{"id":19809,"date":"2017-11-17T15:22:13","date_gmt":"2017-11-17T20:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/?p=19809"},"modified":"2018-02-12T16:08:34","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T21:08:34","slug":"compose-local-professor-creates-new-music-utcs-250th-commencement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/compose-local-professor-creates-new-music-utcs-250th-commencement\/","title":{"rendered":"Compose Local: Professor creates new music for UTC&#8217;s 250th commencement"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19812\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" data-attachment-id=\"19812\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/compose-local-professor-creates-new-music-utcs-250th-commencement\/249th-undergraduate-commencement\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,799\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON Df&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;249th commencement ceremony May 6, 2017 at McKenzie Arena.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1494062036&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;3200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;249th Undergraduate Commencement&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"249th Undergraduate Commencement\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Kenyon Wilson conducts the Commencement Brass Ensemble at the 249th commencement ceremony May 6, 2017 at McKenzie Arena.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-1024x682.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19812\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-580x386.jpg 580w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-610x406.jpg 610w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-250x166.jpg 250w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2017\/11\/undergraduate-commencement-17-005-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Kenyon Wilson conducts the Commencement Brass Ensemble at the 249th commencement ceremony May 6, 2017 at McKenzie Arena.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Starting in December, commencement ceremonies will begin and end with music that has a little blue and gold twang.<\/p>\n<p>Listen closely enough and bits and pieces of Chattanooga\u2019s Alma Mater might stand out during the December ceremonies. Parts of the classic \u201cLookout Mountain o\u2019er us guarding &#8230;\u201d are hidden away in Kenyon Wilson\u2019s recessional, \u201cAchievement Unlocked,\u201d written in honor of the university\u2019s 250th commencement.<\/p>\n<p>Hiding things in plain sight is Wilson\u2019s signature move. The associate professor of theory and applied low brass in the Department of Performing Arts Division of Music is known to sneak names, jokes and clever tricks in the music he composes. He even has a three-note motif for his son\u2019s name: Jed. From the moment his son was born, Wilson has included the motif once in every song he\u2019s written, roughly 12 compositions at this point.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10750\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"266\" height=\"400\" data-attachment-id=\"10750\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2014\/03\/utc-music-professor-honored-international-national-composition-contests\/facultybrassquintet2011_05-edit\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/FacultyBrassQuintet2011_05-Edit.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"266,400\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1314012039&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;55&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;800&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FacultyBrassQuintet2011_05-Edit\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Dr. Kenyon Wilson&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/FacultyBrassQuintet2011_05-Edit.jpg\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10750\" src=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/FacultyBrassQuintet2011_05-Edit.jpg\" alt=\"\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\"style=\"max-width: 100%;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/FacultyBrassQuintet2011_05-Edit.jpg 266w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/FacultyBrassQuintet2011_05-Edit-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/files\/2014\/03\/FacultyBrassQuintet2011_05-Edit-133x200.jpg 133w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 266px) 100vw, 266px\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Kenyon Wilson<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI like hiding those things,\u201d Wilson explains. \u201cAnd my students will start doing a \u2018Where\u2019s Waldo\u2019 scavenger hunt with my music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.utc.edu\/music\/profiles\/faculty\/jsm668.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wilson<\/a>\u00a0first composed a new processional for commencement last May. The stock music played by the commencement brass ensemble felt forced, he says, particularly what was played as the gonfalons (the large banners that represent the colleges) entered the arena.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd I thought, you know, it would be nice if we had our own music for this.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI started off with a catchy fanfare and I took our Alma Mater and sliced it up in a way that you won\u2019t know it\u2019s there,\u201d he continues. \u201cI didn\u2019t want it to sound like an arrangement of our Alma Mater, but it is there and it was the source material.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Music composition took a back seat as Wilson focused on teaching and performing early in his career. But trained as a tuba player, he began putting pen to staff paper regularly around 2007. Since then, he\u2019s written 30 pieces.<\/p>\n<p>His biggest source of pride, he says, is the tribute he composed in honor of the five fallen heroes shot to death in Chattanooga on July 16, 2015: Carson A. Holmquist, Randall Smith, Thomas J. Sullivan, Squire K. \u201cSkip\u201d Wells and David A. Wyatt.<\/p>\n<p>The tribute, \u201cFive,\u201d was described by Mayor Andy Berke as an example of how \u201cmusic can help crystallize the emotions that we feel and give a moment to heal our broken hearts\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A consortium of 68 university, high school, community, military and brass bands joined with Wilson to create the tribute for concert band.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about Wilson\u2019s compositions and hear them performed by ensembles across the world, go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kenyonwilson.com\">www.kenyonwilson.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting in December, commencement ceremonies will begin and end with music that has a little blue and gold twang<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><span><a class=\"more-link button text\" href=\"https:\/\/blogarchive.utc.edu\/news\/2017\/11\/compose-local-professor-creates-new-music-utcs-250th-commencement\/\"><span>Continue Reading <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":858,"featured_media":10750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_slider":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_featurette":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61,7712,12777],"tags":[70310,7223,70311],"class_list":{"0":"post-19809","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-of-arts-sciences","8":"category-faculty-and-staff","9":"category-music-college-of-arts-sciences","10":"tag-alma-mater","11":"tag-commencement","12":"tag-dr-kenyon-wilson","13":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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