Kitt Wakeley

Kitt Wakeley is a Grammy award-winning American composer, producer, orchestrator, arranger, and musician. He has worked with artists Aaron Lazar, Josh Groban, Sting, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and others. His solo album, Symphony of Sinners & Saints (featuring Joe Satriani), charted at #1 on Billboards Classical Crossover and Classical charts as well as yielding two #1 singles. He produced Aaron Lazar's album Impossible Dream which was also nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album" that same year as well as charting at #2 on Billboard's Classical Crossover Album chart. He was honored by the ALS Network with an Essey Spotlight Award for his production work on the album. During high school Wakeley played in several bands and received scholarship offers from state level music programs but chose to pursue a bachelor's degree in Pre-Law and Sociology and a Masters in Public Administration from East Central University in Ada, Oklahoma, where he was in the Gamma Xi Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau in 1987.

Music career Wakeley is a composer, songwriter, musician, and music producer whose genres have been classified as rock, hard rock, EDM, and orchestral. His professional career began at age 16 when he was hired to write the intro for one of Oklahoma's top radio DJ's shows. He wrote, produced, and recorded songs for the rock band Mydion. They released one album, Ashes and the Angel. The album peaked at #1 on Billboards Classical Crossover and Classical charts, and at #18 on Hot Hard Rock Songs. Singles "Conflicted", "Forgive Me", and "Sinners and Saints" all peaked at #1 on Billboard as well as charting in the Top-10 Hot Hard Rock Songs chart.

The album tour included shows at Carnegie Hall,

Throughout his career, Wakeley has received numerous awards for his music. At the 2019 Indie Music Awards he won awards in eight categories, including, Best New Male Artist of the Year, Best Special Live Performance, Best Instrumental Producer, Artist of The Year, and Best Instrumental Songwriter. He won, Song of the Year at the Hollywood Music in Media Awards and two Josie Music Awards in 2020 for, Songwriter of the Year and Producer of the Year. In 2021 he was inducted into the Indie Music Hall of Fame, along with winning Album of the Year for Symphony of Sinners and Saints.

In 2023, Wakeley's album, An Adoption Story, won a Grammy Award for "Best Classical Compendium".

Wakeley was nominated for a Grammy Award for Mythologies II for "Best Classical Compendium" in 2024, as well as producing Aaron Lazar's album Impossible Dream which was nominated for "Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album" that same year. He was honored by the ALS Network with an Essey Spotlight Award for his production work on Impossible Dream in 2025 and was included in Spin magazine's "10 Rising Artists to Watch". In 2025, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for Seven Seasons for Best Classical Compendium.

Solo discography Source: 2013 - AudioKaoz – Cinematic Chaos 2014 - Mydion – Ashes and the Angel 2018 - Midnight in Macedonia 2021 - Symphony of Sinners & Saints 2022 - An Adoption Story 2025 - Seven Seasons

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Personal life Wakeley is married to Melissa Wakeley. They share four biological children together, and three adoptive children.