – Dr. Adam Clark (Middle Tennessee
State Univ.) performs Sapphire Kaleidoscope for solo
piano at the CMS Great Lakes Conference, Murray
University, Murray, KY.
30 Mar. - 1 Apr. 2017 – Four euphoniums and
tuba will be featured in the premier performance of
Ken's Divertimento
for Five at the College Music Society's
South Central Regional Conference, Henderson
University, Arkadelphia, AR. At the same conference,
his Twitter Rhapsody for clarinet and fixed audio
will be performed by clarinetist Dr. Steven Becraft.
25 March 2017 – Dr. Sarunas Jankauskas (James
Madison Univ.) will perform Twitter Rhapsody
for clarinet and fixed audio at the 2017
Southeastern Composers' League Conference/Forum
hosted at Washington & Lee University,
Lexington, VA. Ken's attendance is supported
in part by a mini-grant from the Mississippi Arts Commission.
25 February 2017 – Ken's Around 3 AM will be
featured in concert during the Wisconsin Alliance
for Composers New Music Festival, at the University
of Wisconsin -Oshkosh, Oshkosh, WI.
23 February 2017 – Ken plays Notasonata for
trombone and digital media at the College Music
Society Southern Regional Conference at Austin Peay
University, Clarksville, TN.
2016
23 November 2016. Dr. James C. Lebens plays
the world premier of Plomberie partagée (Shared Plumbing)
for double bell euphonium in recital at Laval
University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
11 November 2016. Dr. Sarunas Jankauskas performs Twitter Rhapsody
at the ElectroAcoustic Barn Dance new music festival
at the University of Mary Washington in
Fredericksburg, VA.
15 October 2016. Three poetic soundscapes featured
at NACUSA new music concert at University of Alabama
at Birmingham - Artistry,
Day And Night, The Baleful Bride.
8 October 2016. Dr. Chris Young performs Dark River for
alto saxophone and digital media at
the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers
(CFAMC) annual conference at Mississippi College,
Clinton, MS.
2 October 2016. Three poetic soundscapes featured
at NACUSA new music concert at Mississippi
University for Women in Columbus - Artistry, Day And
Night, The Baleful Bride.
August 2016. Strings
Ablaze, a hot string orchestra piece,
is now available for orchestra rental.
June 15, 2016. Finished a commission Plomberie Partagée
(Shared Plumbing) for double bell euphonium
for James C. Lebans, trombone professor at Laval
University in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
June 1-4, 2016 - New Music On The Bayou Summer
Festival in Monroe & Ruston, Louisiana selected
Ken's Dark River
for English horn and electronic music as one of many
composers' works being featured.
May 20, 2016 - Cody Ford performs Ken's Euphonic Soundscape
for euphonium and electronic music at the
National Association of Composers USA (NACUSA)
National Conference at the University of Tennessee
at Knoxville.
April 24, 2016. Louisiana Tech University at
Ruston. Dr. james Boldin performs Brain Fantasies
for horn and electronics and Cody Ford performs
world premiere of Euphonic
Soundscape for euphonium and electronics on
a recital sponsored by NACUSA (National Association
of Composers USA).
April 16, 2016 - Louisiana Tech University at
Ruston. Mr. Cody Ford performs world premiere of
Ken's Euphonic
Soundscape for euphonium and electronics on
his recital.
April 5, 2016. In recital at Wichita State
University in Kansas, Dr. Sarunas Jankauska performs
Twitter Rhapsody for clarinet and fixed audio. Dr.
Jankauskas played the world premiere at a Society of
Composers concert in Wichita in February 2016.
February 25-27, 2016. Marshall University in
Huntington, WV. AROUND
3:00 AM performed at the Society of
Composers Region III Conference.
Feb 18-19, 2016. Campbell University in Buies
Creek, NC. Ken & Joe Alexander perform Colloquim for
trombone and tuba at Southeastern Composers
League Festival.
Feb 11-13, 2016. Friends University in Wichita, KS.
Dr. Sarunas Jankauskas gives world premiere of Ken's
Twitter Rhapsody
for clarinet and electronic audio at Society of
Composers Region 6 new music festival. And, at the
same place, Eric Crawford conducts Strings Ablaze
with the Wichita High School East Philharmonic
Orchestra.
Feb 6, 2016. Ken with Joe Alexander (tuba) play Colloquium at
Mississippi University for Women, Columbus, MS.
