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Beginning his piano studies at age five, Ken Elkinson was born on August 28th, 1972. By age nine,

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he took up the guitar and bass as well. In September 1990, Elkinson entered Muhlenburg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. There, he was taught improvisation, composition and recording skills. By the time he graduated in 1994, Elkinson had composed more than ten piano pieces.

In 1997, after months and months of recording and rerecording, Ken Elkinson released, in March 1997, "Midnight Conversation" to a limited one hundred copies. Later that year, Elkinson released a more numerous number of copies to the general public. Critics revered his album by saying that his songs were "hauntingly beautiful" and "as gentle as a spring breeze".

Living in New York, Elkinson is now working on his sophmore release of a newer album.