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Jeremy Kittel
Celtic fiddler and jazz violinist

Jeremy Kittel

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Celtic fiddler and jazz violinist
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40 years
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Biography

Jeremy Kittel (Jeremy David Kittel, born 26 April 1984) is a contemporary American musician and composer. His primary instruments are the violin and viola and his styles include Celtic, bluegrass, jazz, and folk music.
He leads his namesake group, the Jeremy Kittel Band. He has worked with many prominent musicians, including Mark O'Connor, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Chris Thile, Paquito D’Rivera, the Assad Brothers, Stefon Harris, My Morning Jacket, and Darol Anger.

Biography

Kittel grew up in Saline and Ann Arbor, MI. He attended the University of Michigan for his undergraduate degree and earned his master's degree in jazz violin from the Manhattan School of Music in 2007.

Jeremy Kittel has performed as a classical soloist with the Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Southwest Michigan Symphony Orchestras, and the Rochester Philharmonic. He was a guest twice on A Prairie Home Companion and played the Kennedy Center, Bonnaroo, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival. He recorded parts of the soundtracks for independent films ‘’An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and Harvest Moon, as well as the video score for ‘‘Infamous 2.’’

He has won numerous awards throughout his career, some of the more notable being the Daniel Pearl Memorial Violin, the Stanley Medal and Emerging Artist Award at the University of Michigan, the Detroit Music Award for Outstanding Folk Artist, Outstanding Jazz Recording and Outstanding Jazz composer, and twice the American String Teacher Association’s Alternative Strings Award. He is a U.S. National Scottish Fiddle Champion and a two-time Junior National Scottish Fiddle Champion.

Discography

Solo Recordings

YearAlbum
2010Chasing Sparks
2005Jazz Violin
2003Roaming
2000Celtic Fiddle

Turtle Island String Quartet

YearAlbum
2013Mike Marshall and the Turtle Island QuartetViola
2010Have You Ever BeenArrangements, violin, viola

Collaborations

YearTitle
2016Sing Me Home (Yo-Yo Ma and The Silk Road Ensemble)Arranger, "Going Home" feat. Abigail Washburn
2013Desire Lines (Camera Obscura)Arrangements, violin, viola
2013Fossils (Aoife O'Donovan)String arrangements, violin, viola
2013Inland (Jars of Clay)String arrangements, violin, viola
2011Circuital (My Morning Jacket)String arrangements, violin, viola
2011Send It Down (Kai Welch)String arrangements, violin, viola
2010City of Refuge (Abigail Washburn)String arrangements, violin, viola

Guest Artist

YearTitle
2016Red & White & Blue & Gold (Aoife O'Donovan)Fiddle
2016The Raven's Rock (Cillian Vallely)Fiddle
2014Notify (Padraig Rynne)Violin, viola
2013Dot the Dragon's Eyes (Hanneke Cassel)Fiddle, viola
2013Go Down Singing (single, Michelle Chamuel)Violin, viola
2012Half-Made Man (Ben Sollee)Violin, viola, fiddle
2010Istiqbal Gathering (John Jorgensen and Orchestra Nashville)As a member of the Turtle Island String Quartet
2008This Here (Seth Bernard)Violin, fiddle
2007No Regrets (John Nam)Violin
2006Fiddle Camp (Mark O'Connor and Guests)Violin, fiddle
2006Gypsy Djazz (The Detroit Swingtet)Violin
2005Cinnamon Matinee (Ben Cyllus)Violin
2005Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum (Tally Hall)Violin
2004Songs of Innocence and Experience (William Bolcom)Violin

Music for Video Games

YearAlbum
2013Starcraft II: Heart of the SwarmViolin, viola
2012Epic Mickey 2Violin, viola
2011Kinect: Disneyland AdventuresViolin, viola
2011Infamous 2Violin, viola

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