NACUSA Mid-South new music concert.
2015
Dec 11, 2015. Completed commission "Upon The Shore"
for voice & piano for Michigan Christian author
and poet Amy E. Crane. Her book, Rejoice in the Light (Agape
Publishing) on Amazon and other location.
Nov 8, 2015. Soliloquy
2 for solo trombone performed by Ken and Colloquium for
trombone and tuba performed by Ken and tubist Joe
Alexander at NACUSA Mid-South new music recital
at Louisiana Tech University at Ruston, LA.
Oct 29, 2015. University of Oklahoma at Norman inner sOUndscapes
concert will feature Ken's Dark River for English Horn and
Fixed Audio.
Oct 17, 2015. Electronic poem & music works by
Ken and Judy Davies -- Bridges, The Silent Sea, and Window To The Stage
from their Poetic
Soundscapes CD -- played at NACUSA
Mid-South new music recital at Mississippi
University for Women at Columbus, MS.
Oct 11, 2015. Ken premieres new Soliloquy 2 for
trombone unaccompanied at NACUSA Mid-South new music
recital at Tennessee State University at Nashville.
Oct 8-10, 2015. Concerts at Malone University,
Canton, Ohio sponsored by the Christian Fellowship
of Art Music Composers will feature 1) God The Artist Of
Creation (SATB & organ) with Dr. Jon
Peterson and the Malone Chorale, and 2) Sapphire Kaleidoscope
for solo piano with pianist TBA.
Oct 1-3, 2015. Doug Gately plays Ken's Soufriere for
flute and digital media during a series of concerts
at the University of Mary Washington for the
annual ElectroAcoustic Barn Dance new electronic
music festival.
June 8, 2015. Pascagoula, MS Christian Filmworks
producers Susan & Ernie Wolf began shooting
video to The
Silent Sea from our CD Poetic Soundscapes.
UPDATE August 14. Oops. They fraudulently violated
copyright law by filming while refusing to negotate
a license. I won't play nice with
"these christians" again. "...whoever is
dishonest with very little will also be dishonest
with much." Luke 10.16 (Sigh!)
April 26 - Colloquium
performed by Ken Davies, trombone and Dr. Joe
Alexander, tuba and electronic piece Wall Art: Paintings at
a Coffee Shop on a NACUSA concert at
University of Louisiana at Monroe.
April 25 - Colloquium
(premiere) performed by Ken Davies, trombone and Dr.
Joe Alexander, tuba and electronic piece Wall Art: Paintings at
a Coffee Shop on a NACUSA concert at
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.
April 12 - Compare
& Contrast performed by Cody Ford,
euphonium and Keith Sanders, tuba on their "Red and
Black" recital.
April 11 - Compare
& Contrast performed by Cody Ford,
euphonium and Keith Sanders, tuba and Ken's
electronic piece Wall
Art: Paintings at a Coffee Shop (world
premiere) on a NACUSA concert at Mississippi
University for Women in Columbus, MS
Mar 7 - Compare
& Contrast performed by Dr. Jaime
Liptonn, euphonium and Todd Cranson, tuba at Society
of Composers Region VI concerts at Henerson
University in Arkadelphia, AR.
Feb 27 - Compare
& Contrast performed by Cody Ford,
euphonium and Dr. Joe Alexander, tuba at
Southeastern Composers League concert at Converse
College in Spartanburg, SC.
Feb 19-21, 2015. College Music Society conference
at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus.
Violist Yan Mao performs Ken's Violalina.
Feb 27-28. Southeastern Composers' League Forum at
Converse College in Spartanburg, SC. Tubist Dr. Joe
Alexander and euphoniumist Cody Ford perform Ken's Compare and Contrast.
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2014
Dec 13, 2014. New York's Quiet City Chamber Ensemble
premieres Ken's Around
3 AM at 12:15 pm at Rutgers University in
Brunswick NJ. This piece is one of two winners of
their call for scores for new music for their
concert repertoire.
Nov 2. National Association of Composers USA
Mid-South concert 2 pm at Howard Auditorium,
Louisiana Tech University at Ruston. Compare and Contrast
performed by Dr. Joe Alexander (tuba) and Cody Ford
(euphonium). Cody also performs Escape From The Matrix
for euphonium and piano.
