He holds degrees, summa cum laude, from Onondaga Community College, Syracuse University, and the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign), and is completing a Certificate of Advanced Studies in Educational Leadership. Several of his articles have been in Music Educators Journal, Teaching Music, The Instrumentalist, and The National Band Association Journal. He is author of Reaching and Teaching All Instrumental Music Students and co-author of Teaching Music in the Urban.
Kevin Mixon had written a song called Swahili Folk Hymn which we did for our band concert:)
For orchestra he had written Dark Visions, Storm Chaser, String Shredder
For band he had written Adventure in India, Beat Street Strut, Dancing The Skies, Dawn Dance, Fantasy on Early American Tunes, Hard Drive, ISON, Japanese Pictures, Juba, Junk Funk, Natya, Oceania Dances, Roling Tough, Storm Chaser, Ugandan Festival, Zululand