{"id":389,"date":"2015-09-16T14:21:14","date_gmt":"2015-09-16T14:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/?p=389"},"modified":"2015-09-16T14:22:29","modified_gmt":"2015-09-16T14:22:29","slug":"memorial-concert-for-dr-kelly-thomas-recent-ut-professor-of-tubaeuphonium-scheduled-for-sept-27-in-knoxville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southernstarssymphonicbrass.com\/?p=389","title":{"rendered":"Memorial Concert for Dr. Kelly Thomas (recent UT Professor of Tuba\/Euphonium) scheduled for Sept. 27 in Knoxville"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Southern Stars Symphonic Brass (SSSB) will be presenting a Memorial Concert on Sept. 27<\/span><\/span> to honor the memory of Dr. Kelly Thomas, who died in June of a wasp sting. Dr. Thomas was only 40-years-old, and left a wife and 4 children who reside in Niota, TN.<\/p>\n

Kelly was the professor of Tuba\/Euphonium at the University of Tennessee, a position which he had held for one year. He also was the principal euphonium musician with the SSSB and the ensemble’s musicians are donating their talents to perform this concert to honor one of their own.<\/p>\n

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Professor Kelly Thomas, euphonium<\/p><\/div>\n

The concert will be held at the Cornerstone Church, located at 1250 Heritage Lake Blvd <\/a>in Knoxville. The concert will be at 3:30pm<\/span><\/span> on Sunday, Sept. 27<\/span><\/span>.\u00a0 Admission is free and an offering will be available to support the Thomas Family Fund.<\/p>\n

Dwight Wages is the President and founder of the SSSB and had this to say, “Kelly had only performed a couple of concerts with us, but he made a great impression on his fellow musicians in a short period of time. He was a terrific musician and what really impressed me was what a great father he was to his children. It is also obvious that he was a great mentor to his student musicians.”<\/p>\n

The concert program was selected to represent music enjoyed by his family, sacred music, euphonium\/tuba feature selections, and inspirational music. The program includes:<\/p>\n