Songs of Distant Earth took third prize in the 40th Anniversary ITF Composition Contest. There were 106 entries, and the winning pieces were performed by Bone Therapy at the 2011 International Trombone Festival.

Congratulations to two of Kenyon's students who were selected to the All-Star Young Artists Tuba/Euphonium Ensemble at the 2010 International Tuba/Euphonium Conference:

• Evan Brock (Georgia)
• Richard Droghini (South Carolina)

The ITEC Collegiate All-Star Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Kent Eshelman, premiered 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.

Maureen Horgan, professor of trombone at Georgia College & State University, is currently working on a new solo album that will include Kenyon's Trifecta. Recording sessions took place this summer during the New Hampshire Music Festival.

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, 2009 in the Hayes Recital Hall at UTC. Möbius was also recently performed at Valdosta State University, the University of Alabama, and the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast.

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, 2009 at Park Road Baptist Church in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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

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 October 2009.

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).