Jeremy Kittel


Jeremy Kittel is a contemporary Grammy-nominated American musician and composer. His primary instruments are the violin / fiddle and viola and his styles include Celtic, Jazz, Classical, Bluegrass, Folk music, and more.
He leads his namesake group, Kittel & Co. He has worked with many prominent musicians, including the Turtle Island Quartet, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Fleet Foxes, Chris Thile, My Morning Jacket, Paquito D’Rivera, Abigail Washburn, Mark O'Connor, Jon Batiste, the Assad Brothers, Aoife O'Donovan, Yo-Yo Ma, the Silk Road Ensemble, Jars of Clay, Stefon Harris, and Darol Anger.

Biography

Kittel grew up in Saline, Michigan. He attended the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance 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 soloist with many orchestras including the Detroit Symphony, Vancouver Symphony, Louisville Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic. He was a guest twice on A Prairie Home Companion and has played in the house band for Live From Here and the Late Night with Stephen Colbert. He has also played the Kennedy Center, Bonnaroo, and Telluride Bluegrass Festival.
'Chrysalis,' a track on his group's 2018 album Whorls, was nominated for a Grammy for Best Instrumental Composition. He has won other 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
2018Whorls
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 Arranger, "Going Home" feat. Abigail Washburn
2013Desire Lines Arrangements, violin, viola
2013Fossils String arrangements, violin, viola
2013Inland String arrangements, violin, viola
2011Circuital String arrangements, violin, viola
2011Send It Down String arrangements, violin, viola
2010City of Refuge String arrangements, violin, viola

Guest Artist

YearTitle
2016Red & White & Blue & Gold Fiddle
2016The Raven's Rock Fiddle
2014Notify Violin, viola
2013Dot the Dragon's Eyes Fiddle, viola
2013Go Down Singing Violin, viola
2012Half-Made Man Violin, viola, fiddle
2010Istiqbal Gathering As a member of the Turtle Island String Quartet
2008This Here Violin, fiddle
2007No Regrets Violin
2006Fiddle Camp Violin, fiddle
2006Gypsy Djazz Violin
2005Cinnamon Matinee Violin
2005Marvin's Marvelous Mechanical Museum Violin
2004Songs of Innocence and Experience Violin

Music for Video Games

YearAlbum
2013Violin, viola
2012Epic Mickey 2Violin, viola
2011Violin, viola
2011Infamous 2Violin, viola