Clayton State University music major Will Melton recently received the 2006 SCADemy Best Original Score Award from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) for music he composed for the short film, "An Abstraction on the Chronology of Will."
 
A pupil of Dr. Chris Arrell, director of theory and composition for the Clayton State Department of Music, Melton is a resident of Fayetteville and a graduate of Sandy Creek High School who is starting his third year at Clayton State this fall semester.
 
“An Abstraction on the Chronology of Will" was produced by SCAD students Ben Collins, a high school classmate of Melton’s, and Kevin Phillips and also won the 2006 SCADemy Best Picture Award.
 
Clayton State University, located in Morrow, is a state university of the University System of Georgia serving the Metro Atlanta region.