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THE GREAT KAT
The Great Kat, The Only FEMALE Musical Revolutionary! Inventor of "Shred/Classical" Music - Bringing Classical Music to the Masses.
The Great Kat's "PUNISHMENT"
from "WAGNER'S WAR" CD
-Juilliard Graduate Violin Virtuoso
-Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra
-Winner of the Artists International Competition on Violin
-Carnegie Recital Hall Debut on Solo Violin
-"50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" - Guitar World Magazine
-"Top 10 Fastest Shredders Of All Time" -Guitar One Magazine
-"The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes" - Classic Rock Magazine
 
THE GREAT KAT BIOGRAPHY
The Great Kat was born Katherine Thomas in Swindon, England (on a U.S. Air Force Base Military Hospital) and moved to the U.S at the age of 3.  After listening to Beethoven since birth, The Great Kat realized that her MISSION was to become a composer and musical revolutionary.  Kat began Classical piano studies at 7.  At the age of 9, she began Classical violin studies in New York.

At the age of 15, The Great Kat won a Full Scholarship to attend the prestigious Juilliard School in New York City as a Violin Student.  The Great Kat became the Concertmaster of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra and won the "Robert Hufstader Scholarship" in Theory at Juilliard. The Great Kat graduated with Honors from The Juilliard School and began performing, first as a Classical violin soloist at Carnegie Recital Hall as winner of the exclusive "Artists International Competition" and then soloing extensively in Mexico, the U.S. and Europe.

After touring the world, The Great Kat realized that Classical music was DEAD, so Kat began updating Classical Music with Speed Metal and electric guitar. Kat started transcribing intricate violin solos to the guitar-EXACT VIOLIN TRANSCRIPTIONS with the ORIGINAL ORCHESTRATION. Kat developed a new genre of music:    “SHRED/CLASSICAL” Music  -- Fast, Furious, and Virtuosic. 
 
The Great Kat is the only musician taking note-for-note authentic Classical Music scores (from Vivaldi, Beethoven, Bach, Wagner, Liszt, Paganini, Rossini and more) and entering the original Classical Music scores into music-notation software. The Great Kat then edits, arranges, and orchestrates the entire scores with Shred Guitar virtuosity and mixing it with Speed Metal band, Classical orchestra and virtuoso Violin.  The Great Kat’s music is known worldwide for its phenomenal speeds, complicated Classical motives, counterpoint layering, guitar riffs, maniacal screams, heavy rhythms and thrashing sounds.  Known as the “High Priestess of Guitar Shred,” The Great Kat was recently awarded the "50 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time," by Guitar World Magazine, "Top 10 Fastest Shredders of all Time," by Guitar One Magazine and "The 100 Wildest Guitar Heroes" by Classic Rock Magazine
 
The Great Kat's Shred/Classical Music is continuing to spread to all aspects of entertainment with the FIRST Shred/Classical music ever heard in a Hollywood Movie, The Great Kat’s Liszt’s "Hungarian Rhapsody #2," featured on Jason Bunch’s new comedy film "COMING ATTRACTIONS" -- out in movie theaters in Spring 2006.  The Great Kat recently performed on NBC TV's "WEEKEND TODAY IN NY" as The "World's Fastest Female Guitarist" on the virtuoso showpieces "The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee" and Liszt's "Hungarian Rhapsody #2.
 
The Great Kat is bringing Shred/Classical Music to the entire world through the use of LIVE and MIDI instruments, computer technology and the Internet on The Great Kat Guitar Shredder Web Site at: http://www.greatkat.com .
 
The Great Kat Guitar Shredder's MISSION is to RESURRECT CLASSICAL MUSIC for the MASSES and bring GENIUS and EXCITEMENT to the world through SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC.
 
SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC:
Shred Guitar/Symphonic Versions of Beethoven, Wagner, Vivaldi, Paganini, Bach, Rossini, Sarasate, Liszt, Bazzini, Chopin and MORE CLASSICAL GENIUSES! Taking Classical MUSIC SOARING into the 21st Century with SHREDDING Guitars, RAW, VICIOUS metal arrangements, BLISTERING violin virtuosity, INSANE TEMPOS, OUTRAGEOUS Imagery, HIGH-SPEED Thrashing, and the One Of A Kind Personality, Leader, and GENIUS that we all know as "THE GREAT KAT"!!!!

 
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