About

Kenyon Wilson is the Assistant Professor of Tuba/Euphonium at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Principal Tubist with the Tuscaloosa Symphony Orchestra in Alabama and the Symphony Orchestra Augusta in Georgia. His past teaching positions include full-time appointments at Central Michigan University, Valdosta State University in Georgia, and the Baku Music Academy in Azerbaijan where he served as a Lecturing Fulbright Scholar. He has performed recitals in the United States, Canada, Japan, Germany, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Armenia. Dr. Wilson holds degrees from the University of Georgia, Baylor University, and Tennessee Technological University.

He serves as an associate editor for the ITEA Journal and contributed a chapter to the Guide to Tuba Repertoire: The New Tuba Source Book. He has several published compositions and arrangements, and in 2008 his music was the subject of an article in the Arts Section of the Wall Street Journal. His latest work, Fearful Symmetry, was premiered by the All-Star Artists Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble at the 2010 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference in Tucson, Arizona.

Dr. Wilson and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will host the next Southeast Regional Tuba/Euphonium Conference on March 10-12, 2011.

Education

• Doctor of Musical Arts in Tuba PerformanceThe University of Georgia
• Master of Music TheoryBaylor University
• Bachelor of Science in Music EducationTennessee Technological University

Solo Recitals

Honors Awards

• Herbert H. Reynolds Outstanding Young Alumnus (2009)Baylor University
• Orpheus Award (2008)Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Music Fraternity, Beta Alpha Chapter
• Outstanding Adjunct Faculty (2006)University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, College of the Arts
• First Prize, Brass Division (2004)Co-Op Press Annual Recording Competition
• Outstanding Young Alumnus (2003)Tennessee Technological University
• Fulbright Scholar, Baku Music Academy, Azerbaijan (2002)U.S. Fulbright Scholar Program
• Third Prize, Harvey Philips Tuba/Euphonium Quartet Composition Contest (1994)Indiana University Chapter of T.U.B.A.

Books

• Guide to the Tuba Repertoire: The New Tuba Source BookAssistant Editor, Music for Multiple Tubas
• Music Through Time: An Appreciation of Music in Europe and AmericaContributing Editor, Supplemental Teaching Materials

Articles

• ITEA Gem Series #18: Decimation for Euphonium DuetITEA Journal, Summer 2008
• ITEA Composer Friend: Alfred BartlesITEA Journal, Fall 2007
• The Great Danish/American Tubist August C. HellebergCo-authored with JØrgen Voigt Arnsted, ITEA Journal, Winter 2006
• A View from the Caucasus:Interviews with the Tuba Professors of Azerbaijan, Georgia, and ArmeniaITEA Journal, Fall 2003
• The Solo Tuba Music of Robert Jager, Parts 1-4ITEA Journal, Spring 2002-Winter 2003