Kenyon Williams, Music, recently released his first solo album for percussion, entitled “Homage.” The CD features a composition and performance by fellow MSUM faculty member Henry Gwiazda. It also includes compositions by James Campbell, Christos Hatzis, Cort Lippe, Carrie Magin, and Concordia College’s Russell Peterson. The release also features the performing talents of Peterson and Gwiazda and former MSUM Music […]
Dr. Kenyon Williams, Professor of Percussion, spent three weeks of his sabbatical in Ghana where he studied drumming and dance with Ewe people of the Volta region of Ghana. During this time, he lived in the small rural village of Kopeiya at the Dagbe Art and Culture Center which was created by a family of master drummers from the area […]
Dr. Kenyon Williams, Professor of Music, will participate in the performance of an original Easter musical in Fargo this coming Friday, Saturday, and Sunday (March 22-24) at Bethel Church in South Fargo. A project over nine months in making, the script was written by Ginger Williams, former adjunct professor of Speech at MSUM, with over 25 original compositions written by […]
The Varying Degrees Trio (Kenyon Williams, Tom Christianson, and Andrew P. Clemenson) will present their rescheduled MSUM concert Saturday, Feb. 16 at 3 p.m. in Gaede Theatre. The concert will be a fun-filled, one-hour long exploration of everything from marimbas and steel drums to frying pans and table tops! Come enjoy a fun, FREE concert event guaranteed to put a […]
A recital featuring members of the MSUM Music Department is set for Thursday, Feb. 21, at 7:30 p.m. on the Gaede Stage in the Roland Dille Center for the Arts. Performers are Tom Christianson, Andrew P. Clemenson, Kenyon Williams, Robin Allebach, Sue Nagel, Monte C. Grisé, Terrie Manno, Jenny Dufault, Michael Krajewski, Jennifer Tackling, Tim Nelson and Elise Buffat Nelson. […]