Dawn in the Dark is
Heather Kelly - Vocals
Heather has enjoyed singing in choirs and groups since grade school, both in school groups and in church. In middle and high school, she was heavily involved in vocal music performance in multiple a cappella groups as well as musical theater. She received a music scholarship but ultimately decided not to pursue a degree in music. She continued to perform with vocal groups in college, as well as during her professional career, mainly at church, out of her love for music and connection with others through music. While Heather’s songwriting efforts are a relatively new, meaningful communication through the spoken and written word has always been important to and has had an impact on her throughout her life. With all of this, she aims to bring authenticity to music by writing from her heart.
khurram Waqar (kW) - Guitars
Khurram Waqar is a multi-award winning composer, guitar player and producer from Pakistan. Besides being the guitar player and founding member, he's also involved in the audio/video production. He has been a part of various rock outfits for the last 3 decades with both commercial success and critical acclaim. He was the founding member/guitar player of the Pakistani Rock outfit Qayaas which won the Best Rock Band (Pakistan) at the Rolling Stones/Jack Daniels Annual Music Awards held in India in 2010 and 3 awards at INDIEGO Music Awards 2012 (Best Rock Song, Best Rock Video, Best Rock Vocalist) at IndieGo awards held in Malaysia in 2012. His recent band, kW and the Facedown Movement, won the Independent Rock Song of the Year, 2018 at VIMA Music awards held in Malaysia. During the pandemic, he launched an initiative, Guitar Collective, to get all the major guitar players from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal and Dubai on one platform for live online discussions on guitars, technique and theory. Currently it has 135 guitar players which regularly post on the Guitar Collective Facebook Group comprising of 4.4 k members.
dawn in the dark
Since the beginning of 2022, Heather and Khurram began collaborating remotely on songs. They continue to write songs that capture some of life's challenges, growth, blessings and experiences that have made them who they are today.