Faculty Tuba Recital

In a faculty recital for tuba, the UTC Music Department will present
Kenyon Wilson at Roland Hayes Concert Hall on October 27th at 7:00
PM.  Accompanying Dr. Wilson will be pianist Dr. Alan Nichols of
Chattanooga State and the UTC Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble under the
direction of Dr. William R. Lee.


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Kenyon Wilson, adjunct faculty at UTC,  currently performs as
principal tubist with the Augusta Symphony Orchestra and with the
Charleston-based Atlantic Southeast Ballet Orchestra. A native of
Tennessee, he holds degrees from Tennessee Technological University,
Baylor University, and the University of Georgia. In addition to
performing throughout the United States, he has performed solo
recitals in Canada, Japan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. He has
also soloed with the Waco Symphony Orchestra, the Augusta Symphony
Orchestra, the University of Memphis Concert Band, and the Asahikawa
Symphonic Band in Japan.

Dr. Wilson will perform a great variety of American pieces for the
tuba, from a jazz piece called "Chocolates" by James Grant to Neal
Corwell's  "New England Reveries" for tuba and taped synthesizer.
Jesse Ayers' tuba piece, "The Dancing King," is a direct reference to
the dancing of King David of ancient Israel mentioned in II Samuel
6:14.  "Three Ludes for Tuba" was composed by Robert Jager, a
well-known Tennessee composer who was a professor at Tennessee Tech
in Cookeville. It has three movements, "Prelude," "Interlude," and
"Postlude," thus the title. Wilson himself composed "Tubaku," a duet
influenced by Azebaijani scales and rhythms. Of particular
significance are several pieces by Azerbaijani composers. These
include "Motherland" by the early twentieth-century composer Asaf
Zeynally, Gara Garyev's  "Don Kichote" and Dance from "Path of
Thunder."

Dr. Lee directs the Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble and is Professor of Music
at UTC. He is a scholar, published composer, and euphonium teacher
with numerous publications in the field of music and music education.

The event is free, and the public is invited. The Hayes Auditorium is
located in the Fine Arts Building on the east side of the campus at
at the corner of  Vine Street and Palmetto Street. For more
information, call (423) 425-4601 or e-mail [log in to unmask]