Biography

Flautist Kat Epple has won 8 Emmy Awards and was nominated for a Grammy in 1986. Formerly with the group Emerald Web, she has released 13 music albums internationally on various record labels. Kat composes original New Age/Jazz/World/orchestral music and has produced film and television soundtracks for National Geographic, Nova, CNN, Carl Sagan, Another World, The Travel Channel, Turner Broadcasting System, History Channel, HGN, The Guiding Light, 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, concerts at the Hollywood Palace, L.A., Palazzo dei Diamanti in Italy, a concert tour of Russia, Naples Winter Wine Festival, with Dance Troupes, 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. 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.