A Room To Hold Them All

Commissioned by the Nebraska Music Teachers Association, this piece is for piano and fixed media.

The Mingled, Mingling Threads Of Life, Woven By Warp And Weft

This song was written and recorded by Kelvyn Koning in 2016 for an earlier draft of "The Prince and the Painter" by Rebecca Wright and Kelvyn Koning, though this song ended up being cut from the show. Cover art by Adam Gurczak.

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Lyrics:

Verse 1 (Ylber):
If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it,
Does it make a sound?
If I sing and no one hears me,
Do I have a voice?
Or can they hear me
And their ignorance is just a choice?

Verse 2:
If the leaves fall from a tree and no one sees,
Is it still autumn?
If I paint and no one ever sees,
Am I still a painter?

Pre-Chorus:
If the things I say and the things I see are different from everyone around me,
Does that make me invisible to them?

Chorus:
I see colors, colors in my mind
I see colors, but they are color-blind
I see colors, the loveliest of hues
I wish they could see my colors true,
But we have different points of view

Bridge:
What’s your excuse?
Say I’m implausible
Shut down my views,
Make me inaudible
You’ve got no clue
That I’m applaudable
I have something to give

Pre-Chorus

Chorus

Verse 3:
If I leave and no one misses me,
Should I have the gall?
I see colors and I love them all

Colors

Written in 1988, premiered by the San Francisco Symphony in 1998, resurrected by Francisco Noya and the Civic Symphony of Boston in 2019.

Celestial Navigation (1987) Civic Symphony of Boston, November 2019

"Sonya Alone" from Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812 by Dave Malloy, performed by Kelvyn Koning.

Sonya Alone

The Comfort of Asymmetry

Commissioned by soundicon, partially funded by the Guggenheim Foundation

In Praise Of Broken Clocks

This performance is from the 2023 SICPP in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Text is by Sarah Manguso, music by Marti Epstein, performed beautifully by Leah Podzimek (soprano) and Jan Berry Baker (alto saxophone).

The Origin Of Human Love

Written for guitarist Apostolos Paraskevas in memory of John Daverio, this performance of Marti Epstein's Doloroso is by Michael Miller at the 2023 SICPP in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Doloroso for solo guitar

Written in 2022 for Collage New Music, this performance of marti Epstein's The Nemophilist is from the 2023 SICPP in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Steve Drury conducting.

The Nemophilist

"Ale" 
Music: Laura Nevitt
Text: Edgar Allan Poe

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble, May 2019
Kelvyn Koning
Fran Daniel Laucerica
Jennifer Muñoz
Laura Nevitt
Benjamin Perry

Ale - Laura Nevitt

Nightingale is a Boston-based vocal ensemble dedicated to curating unique and imaginative concert experiences by performing members' original compositions, presenting varied ensemble and chamber works, and engaging in innovative collaborations.

Ale - Laura Nevitt

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble

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