Akira Sky
Biography
I’m currently a sophomore at Tisch’s Clive Davis Institute and the Music Director for the NYU a cappella group N’Harmz. I’m originally from Los Angeles and have performed at venues across Southern California including; Whisky a Go Go, LA Marathon, Topanga Days and Make Music Pasadena. As part of LACHSA’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble, I performed at the Monterey and Playboy Jazz Festivals. For two years, I was a soprano in the a cappella group Legacy, under the direction of Rob Dietz.
I have been working professionally as an actor since I was 9. In 2015, A BMW commercial I was featured in as both an actor and a singer was a Eurobest winner for original music. In addition to commercials, I served as a co-host host for 200+ episodes of DreamworkTV’s hit web series, Junk Drawer Magic. The web series was spun off into a TV show for PeacockKids, Junk Drawer Magical Adventures, that I sang the theme song for and starred in.
In 2021 I received Honorable Mentions from YoungArts in Jazz and Popular Voice as well as a Merit win in Singer/Songwriter. I also received the 2021 Music Center Spotlight Honorable Mention in Non-Classical Voice; 2020 YoungArts Honorable Mention in Popular Voice, and Merit Winner in Jazz and Singer/Songwriter. At the 2020 NAACP National ACT-SO’s I won Bronze Medals for Music Composition and Film and, in 2019, a Gold Medal for Music Composition. In 2019, I was also a winner of the NEA & American Theatre Wing’s Musical Theatre Songwriting Challenge. The music video I produced for my song Torn won Audience Favorite at LACHSA’s 2019 Music Video Festival.
In 2020, I was chosen to serve on the inaugural Editorial Board of Youth Educated for Change (YE4C), a government funded youth engagement initiative designed to help young people engage in change on personal, community, and national levels.
Professional Experience
- Concerts/Cabaret
- TV/Film
Regions
- NYC/Tri-State Area
- LA/Southern California
Interested in touring?
- No
Maestra Expertise
- Theatrical Composer (Music and Lyrics)
- Vocal Director and/or Choral Prep
- Songwriter
- Singer/Songwriter
- Vocal Arranger
- Music Producer/Record Producer
Primary Instruments
- Accordion
- Bass - Double/Electric
- Guitar - acoustic
- Guitar - electric
- Synthesizer
- Ukulele
- Voice
Software
- Ableton
- Logic
- Pro-Tools
- Sibelius
Affiliations
- BMI
- SAG/AFTRA
Current Student?
- Yes
Person of Color?
- Yes