Ken Davies

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Wisconsin native Ken Davies holds an M.A. in trombone from Middle Tennessee State University at Murfreesboro and an M.M. in composition from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He also studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and at Yale School of Music. During the 1970s, he was trombonist with Gabriel’s Brass, a 12-piece jazz-rock show band based in Orlando, Florida, often appearing at Walt Disney World. He has worked as a commercial arranger and session producer for nationally broadcast record and television projects. Since 2002, he has resided in south Mississippi.

His works include acoustic and electronic pieces that have been performed nationally at conferences and festivals by Society of Composers, Southeastern Composers League, Electronic Music Midwest, Electroacoustic Barn Dance, Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers, International Trombone Festival, Parma Music Festival and concerts.

Honors include ASCAP awards, the Mississippi Performing Artist Fellowship in Composition for 2006-07 and 2012-13, grants from Mississippi Arts Commission and a listing on the Mississippi Artist Roster. His Three Pieces for bass trombone and piano won the 2009 Eastern Trombone Workshop National Composition Competition. He is the 2013 Mississippi Music Teachers’ Association commissioned composer. He collaborated with his poet wife Judy to create a CD of poetic soundscapes featuring narrated poetry and electronic music. His music is published by Kenvad Music.

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