An Adoption Story
An Adoption Story is a Grammy-winning classical compendium album by Kitt Wakeley. The album reached No. 5 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Albums chart and features the London Symphony, Joe Satriani, and Wouter Kellerman, among others.
Background
An Adoption Story is an orchestral classical compendium album, inspired by Wakeley's time in the foster care system and as an adoptive parent of three siblings.The album features Starr Parodi, London Symphony, Joe Satriani, and Wouter Kellerman, among others.
An Adoption Story peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Classical Crossover Albums chart and was featured on the Tamron Hall Show where he shared in depth about his adoption story.
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
- Artist, composer, arranger - Kitt Wakeley
- Piano - Starr Parodi
- Orchestra - London Symphony
- Violin - Isolde Faire
- Violin - Patrick Conlon – Violin
- Violin - Lili Haydn
- Percussion - MB Gordy
- Flute - Wouter Kellerman
- Violin - Wenlan Jackson
- Cello - Tess Remy-Schumacher
- Trumpet - Wayne Bergeron
- Guitar - Joe Satriani
- Additional Keyboards - Vahagn Stepanyan
- Vocals - Helena Buschema
- Harp - Kirsten Agresta Copely
- Ancillary Percussion - Brent Berry
- Bass Strings - Ryan Miller
Technical
- Mastering engineer - Gavin Lurssen
- Recording engineer - John Barrett
- Recording engineer - Tre Nagella
- Assistant recording engineer - Patrick Conlon
- Assistant recording engineer - Will Jones
- Additional engineering - Vahagn Stepanyan
- Drum tracking engineer - Paige Harwell