Oct 25. Portland, Dorset, UK. Meridian Brass
Quartet performs Ken's Amplitudes. YouTube video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v
=6zJRmM61m9Y
Oct 22. Ken's Brain
Fantasies for horn and fixed audio has UK
premiere by Henryk Sienkewicz on the 17th London New
Wind Festival in London.
Oct 12, 2014. Strings
Ablaze, Ken's work for string orchestra
performed at Tennessee State University in Nashville
conducted by Deidre Emerson.
Oct 3. Jon Romero performs Ken's prize-winning Three Pieces
for bass trombone and piano in recital at
Middle Tennessee State University at Murfreesboro.
Sept 6. Ken performed/premiered his Sensuous Images for
trombone and audio on a NACUSA concert at
Mississippi University for Women.
Jun 13-14, 2014. Mid-South Chapter of the National
Association of Composers USA present two concerts in
Alabama.
Jun 13, 7:30 pm. University of Montevallo - LeBaron
Recital Hall, Montevallo, Ken performs his Notasonata for
trombone and fixed media. His electronic Floating Galaxy
is also presented.
Jun 14, 3 pm. University of Alabama at Birmingham -
Hulsey Recital Hall. Ken performs Notasonata.
April 26, 2014. Ken and wife Judy present
selections from their CD Poetic
Soundscapes in a poetry &
music workshop for the Spring Festival of the Mississippi
Poetry Society at Starkville, MS.
April 13, 2014. Mid-South Chapter of the National
Association of Composers USA present two concerts in
Louisiana.
2:00 pm. Howard Center for Performing Arts,
Louisiana Tech Univ. Ruston. Ken's electronic Utah Sunset is
presented and
Compare and Contrast for euphonium and tuba
receive world premier performance by Cody Ford and
Dr. Joe Alexander.
5:00 pm. Emy-Lou Biedenharn Recital Hall at Univ of
Louisiana at Monroe. Black Bayou Brass with Aaron
Witek (tpt), James Boldin (horn) and James Layfield
(trbn) perform world premier of Ken's Three Roads Diverged.
March 1, 2014. Ken's Wisconsin Uprising for 7 trombones
world premier at MTSU in Murfreesboro, TN by Dr.
David Loucky and the MTSU Low Brass.
Feb 27-Mar 3, 2014. Trombonist Dr. Ben McIlwain and
pianist Dr. Ellen Elder of the University of
Southern Mississippi include Ken's Crossroads for
two trombones and piano on their recital tour of
five universities. They're joined by faculty
trombone professors.
Feb. 27- with Dr. Josh Hauser at Tennessee Tech
University
Feb. 28- with Dr. Daniel Cloutier at University of
Tennessee- Knoxville
Mar. 1- with Brad Kerns at University of Kentucky
Mar. 2- with Dr. Drew Leslie at Appalachian State
University
Mar. 3 with Dr. Brad Edwards at University of South
Carolina
Feb 20-22, 2014. Southeastern Composers' League
Forum at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Ken's Strings
Ablaze receives a world premier by Jooyong
Ahn and the University of Tennessee Orchestra. Also
selected for performance is Sapphire Kaleidoscope
played by pianist Walton Lott. Ken's appearance
there made possible by a grant from Mississippi Arts
Commission.
Jan 15, 2014. Euphoniumist Cody Ford gave Ken's Escape From The Matrix
(1st mvt) for euphonium and piano its world premier
performance at Louisiana Tech University at Ruston.
2013
Nov 1-2, 2013. The Me-We Trio premiers Ken's
Collage 2013
for trumpet, trombone and piano at Mississippi Music
Teachers Association conference held at Mississippi
University for Women in Columbus. Me-We performers
are University of Southern Mississippi faculty
performers Dr. Ellen Elder, piano, Dr. Jason
Bergman, trumpet and Dr. Ben McIlwain.
Oct 29, 2013 - The Me-We Trio (above) performs
Ken's Collage
2013 at the University of Southern
Mississippi at Hattiesburg.
Oct 29, 2013 - University of Texas at Austin,
British bass trombone soloist Jonathan Warburton
performs my Alpine
Pastorale in recital.
Oct 25-26, 2013. Houghton College, Houghton NY
hosts Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers.
Ken's Quietudes
(#2 & #4) were selected for performance.
