Dr. Kenyon Wilson

Convalescence sketches

Fellow tubist and long-time friend Tracy Luna is battling cancer, so I decided to compose him a series of get-well etudes. These are free to download, perform, and record. Please consider a donation to support pancreatic cancer research. If performed as a suite, please use the title Convalescence Sketches.

• Lunatude No. 1
  for trumpet/horn
• Lunatude No. 1
  for trombone/euphonium
• Lunatude No. 1
  for tuba

• Lunatude No. 2
  for trumpet/horn
• Lunatude No. 2
  for trombone/euphonium
• Lunatude No. 2
  for tuba

• Lunatude No. 3
  for trumpet/horn
• Lunatude No. 3
  for trombone/euphonium
• Lunatude No. 3
  for tuba

• Lunatude No. 4
  for trumpet/horn
• Lunatude No. 4
  for trombone/euphonium
• Lunatude No. 4
  for tuba

Chattanooga Memorial Commission

To honor the Sailor and four Marines killed in the July 2015 shooting, a consortium of 68 high school, university, community, military, and brass bands joined Chattanooga composer Kenyon Wilson to create a new work for concert band. Five was completed in 2016 as a musical missing-man tribute.

Details

• Scored for Concert Band, British-style Brass Band, or Orchestra, Grade III-IV.
• Style is lyrical and tonal, ca. 7:00.

Introducing the Five Virtual Band Concert. During our time of social distancing, I'd like to invite music students anywhere to participate.

Instructions

• Download the music and practice. When you are ready, record yourself performing with the conducting video.
• Due to the recent storm damage to Chattanooga and the surrounding areas, the submission deadline has been extended through Monday, April 20, 2020.
• Record in landscape format.
• Use headphones to listen to the conducting video so that we record only you.
• Percussion: We understand that you may not have access to certain instruments (e.g. timpani) at home. If you own the correct instrument, please choose that part. If not, feel free to perform on similar instruments (e.g. bells instead of chimes, piano for vibraphone, etc.) or simply be creative.

Conducting Video

Submit your performance

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Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Kenyon Wilson & Marcy J. Wilson

Vox Novus is calling for one-minute pieces composed for Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Kenyon Wilson, tuba & Marcy J. Wilson, violin to be premiered between May 30-June 4, 2016, at the 2016 International Tuba & Euphonium Association Conference in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Suggested theme is Romantic Journey, expressed in a song, dance, conversation, duel, etc., or simply writing in the style of the Romantic period.

For video samples of the performers, please visit:

• Works are for tuba & violin duet only: no solos will be accepted.
• Please avoid extended techniques.
• Works should be composed specifically for this call and performers.
• All pieces must be premieres.
• No works over a minute will be reviewed.
• Multiple submissions are not accepted. Send your best work!
• Works need to be submitted online at www.MusicAvatar.org
• You will need to register with Music Avatar for free to submit your work online.
• When registering make sure to upload a profile picture.
• After logging in to Music Avatar, select the opportunity named "Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame: Kenyon Wilson, tuba & Marcy J. Wilson, violin” and press the "submit" button to start the submission process.
• You will need to provide a maximum 50-word biography and 50-word program notes.
• You will be able to upload a score as a PDF file (You may also upload an audio file; however it is not required.)
• Must include the dedication to Kenyon Wilson & Marcy J. Wilson on the first page of music of the score.
• Performance notes should be included in the score.
• Composers who have been awarded to the Hall of Fifteen Minutes of Fame are not eligible

Results will be announced via the Fifteen Minutes of Fame website and the new music newsletter: NM421

More info can be found at: www.Fifteen-Minutes-of-Fame.com

About the performers:

Violinist Marcy J. Wilson has shared the stage with artists such as Gloria Estefan, Richard Marx, Kenny Rogers, and Mary Wilson from The Supremes. She is Assistant Concertmaster of the Jackson Symphony and Principal Second Violin with the North Mississippi Symphony and Rome Orchestras. She performs with symphonies throughout the southeast, including Chattanooga Symphony, Greenville Symphony, Savannah Philharmonic, Symphony Orchestra Augusta, and the Tuscaloosa Symphony. International performances include solo concerts in London and Venice.

Mrs. Wilson served as librarian and interim-executive director for the Tuscaloosa Symphony. She has been a clinician for several chamber music camps and has taught privately in Florida, Tennessee, Texas, and Alabama. She holds degrees from the University of Alabama, University of North Texas, and Stetson University. From 2009-2011, she served as the President of the Alabama Orchestra Association and currently is a board member for the Chattanooga Symphony and Opera Youth Orchestra.

Tubist Kenyon Wilson is the Associate Professor of Music Theory and Low Brass at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Principal Tubist with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra in Alabama and the Symphony Orchestra Augusta in Georgia. A former Fulbright Scholar, Dr. Wilson has performed recitals in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Tuba/Euphonium Association.