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Kat’s presentation

Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: Kat's upcoming concerts.

I present a program for organizations, churches, community centers, and children, where I talk about music, flutes, and my musical adventures. Here is a description:

“Interesting travels, stories, sounds, moods, and magic of the flute”

An informal concert and talk about flutes from around the world, presented by Emmy Award-winning and Grammy nominated flutist and composer, Kat Epple. Kat has traveled to the far reaches of the globe to learn about the people, natural environment, music, and flutes from around the world, and to perform in concert. She has acquired a large collection of flutes from these various exotic locales, which she features in her original compositions, and will be playing some of these unusual flutes, and telling interesting stories about them. Kat is a film and television music soundtrack producer/composer for television shows such as “National Geographic”, “Travel Channel” and “Guiding Light”, and will talk about composing music for film, digital orchestration, and examine how music influences us. She will also play some music from her 23 internationally released music albums.The program is fun, interesting, and informative.

Contact me if you or your organization is interested in having me guest speak at your event. Music@KatEpple.com
Visit my website at Kat Epple

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Calusa flute on the canoe

Posted on May 14th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: performances.

Last night I played native Calusa inspired music for the Florida Trust for Historic Preservation Conference event at the Mound House on Fort Myers Beach, FL., USA. I arrived by canoe as I played for the event on “Calusa Inspired” flutes made of local reed, and bird-bone flutes made from the leg bone of storks. It was a magical evening! I enjoyed seeing the underground museum exhibit of an archaelogical dig of the Calusa shell mound.

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Photos from CREW concert March 2010

Posted on May 4th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: performances.

Four different ensembles performed.

Las Mayas de Huehuetenango

Susie Hulcher

Kim and Roy Schneider

Katalyst

All photos by Kathy Broyard

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Music for guided meditation

Posted on April 29th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: News.

Much of Kat Epple’s music is perfect for use with guided meditation. The music can be commissioned for use as a background on guided meditations. Since Kat Epple retains all rights and publishing rights for her original music, the right to use her music can easily be granted with a simple contract. You can communicate directly with the composer/musician, Kat Epple.

Listen to my recent album Tranquility Hideaway

Emmy Award-winning, and Grammy-nominated composer and flutist, Kat Epple, has released 23 albums of original music, and has studied and composed music for hypnotherapy, meditation, massage, guided meditation, and healing for decades. She also 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.

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Fluting Around the World

Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: Interviews and press.

From Las Vegas to Russia, Kat Epple crosses cultural divides with her magic flute.
by Cathy Chestnut

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.

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Kat Epple and Nathan Dyke in Concert at Happehatchee

Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: Kat's upcoming concerts.

This was a really nice event. Watch a segment of it at: Kat Epple and Nathan Dyke in concert

Enchanted Nature Music: Kat Epple, world flutes, and Nathan Dyke, drums/didgeridoo in concert under the trees

at the breathtaking Happehatchee Center

Spellbinding music on a beautiful “old” Florida landscape,
in a serene Southwest Florida oasis.
Some of the music, inspired by the natural beauty of SW Florida, will be created especially for this pristine, natural setting.
“Stepping onto this land is like entering a lost, secret world of natural beauty; enveloping body, mind, and spirit.”

April 25th, 2010 at 2PM, $15 admission

Happehatchee Center
Estero, Florida
8791 Corkscrew Rd.
Call 239 206 4393
http://happehatcheecenter.org/

Refreshments and seating available, or bring your own.

Emmy Award-winning, and Grammy-nominated composer and flutist, Kat Epple, has traveled throughout the world, collecting flutes from other cultures and will be performing on some of those unique instruments at this concert. She has performed at the Guggenheim Museums, United Nations, and the National Gallery, has released 23 CDs of original music, and composes and produces music for television, including “National Geographic” and “PBS Nova”.

Nathan Dyke is a multi-instrumentalist and artist with over 17 years of study in world music, specializing in percussion, didgeridoo, and native flutes. He teaches drumming workshops, has recorded numerous CDs of original music, and practices energy-sound healing. Nathan resides in the mountains of North Carolina where he is a member of the renowned, world fusion band Pond Water Experiment, and travels frequently, performing live, and facilitating sound healing workshops. He has been practicing and studying Native culture and ceremony for over eight years, and helps to facilitate the Inipi Wakan (Lakota Sweat Lodge).
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Happehatchee, an indigenous word that means “Happy River”, is a place to make sacred connections - with people, nature and the divine. It is a sacred space for people to gather, celebrate, learn, heal and grow.

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The CREW concert was a magical evening

Posted on March 29th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: Kat's upcoming concerts.

Thanks to all the musicians, CREW staff, Riverside Park staff, and attendees!

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Calusa Musicale Benefit Concert

Posted on February 17th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: Kat's upcoming concerts.

www.calusamusicale.com

The annual fundraiser, Calusa Musicale Benefit Concert will be held on

Sunday, April 18th at 3 pm. The location will be the First Presbyterian Church in downtown Ft. Myers.

A short concert featuring Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated flutist/composer, Kat Epple, and accomplished pianist/composer, Chuck Grinnell, will feature standard flute, world flutes, and grand piano. The duo’s unique style incorporates jazz, new age, and world music.
In addition to performing new compositions, they will play music from their many CD albums.

In addition, the 2008-09 scholarship winners will be coming back to perform! This promises to be an amazing afternoon for the children, the attendees, and Calusa Musicale.

www.calusamusicale.com

100% of the procedes will go to our scholarships, and as always, all donations are tax deductible.

Interview in North Fort Myers Weekly Newspaper about this event:

When did you move to North Fort Myers? How long did you live there for?
I moved from San Francisco to North Fort Myers in 1989. I had just been signed with a new record company, and wanted to move to a more peaceful environment to compose music. I grew to love southwest Florida, so twenty years later, I am still here!

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.

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CREW concert 2010

Posted on February 11th, 2010 by Kat.
Categories: performances.

The concert to benefit CREW Land and Water Trust will be March 27, 2010

Here are some photos from last year’s concert to benefit CREW.

This fun, annual concert event is a benefit for CREW (Corkscrew Regional Ecosystem Watershed) Land Trust, which is one of Southwest Florida’s most successful environmental programs. Other performers include “Wonderwhirl Hoops”, and, as usual, the event will also include special surprise guest performers. Don’t forget to bring lawn chairs, picnic, and your grape juice in a thermos. This year, beer, wine, and food will be available for sale, and it will take place at a beautiful new location!
Bonita Springs Riverside Park is located on old US 41 Road at 26740 Pine Ave, Bonita Springs, FL 34135
Tickets are $20 (children 12 and under free) and can be purchased at the gate or in advance by calling Brenda Brooks at 239-657-2253 or emailing crewtrust@earthlink.net. To learn more about CREW visit www.crewtrust.org.
Here are some photos from “A Musical Night in Nature” 2008