Kenyon Wilson is the tuba/euphonium instructor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. He holds positions as principal tubist with the Tuscaloosa Symphony in Alabama and the Augusta Symphony in Georgia. This website contains a collection of news, work lists, discographies, and audio samples of Kenyon's works. You will also find information on his upcoming performances and his previous musical endeavors.
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Upcoming Premiere: Fearful Symmetry
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The ITEC Collegiate All-Star Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Kent Eshelman, will premiere Kenyon's Fearful Symmetry at the 2010 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference in Tucson, Arizona.
The ensemble consists of sixteen college and university musicians selected by audition. Their concert is scheduled for Friday, May 28, 2010.
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Möbius
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The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Trumpet Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Erika Schafer, presented the premiere performance of Kenyon's trumpet octet, Möbius, on Friday, November 13 in the Hayes Recital Hall at UTC.
Möbius will also be performed this fall by ensembles at Valdosta State University and the University of Alabama and next February at the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast.
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Kerfuffle
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The Queen City Brass Band's performance of Kenyon's brass fanfare Kerfuffle is now available on YouTube. The video is from the Columbus Day Concert in October 2009 at the Salvation Army Temple in Charlotte.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euoPelEe3vQ
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Baylor Young Alumnus Award
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Kenyon was selected as a recipient of the Herbert H. Reynolds Outstanding Young Alumnus Award from Baylor University. The Alumni Association presented the award during Baylor's Centennial Homecoming festivities this October.
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Dance No. 2
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Dave Silden commissioned Kenyon to write a new work for tuba/euphonium quartet. The result, Dance No. 2, was premiered by the Charlotte Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble on Sunday, October 11 at Park Road Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Dance No. 2 will also be performed this fall by ensembles at Tennessee Tech University and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
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| Wall Street Kerfuffle |
Kenyon's fanfare, Kerfuffle for quintuple antiphonal brass, was the feature of an article by James Taranto in the arts section of the Wall Street Journal (April 30, 2008).
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