About Ascencion Recordings

Ascencion Recordings is dedicated to producing, presenting and performing creative works. Since 1995, our products have included concerts, music recordings and compositions, and art photography. Our main studio and offices are located in Kill Devil Hills, NC. We are fortunate to call the Outer Banks home.

Ascencion Recordings Inc. is a NC corporation formed in November 1995.

Mission and History

Ascencion Recordings 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.

Who we are

Our principals are Gordon Kreplin – guitarist, photographer – and Cathy Pescevich Kreplin – flutist, pianist, Music Director.

Our Story

The beginning

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 was born, a music production company dedicated to the recording and distribution of audiophile classical recordings. Over the ensuing years, Ascencion Recordings 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.

Today

Ascencion Music Academy currently boasts four formally trained teaching artists and a studio clientele of over 120 families. We offer private and group lessons in guitar, piano, flutes and recorders, voice, folk instruments, hand percussion, music theory and composition.

Ascencion Recordings has re-mastered 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.” In progress is a follow-up work of literature and companion piece to “Memories of Compostela.”

About our work

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!

Bach Fugue -SINGLE!

March 21, 2022Ascencion Recordings, music, recordingsBaroque, classical guitar, classical music, guitarist Gordon Kreplin, J. S. Bach, music

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Bach Fugue – single! J.S. Bach’s First Violin Sonata BWV 1001, transcribed for solo guitar and performed by guitarist Gordon Kreplin.

About this music

In this beautiful recorded performance, guitarist Gordon Kreplin presents his own transcription of the Bach Violin Sonata BWV 1001. If the classical guitar had been available to Bach in his day, he certainly would have made use of it in his writing.

Guitarist Gordon Kreplin

Gordon Kreplin has performed throughout the US, Spain, Portugal and South America. Critics and audiences alike have experienced his performances as having an easy warmth. His concerts in Spain and South America were sponsored by the United States Information Service (USIS). Kreplin received an A+ rating from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and USIS for touring abroad.

Kreplin’s teachers include Jose Tomas at the Oscar Espla Conservatory (where he studied for two years), Andres Segovia at Musica de Compostela, and John Marlow at American University. Kreplin served for four years in the North Carolina Visiting Artist program. He has taught at various universities in the U.S. Kreplin also taught at El Conservatorio de Horta on the island of Faial in Portugal . He is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of Ascencion Music Academy on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

More about the artist – Guitarist, Gordon Kreplin

Bio

Kreplin’s teachers include Jose Tomas at the Oscar Espla Conservatory (where he studied for two years), Andres Segovia at Musica de Compostela, and John Marlow at American University. Kreplin served for four years in the North Carolina Visiting Artist program. He has taught at various universities in the U.S. Kreplin also taught at El Conservatorio de Horta on the island of Faial in Portugal. He is also Co-Founder and Co-Director of Ascencion Music Academy on the Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Artist Statement

” In my work as a concert musician and music educator, I teach about the aesthetic tools of rhythm, color and composition to audiences and private students alike. In my work as a nationally-recognized photography professional, I teach about lighting and composition in environmental portraiture. For me, such tools are the essence of both music and photography.”
Gordon Kreplin

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