Kevin Kern

Kevin Kern (born Kevin Lark Gibbs on December 22, 1958) is an American pianist, composer and recording artist of new-age music. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is now generally recognized as a representative of the new-age style. Born legally blind, Kern is aided in studio by SONAR’s accessibility and Dancing Dots’ assistive music technologies for the vision impaired.

Biography

Kevin was found playing "Silent Night" on the piano at 18 months of age. He started learning the piano regularly at 4 and began writing music at 8. At 14, he put on performances with the music group he founded called "The Well-Tempered Clavichord". Despite his legal blindness since birth, he was still determined to be a pianist.

His first performance in Asia was in Taiwan, in 2002.

He has released ten albums, including a compilation album, and two songbooks. He also has released a Japan-only CD and songbook, as well as another album only in Asia.

Personal life

Kevin Kern is married to Pamela Gibbs, a former cardiac transplant nurse and product manager for several medical device companies. According to the liner notes of his album, Embracing the Wind, the couple were married in June 2001 on the island of Maui, Hawaii, in a private ceremony with friends and family present. The song "From This Day Forward" from the same CD was written for and dedicated to her. She has been mentioned in his album credits several times, including playing the rainstick on "Through the Veil" on The Winding Path and catering several recording sessions. After living for several years in San Francisco, they moved to Minneapolis, MN in 2007.

Kevin Kern (actor)

Kevin Michael Kern is a Broadway actor, born circa 1974 to Nancy and Michael Kern of Cincinnati. His father was a senior vice president and a stockbroker in the Cincinnati office of Paine Webber, the securities brokerage company.

Credits

His Broadway credits include Fiyero in Wicked as well as roles in The Wedding Singer and Les Miserables. (In Les Mis, he played numerous roles, including Marius, Jean Prouvaire, Joly and Marius (understudy) with the "approximate dates: 1997 to 1999; 2001 to 2003 (not necessarily continuously)." As of 2015, he is performing in Finding Neverland the Musical.

Education

He is a cum laude graduate of New York University. He has a B.M. in Vocal Performance and a "full scholarship and one year study - M.A. in Music Vocal Performance." Prior to NYU, he was a 1992 graduate of St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati).

Personal life

He married Megan Lawrence in June 1999. They have three children.

References

Kevin Kern (disambiguation)

Kevin Kern may refer to: