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.

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.

Terence says, "One of the joys of working with Kevin is his ability to create a picture in his mind and translate it into an exquisite melody. If I say 'meadow,' Kevin paints a sound meadow with all of its resonant beauty." Kern considers himself a sensualist and likes having Terence suggest a mood or scene for him to describe musically. Because Kevin lives in a world that lacks the crisp detail of the fully sighted, his powers of concentration and description through music are intensified. Many of his compositions are filled with the sights, sounds and scents of the natural world -- of gardens, mountains, the ocean and all of their soothing, healing, comforting and uplifting qualities. Kern says, "To think that my music is touching people I've never met and from all over the world is such a joy. Bringing this kind of music to others is what my life is really about."