Oct 3-5, 2013. NACUSA (National Association of
Composers U.S.A.) features selections from Poetic Soundscapes
and also Notasonata
for trombone and digital media with Ken on trombone
at Louisiana Tech University, Rustin, Louisiana.
Sept 17. Selections from Judy's and my Poetic
Soundscapes presented at the Fairhope
Writer's Showcase at Fairhope Library, Fairhope, AL
and at the Jeff Davis Campus of MGCCC Lifelong
Learning Institute on Sept 19.
August 15-17, 2013. PARMA Music Festival and
Society of Composers region 1 new music fest in
Portsmouth, New Hampshire features selections
from Ken's & Judy's Poetic Soundscapes
(CD) narrated poetry to electronic music. Featured
are: Bridges, The
Silent Sea, and Window To The Stage.
March 1-2, 2013. Ken's Crossroads for two trombones and
piano performed at Southeastern Composers League at
Morehead State University, Morehead, KY.
March 1-2, 2013. Christian Fellowship of Art Music
Composers (CFAMC) convenes at Mississippi College in
Clinton, MS. Ken's If Any Man Serve Me (voice &
piano) and Who
Shall Separate Us From The Love Of Christ?
(SATB choir) on the concerts.
2012
Nov. 26, 2012. Belhaven University, Jackson, MS.
Ken's master class for student composers, "OK,
I Got My Composer Degree. Now What?" covers
pertinent areas of music business.
Nov. 9, 2012. Ken's Brain Fantasies
for horn and electronic audio performed by Virginia
Thompson at University of Mary Washington's Electroacoustic Barn Dance new
music festival in Fredericksburg, VA.
July 5, 2012 - Ken is awarded 2012-13
Performing Arts Fellowship grant from Mississippi
Arts Commission.
July 1, 2012 - Ken's choral anthem, Let All Mortal Flesh
Keep Silence for SATB-organ-brass,
presented at Ocean Springs, MS Presbyterian church.
Many thanks to our hard working choir members,
organist and brass players.
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May 2012 - Ken is featured in an article in Christian
Filmworks Magazine. Scroll down and click the
pic.
May 6 & 9, 2012 - Tiffany Woda and Tim Pardue
performed Ken's Antiphonal
Music for two trumpets in two concerts at
Louisiana Tech University in Rustin, LA.
April 2, 2012 - Harvard Chorial Fellows at Memorial
Church of Harvard University directed by Carson
Cooman presented Ken's a cappella anthem Who Shall Separate Us
from the Love of Christ (listen) on Monday of Holy
Week.
Feb 9-11, 2012. University of Alabama Huntsville New Music Festival
with Southeastern Composers League
Forum. Ken is proud that his Brain Fantasies (for horn
& 2-channel audio) receives its world premier by
internationally known concert hornist Dr. Virginia Thompson.
Jan 11, 2012. My Veiled Places
for woodwind quintet was named among the 12
finalists (out of 130) in the Madera WW Quintet call for
scores.
2011
Oct 27-29, 2011. Ken's Dark
River for English horn and electronic
audio performed by Michael Morley at the Electroacoustic Barn Dance new
music festival at University of Mary Washington in
Fredericksburg, VA.
Oct 8, 2011. Dr. Ben McIlwain, professor of
trombone at Univ of Southern Mississippi, performs
Ken's Crossroads
for two trombones and piano with Dr. James Lebens, trombone and
Monique de Margerie, piano at Laval University in
Quebec, Canada.
Oct 2, 2011 at 7:30 pm. Dr. Ben McIlwain, professor of
trombone at Univ. of Southern
Mississippi-Hattiesburg, performs Ken's Crossroads
for two trombones and piano which he commissioned
from Ken. Dr. McIlwain will be assisted by Craig
Watson, trombone and Ellen Elder, piano.
Sept 27, 2011 at 11:00 am. Ken's master class
"Writing for Trombone" and discussion of his Crossroads for
two trombones and piano at University of Mississippi
at Hattiesburg, Band Hall in the Mannoni Performing
Arts Center. Free and open to the public.
May 3, 2011. At University of Southern Mississippi,
Zachary James, bass trombone recital, performs
the Mississippi premier of Ken's Three Pieces
for bass trombone and piano. 6:00 pm at Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 115 North 25th Avenue,
Hattiesburg. In 2009, Zach was the winner of
the International Trombone Association
George Roberts Bass
Trombone Competition.
