Time Moving Slowly. Piano Music by Kathryn Kaye
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Dreaming Still

Time Moving Slowly

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Waiting For The Rain. Solo piano music by Kathryn Kaye
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Waiting For The Rain

To me, the willow tree has always possessed a graceful beauty that isn’t found in other trees.  Even the name willow is musical.

On this track, I'm accompanied by Will Ackerman (Guitar), Tony Levin (Chapman stick), and Jill Haley (English horn).

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Willow Waltz

By an old dirt road near my childhood home in southeastern Kentucky, a little creek trickles down from higher in the hills.  It winds gently through groves of deciduous trees (glorious in autumn), past an old family cemetery and the remains of an abandoned cabin where I once sat by the fireplace with friends, playing and singing folk songs during an autumn thunderstorm.  I remember the dinner bell on a tall post in front of the cabin, and sometimes when I play or hear this song, I imagine the resonant gong of the bell at dusk.  The musicians who joined me on this recording didn’t know the stories behind it, but nevertheless, were able to capture the images and memories perfectly. 

On this track from my fourth album, Patterns of Sun and Shade, the other musicians include Tony Levin (Chapman stick), Jeff Haynes (Percussion), Eugene Friesen (Cello), Gus Sebring (French horn), and Tom Eaton provides additional percussion.

Elk Creek In The Fall

I’ve always been fascinated by sunlight filtered through leaves or bare branches, the play of light and shade in clouds and high mountains, and shadows on a rock wall or on a narrow path winding through the woods.

This song, from the album of the same name, has contributions from Jill Haley (English horn), Gus Sebring (French horn), and Tom Eaton plays bass.

Patterns Of Sun And Shade

Kathryn Kaye (Piano), Tony Levin (Bass), Jill Haley (English horn), Eugene Friesen (Cello), Ramesh Kannan (Percussion)

Meadow Morning

Kathryn Kaye (Piano), Charlie Bisharat (Violin), Tom Eaton (Accordion)

An Empty Street In Prague

Kathryn Kaye (Piano), Eugene Friesen (Cello)

Heavy as a Feather

Heavy As A Feather

Kathryn Kaye (piano), Charlie Bisharat (violin), Tom Eaton (Accordion), Eugene Friesen (cello)


Sky Full Of Stars

What The Winter Said

Kathryn Kaye (piano), Will Ackerman (guitar), Tom Eaton (accordion), Jeff Haynes (percussion), Richard Sebring (French horn)


The Close Of Another Year

Spring Snow

Reflected in a Flowing Stream

No Reason Not to Dance

Procession of Moon and Stars

As Seasons Change

A Lark in the Last Light of Day

Solo piano versions of songs from Kathryn Kaye's previous six albums.

Songs Of Changing Light

Arctic Night

Frost

There Was A Time

So Much Sky

Adrift In Fading Light

A Lark In The Last Light Of Day

Distances

A Rose In Winter

Solo piano versions of songs from Kathryn's previous six albums.

Taos Song

Summer Afternoon

Winter's Deepest Sleep

Kathryn Kaye grew up in the Appalachian Mountains of southeast Kentucky. She began playing piano at the age of four, and music became an essential part of her life. She majored in voice and keyboard in college, then moved to Germany to further her training. Before and during her time in Germany, Kathryn performed professionally as a folk singer and soprano soloist in concerts, recitals, and operas, and she has been a soloist on TV in both Germany and the United States.

As a composer, Kathryn has been influenced by the simple harmonies of the folksongs and hymns that she heard, sang, and played as a child, by her years of experience with classical music, and by the beauty of the Rocky Mountains where she now lives. Her music ranges from compositions with strong, emotional melodies through more contemporary, meditative, instrumental pieces.

Kathryn has composed both instrumental and lyrical music for a wide range of genres, including solo piano, jazz, New Age, classical, country, and folk.

Her first CD, Dreaming Still, was released in January 2011. The album, which was recorded and produced by Will Ackerman at Imaginary Road Studios in Windham County Vermont, was #1 on the Zone Music Reporter Top 100 music chart for the first two months following its release. It finished the year ranked #2 of over 2300 CDs, and Kathryn garnered nominations for Best Album, Best Instrumental Album, and Best New Artist for 2011. 

Kathryn continues to work with Will Ackerman and several other outstanding musicians, including Tony Levin (bass), Eugene Friesen (cello), Tony Bisharat (violin), Jill Haley (English horn), Jeff Haynes (percussion), and Gus Sebring (French horn). Heavy as a Feather and What the Winter Said, her next two albums, reached #2 and #1 on the chart. Heavy as a Feather was nominated Best Instrumental Piano Album of 2012, and What the Winter Said won Best Holiday Album for 2013. Her fourth album, Patterns of Sun and Shade, released January 1, 2015, opened on the ZMR Chart at Number 1, and at the end of 2015 it ranked Number 5 out of over 2,100 albums tracked by ZMR. Her fifth album, There Was a Time, is set for release on February 1, 2016.

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