Guitarist Gordon Kreplin is a concert and recording artist, photographer, and teacher. Critics have hailed his performances as ” masterful, transcendent, organic, and limpidly beautiful.” Throughout his artistic career, Gordon has found common elements of rhythm, form and color in music, imaging and poetry. These passions have shaped an artistic curiosity that reveals itself in the music and photography found here.
Ascencion Recordings Inc. is a NC corporation formed in 1995. We are fortunate to call the Outer Banks home. Ascencion Recordings Inc. is dedicated to producing, presenting and performing creative works. Our products include concerts, music recordings and compositions, and art photography. We are the parent organization of Ascencion Music Academy in Kill Devil Hills, NC.
Ascencion Recordings Inc. seeks to reach the widest possible audience through creative works of musical performance, recordings, and fine photography.
We are the parent organization of Ascencion Music Academy in Kill Devil Hills, NC, an independent studio music school dedicated to excellence in music teaching and learning on the Outer Banks.
Our principals are Gordon Kreplin – guitarist, photographer – and Cathy Pescevich Kreplin – flutist, pianist, Music Director.
Early in 1995, Gordon Kreplin and (then) Cathy Pescevich embarked on a journey to produce their first joint project: classical guitar recording “Bach in Brazil.” In November of that year, Ascencion Recordings, Inc. was born, a music production company dedicated to the recording and distribution of audiophile classical recordings. Over the ensuing years, Ascencion Recordings, Inc. grew quite a bit. Location recording services, concert performances, “The Art Place” gallery, “Ascencion Photography” fine art and portrait photography studio, and Ascencion Music Academy music school all were creative offspring.
Ascencion Music Academy currently boasts four formally trained teaching artists and a studio clientele of over 100 families. We offer private and group lessons in guitar, piano, flutes and recorders, voice, folk instruments, hand percussion, music theory and composition.
Ascencion Recordings, Inc. re-mastering its audiophile recording catalogue to today’s listening standards. “Bach in Brazil,” was re-released in June 2021 followed by “Memories of Compostela” in September of 2021. “Bach in the Americas” and a single release of the fugue from J.S. Bach’s First Violin Sonata BWV 1004 came next, both in 2022. Releases of new works for classical guitar are in the works.
In addition to our music recording, teaching and performance, we published a work of literature in May 2021: “Passion and Grace.” The Photography and Poetry of Gordon Fox Kreplin.” Slated to begin next year, and the reason for this grant request, is a follow-up work of literature and companion piece to “Memories of Compostela.”
Would you like to talk with us about our work? Please contact one of our directors: Gordon Kreplin at 252-207-3868 or Cathy Pescevich Kreplin at 252-955-0706. Our studio email is studiomain@ncmusicteachers.com. Our studio address is 115 West Oregon Avenue, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948. We appreciate calls, letters, emails and visits!
