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Kat Epple composes music for film scores and television soundtracks, has released 18 music albums internationally, and performs live original music with her various ensembles. She uses music in her work toward environmental and humanitarian awareness, and has amassed a large collection of flutes from cultures around the world, which she features in her original compositions.
Her music has been described as celestial, yet earthy, primeval, and innovative.
Flutist and composer, Kat Epple has won 8 Emmy Awards and was nominated for a Grammy in 1986. Formerly with the groups Emerald Web and White Crow, she has released 18 music albums internationally on various record labels. Kat composes original New Age/Jazz/World/orchestral music and has produced film scores and television soundtracks for National Geographic, Nova, CNN, Carl Sagan, Another World, The Travel Channel, Turner Broadcasting System, History Channel, HGN, The Guiding Light, PBS, and NASA among others, and was Music Director for the feature-length film, Captiva Island.
Kat's live performances include: solo performances at the Guggenheim Museum in NYC, and Spain, with Symphony Orchestras, The National Gallery, Washington DC, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC, concerts at the Hollywood Palace, L.A., Palazzo dei Diamanti in Italy, a concert tour of Russia, Naples Winter Wine Festival, with Dance Troupes, Bob Rauschenberg Gallery, and for many art openings. She has traveled to the far reaches of the globe including China, Africa, Russia, The Amazon, Europe, Peru, Mexico, Japan, Costa Rica, and the Caribbean, to learn of the people, natural environment, and the music of other cultures.
"Music of the Spheres" Emmy Award-winning and Grammy nominated flautist and composer, Kat Epple,
This annual event is notorious for being an evening full of unique music, art, fun, and surprises. Kat will be playing flutes from around the world, including Celtic, Native American, African, Suling, bass flute, and will be performing with special guest musicians and performers, including: Chuck Grinnell, keyboardist, DL Turner, harpist, Lawrence Voytek, sound sculpture, and surprise guests: drummers, guitarist, bassist, didjeridoo, dancers, and more to be announced. This fundraiser for Florida Repertory Theatre, is on Monday, May 12th, 2008 at 7pm at the Arcade Theatre, 2267 First St, downtown Fort Myers, FL TICKETS $20. Call the Box Office at (239)332–4488 or Toll-Free at (877)787-8053 "Music of the Spheres-"an ethereal harmony thought by the Pythagoreans to be produced by the vibration of celestial spheres" photo by Mike Shapiro |
