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Release Date: 25-06-1997
Label: Real Music
Catalog Number: RM2565-2
Barcode: 46286256526
Musical Style: Relaxing
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beyond the Sundial [04:22]  | 7 | Distant Shade of Green [03:19] |
| 2 | Threads of Light [03:11] | 8 | Into the Realm [05:15] |
| 3 | Where Paths Meet [05:14] | 9 | Sundial Awakening [04:08] |
| 4 | Flurry of Golden Leaves [03:33] | 10 | Hide and Seek [04:24] |
| 5 | Kristen’s Serenade [05:53] | 11 | Until Tomorrow [05:32] |
| 6 | Time Remembered [04:17] | ||
Description:
Kevin's highly successful debut album, In the Enchanted Garden, has already garnered an appreciative following worldwide. His beautiful piano playing again captivates us, this time complimented by the exquisite oboe and English horn playing of Paul McCandless. With the simple elegance of a contemporary Chopin, Kevin's melodies effortlessly unfold glorious images of the enchantment which beckons from Beyond the Sundial.
Biography:
When Real Music President Terence Yallop heard carols being played one Christmas Day at a hotel in San Francisco and approached the pianist, he was excited about both Kevin's talent for exceptional arrangements and for his pianistic skill. He didn't yet know that Kevin had been a child prodigy who was discovered, hands on the keyboard over his head, playing Silent Night when he was only 18 months old and that by the time he was two, Kevin could play 20 Christmas carols using both hands.
Born in Detroit, Kevin began studying with a private tutor at age four and made his professional debut at 14 with the Well Tempered Clavichord, a teenage casual group of which he was a founding member. Though Kevin felt obliged to question his career direction as a teen, briefly wondering if he might like to be a poet, the joy of making music won the day.
Kevin studied under Detroit Symphony pianist, Mischa Kottler and attended the University of Michigan School of Music. He has also attended the New England Conservatory of Music, receiving a Bachelor of Music as well as a Master's Degree in Performance. He spent several years playing in and around the Boston area before moving to San Francisco in 1990, where he began performing at a variety of live venues. His unique approach and ability to communicate earned a spot on the faculty as a theory teacher and vocal accompanist at Jazz Camp West in Santa Cruz in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1998.
Some say Kevin's compositions can be compared melodically to classical music and wonder which composer's music influences him most. Primarily Bach's, which Kevin says is like the pyramids; the stones, or notes, fit together without mortar.
Kevin Kern has become a universal name for beautiful, relaxing music.
