Welcome to Quiet Ascent

Hello! And welcome to Quiet Ascent.

I’ve been thinking about starting this space for a while. Not because I had something urgent to announce, but because I wanted a place where things could unfold at their own pace—where music, travel, listening, and reflection could sit together without being rushed. Through my creative process, I’ve learned that the most meaningful work rarely arrives all at once. It comes slowly, through patience, repetition, curiosity, and a willingness to follow questions rather than answers.

This blog is an extension of that process.

Here, I’ll be writing about my music—how pieces come into being, what inspires them, and how they continue to change long after they’re finished. I’ll also write about nature and travel, not in the checklist sense, but as a way of paying attention: to places, to people, to moments that linger longer than expected. Some posts may be sparked by concerts, favorite musicians, or chance encounters. Others may grow out of silence.

Underlying it all is a set of questions that have always guided my work:

• Where do we come from?

• What does it mean to be here, now?

• And what might be waiting beyond the edge of what we can see?

I don’t approach these questions from any fixed belief system. My music has often drawn from spiritual traditions—plainchant, sacred harmony, ritual forms—not to make statements, but to create space. Space to listen. Space to feel. Space to rest.

That idea—making space—is at the heart of Quiet Ascent. An ascent doesn’t have to be dramatic or visible. Sometimes it’s simply the act of showing up again and again, listening a little more deeply each time. And sometimes, paradoxically, the upward path feels a lot like returning to yourself, to what matters, and to something that feels like home.

So consider this an invitation. There’s no agenda here, no hype, no race toward conclusions. Just notes from the road, the studio, and the quiet moments in between.

I’m glad you’re here. Let’s take the long way—together.

Kevin Keller