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September 10th 2010, 6.00pm-8.00pm. Free access
Location: The Gabarron Foundation-Carriage House Center for the Arts
149 E 38th Street, New York, NY 10016
www.gabarronfoundation.org

New York, NY, September 7th, 2010. Next September 10th 2010 at 6.00pm, The Gabarron Foundation-Carriage House Center for the Arts in loving memory of the victims of the terrorist attacks in New York on September 11th 2001, has organized a recital by the cellist Lawrence Zoernig, the flutist Kat Epple, and the opera singer Inbal Sharett. We are pleased to present a captivating mix of instrumental improvisation for flute and cello and vocal selections with instrumental accompaniment, including some songs from Israel.

We organize our fourth concert as member of The September Concert Foundation’s initiative. This institution promotes from 2002 free concerts in all areas of our city, our nation, our world, for the sole purpose of organizing them in remembrance of September 11th and spread a message of peace through music on every anniversary.

The Gabarron Foundation-Carriage House Center for the Arts is a non-profit institution and an exclusive international center specialized in art exhibitions and other cultural activities. From 2002, our main objective has been promoting the exchange and understanding between Spanish and American cultures, becoming to be an excellent platform to spread both and consolidating the ties that bond us.
press@gabarron.org // Tel: 212.573.6968 ext. 10

6:00PM Gabarron Foundation Carriage House Center for the Arts
149 East 38th Street
(Bet. Lexington & 3rd ave.)
New York NY, 10016

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Friday Sept 10, 2010
12:00 noon- 1:00PM
World Financial Center Winter Garden,
1 World Trade Ctr
New York, NY 10001

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Saturday, Sept 11, 2010

8:00 PM The September Concert Foundation 2nd Annual Gala Cocktail and Dinner Reception. Atrium at The Olympic Tower, 645 Fifth Avenue (Entrance on E 52nd St) $250 reservations: 212.333.3399

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Sunday, Sept 12, 2010

12:00 noon - Time Warner Stage at Columbus Circle

All concerts are free except for the gala.

“Tranquility Hideaway”:
Music for Massage, Meditation, Insomnia, Relaxation, and Balance. One hour of continuous musical serenity, created on the soft, low timbre of the bass flute, accompanied by a subtle heartbeat-like drum.
The music on Tranquility Hideaway was specifically created to inspire peace, connection, calmness, sleep, yoga,healing, soothing, peace, opening, Tai Chi, and alignment. The natural, transparent sound encourages the brain to center, slow down, and de-stress. Because there are “no surprises” in the music, it can be listened to as an effective lullaby, to prepare the mind, body, and spirit for sleep, the spa, introspection, sacred space, intimacy, bodywork, therapy, and reflection.

This music really can help with falling asleep, sleep, sleep, for adults, children, and babies. After many years of promising to create this music for my friends and fans who are massage therapists, hypnotherapists, meditators, insomniacs, parents of children with ADHD and ADD, teachers, spa professionals, trance workers, hospice professionals, leaders of guided meditation, doulas, animal trainers, and healers, it is finally here. The music is not designed for listening sessions, instead, it is an experience of floating in a calm flute lake while still connected to the Earth by a Native Heart Drum.

Flutist and composer, Kat Epple, has been creating music for healing, meditation, and relaxation for decades. She has released 23 music albums internationally on various record labels, was nominated for a Grammy in 1986, won 8 Emmy Awards for her television music scores, and was installed as the Worldwide Peace Marker Project’s Artist/Ambassador for the United States.
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Everyone knows who Kat Epple is. The lithe, blonde flutist is a fixture on the sidewalk, steps or stage at just about any major cultural event that happens in this area.
With 15 albums to her name, Epple has produced from her North Fort Myers studio music and soundtracks for television programs and networks, including National Geographic, NOVA, CNN, Turner Broadcasting, Guiding Light and Another World.

The recipient of eight Emmy Awards, 10 Addy Awards and a Grammy nomination, Epple’s musicality includes composing ambient electronic music. Her muse has taken her around the world – from the hinterlands of the Amazon in search of indigenous flutes to a concert tour through Russia to major art exhibit openings by modern artist Robert Rauschenberg, with whom she is close friends.

A Lee County resident since 1990, Epple is a self-described “travel junkie” who has been to China, Africa, Europe, Peru, Mexico, Japan, Costa Rica and the Caribbean to learn about different cultures and their musical traditions – and to share her music with them.

What drew you to the flute? I’ve always loved the sound of the flute, even as a child, before I knew what it was. I guess it’s just the sound. Also the mythology and fables around flutes and flute-players, from The Pied Piper to Pan.
Tell me about your flute collection. I have around 200. I’ve been to Africa, China…I love to meet flute makers and flute players and play music with them.

What is the most fascinating thing you learned about music or anthropology in collecting flutes? Almost every culture has its own version of flutes. You can travel down the Amazon and see a flute in one village, and a few miles away, the next village has a different flute, different dance tradition, different language.
How did you meet Robert Rauschenberg? At the home of Dr. John and Mrs. Fran Fenning [in Fort Myers]. I was blowing on empty wine bottles and he was playing with chopsticks, playing on the plates and the wine bottles, and we were making music together.

You’ve traveled with him all over the world for art openings, from New York City to Spain, to France. What is it like traveling with him? He is such an inspiration to me. He’s opened up a lot of the world to me, with art, travel, etcetera. He and I sometimes talk about how art and music are so similar. When I approach visual art, I approach it as music. That’s the way I see it.

He did your last album cover for Azure Pieces of Life? Yes. I was really honored. [The piece is titled Catfish Tails.]
As a friend and a colleague, what is it like being close to someone so world renowned? I always feel like I’m in the company of greatness. Traveling with him is like traveling with a rock star.

You play at a lot of interesting gigs, from New York to Los Angeles to Las Vegas. How does that happen? I’m really good at staying in touch with people and in my travels, I meet a lot of people. That’s just the web we weave of people we get to know.

What inspired you to become a musician? 
As a child, I always loved the sound of the flute. I also loved the legends and the lore about flute players. The Pied Piper of Hamelin, the Greek legend of Pan, and the Native American Medicine flute player are all examples of stories about the power of the flute.  I learned to play the flute, then started to collect and play flutes from other cultures.  I  became a composer, a sound engineer, and recorded music for my own albums, then became a composer of music for television shows and film scores.

What do you enjoy most about what you do? 
 Playing the flute can be a beautiful, healing, spiritual experience. I guess that is my favorite thing.

Why did you agree to play for the benefit concert? 
I appreciate the work Calusa Musicale does to support and  encourage young musicians in Southwest Florida. I am happy to be a part of their event.

Do you have anything else you would like to add? 
I will be performing all original music with my keyboardist/composer friend Chuck Grinnell.

short bio:
Emmy Award-winning, and Grammy-nominated composer and flutist, Kat Epple, has released 23 albums of original music, composes television and film scores including “National Geographic,” PBS, “Nova,” and “Guiding Light,” and has performed at the Guggenheim Museums, Metropolitan Museum, United Nations, and the National Gallery. She travels throughout the world collecting flutes from other cultures and features some of those flutes in her live performances. Her music has been described as celestial, yet earthy, primeval, and innovative. 

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