I offer professional music services, including, but not limited to:

• Engraving
• Copying
• Part-making
• Transcribing

I am able to work in Finale, Sibelius, and Dorico.

Please feel free to get in touch through the CONTACT page of my website or by emailing me directly at kmkaymusic@gmail.com. Thanks!

Testimonials

I believe that Kevin Kay was a gift from the universe. After our first phone call, I felt a newfound trust and connection within my own notation, because I knew that on the other end of the process I had someone who would help me translate from my hand-written manuscripts. Kevin is unique and excellent in every aspect of engraving and collaboration. No matter how abstract and personalized my hand-written language was, Kevin found a way to capture my personal pen into a typeset medium: this enhanced my own musical language because the communication of my ideas could be aided by typeset an engraving which is easier and preferred by performers. Kevin helped me meet my deadline through rush timelines, working expertly, quickly, and moreover, was always open to my revisions and questions. I leaned on Kevin whenever I needed an outside perspective about questions regarding clarity and layout. He is an incredible musician who offers his perspective if asked, but above all, provides the composer with confidence that their voice will be expressed as clearly as possible. My score looked, miraculously, like an enhanced carbon-copy of my hand-written manuscripts, which I spend a lot of care making. I wouldn’t have made my deadline without Kevin; he can literally do anything, while being an exceptionally kind human. 

Michelle Barzel Ross, Composer and Violinist, New York, NY

 Kevin is an exceptional copyist and editor. Not only does he deliver impeccably clean and professional scores and parts, but he’s also a pleasure to collaborate with. As a composer who prioritizes clarity and precision in my work, I’ve found someone I can completely trust to make this happen (and quickly)—giving me the creative space to focus on composing.

Shawn Okpebholo , Composer, Chicago, IL

Kevin Kay has been a godsend from the engraving heavens – he has helped me in preparing scores and parts for numerous compositional projects in the last few years. His work is detail-oriented and his ability to produce under tight deadlines is impressive.

Nina C. Young, Composer, Los Angeles, CA

 I am so very very fortunate as a composer to have found Kevin Kay “He Saved The Day” for me. His work is very professional and quick. I am very honored to have worked with him. And I very highly recommend him to others.

Jalalu-Kalvert Nelson, Composer, Biel, Switzerland

I have asked Kevin to create sheet music for choral arrangements I’ve done several times and he is always so professional, pleasant, quick and 100% perfect at transcribing by ear. He has become an important part of my team so that I can deliver arrangements to my clients and meet their deadlines. I’ll be using Kevin for transcription and sheet music services as long as he’ll let me!

Becky Willard, Music Producer, Vox Fox Studios

I HIGHLY recommend hiring Kevin to assist with any of your part-making and engraving needs. He has done this work for me twice—once engraving a complicated hand-written score for a new chamber work written for my duo Wolftone, and most recently re-engraving a solo piece to make it iPad friendly and fix clef issues in the original. In both instances, Kevin was incredibly fast, meticulously detail-oriented, and an extremely reliable, friendly collaborator. 10/10!

Ben Roidl-Ward, Bassoonist, Chicago, IL