April 4, 2011. Ken's Alma Mater, M.T.S.U. Middle
Tennessee State University celebrates 100 years with
a concert by Stones River Chamber Players.
Dr. David Loucky (tbn) and Sandra Arndt (pno) play
Ken's Three
Pieces for Bass Trombone and Piano.
March 14-15, 2011. Ken's Three Scenic Songs , text by his
wife Judy Davies, performed by Nathan Leaf, tenor
and Tom Koch, piano at the Southeastern Composers'
League Festival at North Carolina State University
at Raleigh.
2010
Nov. 7, 2010. Earl Turner, trumpet and Dr.
Michaelle Harrison, organ perform Ken's City Of God at
First Baptist Church, Pascagoula, MS. 11 am service.
Nov. 5-7, 2010. Ken is guest speaker at Southern Expressions,
a national authors' conference sponsored by Gulf Coast Writers Association,
Mary C O'Keefe Arts Center and Imperial Palace "IP"
Casino Resort, Biloxi, MS.
Oct. 23, 2010. British bass trombone concert
soloist Jonathan Warburton performs Ken's Alpine Pastorale
in recital at Eastman School of Music in Rochester,
NY.
Oct. 16. 2010. Internationally recognized 21st
century concert flautist extraordinaire, Rebecca
Ashe, performs Ken's Soufriere for flute and
electronics (listen) at Electronic
Music Midwest new music festival at Lewis
University, Romeoville, IL just outside Chicago.
Oct. 15, 2010. Ken's vocal setting of Longfellow's
poem "A Psalm Of Life" performed at the new music
festival sponsored by the Christian Fellowship of
Art Music Composers at Indiana Wesleyan University
in Marion.
Sept. 25, 2010. Ken's Alpine Pastorale performed in
recital by British concert bass trombonist Jonathan
Warburton at University of Southern Mississippi.
May 16, 2010. Organist Carson Cooman performs Ken's
Wedding
Processional at First Unitarian Society in
Newton, MA.
April 16, 2010. Ken gives lecture demonstration of
his music for Mississippi's Gulf Coast Opera Guild.
April 10-11, 2010. Dualities New Music Festival at
Central Missouri University at Warrensburg will
feature Ken's Notasonata
for trombone and digital media.
Mar. 19, 2010. Southeastern Composers' League
festival of new music at Louisiana Tech University
in Rustin, LA. Three
Pieces for bass trombone and piano
performed by Benjamine Polk.
Feb. 20, 2010. Ben Polk performs Three Pieces
for bass trombone and piano at Louisiana Tech
University in Rustin, LA.
Feb. 18-20, 2010. Soufriere for flute and digital
media performed by Nancy Gamso at the Ohio Wesleyan
New Music Festival in Delaware, OH.
Jan. 9, 2010. Ken presents a "Music For Writers"
workshop for the Mississippi Poetry Society South
Branch. Topics: art song, pop song, poems, lyrics,
rights, biz deals.
Jan 4, 2010. I just had the pleasure of having my
new art song A Psalm of Life
(excerpt), on a text by H.W. Longfellow, recorded by
South Mississippi Heldentenor J.T. Anglin.
What a voice! Give
a listen here.
2009
Dec. 12, 2009. Sapphire
Kaleidoscope for solo piano performed
by Laurie Middaugh at the NACUSA new music concert
at the University of Montevallo, Montevallo,
Alabama.
Dec. 4-5, 2009. Mississippi Drama Festival.
Pearl River Central HS drama coach,z Debbie Craig,
in Picayune has licensed the use of Notasonata for
trombone and CD as background music for their
presentation of the play "The Winner" featured in
the festival at Hattiesburg.
Nov. 12-14, 2009. ElectroAcoustic Juke Joint www.eajj.org
new music festival presents Ken's Utah Sunset
from his CD Floating
Galaxy. The festival is sponsored by Delta
State University in Cleveland, MS.
October 22, 2009. English bass trombone recitalist
extraordinaire, Jonathan Warburton, premiers Ken's Alpine Pastorale
at Longy University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
October 8-10, 2009. Ken's God, The Artist of Creation for
SATB chorus and organ performed by Clarke College
Choir, Dubuque, Iowa for the Society of Composers
new music festival.
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.
2008
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.
2007
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.
BoGirl 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.
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).
2005
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
