April 28, 2025, KROX On Thursday, April 24, fifth grade students from Highland put on a drum performance at Crookston High School with the help of a grant secured by Highland’s music teacher, Kristine Dickson. The grant brought in a resident musician for a month, Dr. Kenyon Williams, the Director of Percussion at Minnesota State Moorhead. “He has traveled around the world and […]
MSUM School of Performing Arts Professor Dr. Kenyon Williams was asked by a local elementary school teacher if he’d be able to help create some online curriculum for her classroom. Using his cellphone and some editing software, he created an online lesson giving a tour of the MSUM Percussion Studio. The video has since been shared among local elementary, middle […]
Wednesday, Oct. 9 | 7:30 p.m. | Gaede Stage Join Dr. Kenyon Williams as he presents “Alone/Together,” a faculty percussion recital featuring an evening of dues showcasing talented wind, string, and percussion performers from across the FM region as well as a new world premier composition by Turkish composer Erberk Eryilmaz! Guest artists include: Dr. Earnest Lamb (cello), Dr. Tiana […]
Dr. Kenyon Williams, Professor of Percussion at MSUM, was honored this week to be featured on the Percussive Arts Society website for his “How-to Make Ice Percussion” video. As a member of the PAS Board of Advisors, he was invited to submit a video that might be included on the website and shared across the internet. Using the techniques he […]
Thursday, Feb. 1 | 12-1 p.m. | MSUM Art Gallery MSUM percussionists will perform student-original graphic-notated musical scores in the MSUM Art Gallery on Thursday, Feb. 1 at 12 p.m. Stop in for a few minutes of creative and original music-making in one of MSUM’s most beautiful locations as they prepare to work with one of world’s leading graphic score […]