America’s Beethoven Exhibit, Total Guitar & ABC-TV’s Take Five & Company Feature Great Kat

July 10, 2012 - PRLog -- BEETHOVEN – THE GREAT KAT NEWS:

•   “America’s Beethoven Exhibit” Opens with The Great Kat
•   Total Guitar Magazine’s “Beethoven Symphony No 5” Features The Great Kat
•   ABC-TV’s “Take Five & Company” Show Features The Great Kat’s “Beethoven Shreds” CD!

•   "AMERICA'S BEETHOVEN EXHIBIT" at THE IRA F. BRILLIANT CENTER FOR BEETHOVEN STUDIES" FEATURES THE GREAT KAT!
"No one has exploited Beethoven to the extent that Katherine Thomas, known as The Great Kat, has. She does not just play Beethoven: she considers herself Beethoven reincarnated. In a male-dominated field, heavy metal, she is virtuosic, transgressive, and aggressive." - Michael Broyles, Co-Curator, with William Meredith and Patricia Stroh, "America's Beethoven Exhibit" at The Ira F. Brilliant Center For Beethoven Studies, San Jose State University
http://www.sjsu.edu/beethoven/exhibitions/americasbeethoven/popularmusic.html
The Ira F. Brilliant Center for Beethoven Studies has the largest collection of Beethoven materials outside of Europe. This collection includes the famous lock of Beethoven’s actual hair!

•   TOTAL GUITAR MAGAZINE FEATURES THE GREAT KAT IN "BEETHOVEN SYMPHONY NO 5"!
"The Great Kat (Beethoven Shreds) includes a short arrangement of the tune [Beethoven Symphony No 5] at a breakneck tempo, infused with shred heroics and speed-metal accompaniment. The Great Kat's shred histrionics take Beethoven's Fifth to a whole new level...Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3. The Great Kat provides 100 seconds of utterly mad shred guitar with multiple lead parts weaving in and out of each other, all played at lightning pace." - Total Guitar Magazine (July 2012 Issue)
http://www.greatkat.com/59/articles/totalguitarmagazine.html

•   ABC-TV’S TAKE FIVE & COMPANY SHOW (ABC-TV Grand Rapids, MI) FEATURES THE GREAT KAT’S “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD!
"The Great Kat. This woman is the world’s fastest female guitarist. She is a graduate of the Juilliard School, so you know she has cred. She’s a violin virtuoso and the world’s fastest guitar shredder. Her new ‘Beethoven Shreds’ CD showcases Classical music shredded on the guitar and violin, we’re talking Beethoven, Bach, Paganini. ‘Flight of the Bumble-Bee’. That’s cool!" - Take Five & Company TV Show
http://www.wzzm13.com/news/article/217592/205/New-Products
TV Show Clip at: http://www.greatkat.com/59/articles/greatkatontakefiveand...

The GREAT KAT SHREDS BEETHOVEN’S “5th SYMPHONY” on YOUTUBE: http://youtu.be/KtRuZeQWXyM



For a review copy of The Great Kat’s “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD and “BEETHOVEN’S GUITAR SHRED” DVD, contact:
Karen Thomas, Thomas PR karent@thomas-pr.com 631-549-7578 http://www.greatkat.com

The Great Kat Photos:
http://www.greatkat.com/08/beethovenshreds/beethovenshreds278withlogo1.jpg
http://www.greatkat.com/beethovenshredscd.jpg

The Great Kat iTunes/Radio News:
•   SIRIUS XM Radio’s LIQUID METAL Features The Great Kat’s "METAL MESSIAH" on Ian Christe’s "9 YEARS OF METAL HISTORY" on BLOODY ROOTS SHOW! http://www.greatkat.com/59/articles/sirius2.html
•   iTunes:  DOWNLOAD The Great Kat’s SHRED/CLASSICAL CDs/DVD on iTUNES: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/great-kat/id384709526

The Great Kat YouTube News:
•   OVER 1 MILLION YOUTUBE Views of The Great Kat’s SHRED/CLASSICAL MUSIC!! http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR
•   YOUTUBE Launches “YOUTUBE-THE GREAT KAT” CHANNEL at http://www.youtube.com/channel/HCuJG9jO1nSCE/featured
The Great Kat SHREDS BEETHOVEN'S "5th SYMPHONY" http://youtu.be/KtRuZeQWXyM
•   The Great Kat SHREDS “THE FLIGHT OF THE BUMBLE-BEE” http://youtu.be/sGUQyKBMklA
•   The Great Kat SHREDS PAGANINI’S “CAPRICE #24” http://youtu.be/-RLsZfeqyoM


The Great Kat http://www.greatkat.com, recently honored by Spin Magazine with a Star in the "GUITAR HERO GALAXY,” is the extraordinary Juilliard graduate Violin Virtuoso/Carnegie Recital Hall Violin Soloist turned Shred Guitar Goddess (“Top 10 Fastest Shredders of All Time” - Guitar One Magazine/"Top-10 Fastest Guitarists Of All Time" - Guitar World Magazine's Readers' Poll).  The Great Kat’s high-speed shred guitar AND violin virtuosity shines on the blistering new “BEETHOVEN SHREDS” CD, which displays The Great Kat’s amazing shred versions of Classical masterpieces, including “The Flight Of The Bumble-Bee” (at 300 BPM!), Beethoven's “5th Symphony,” Paganini’s “Caprice #24”, Bach's “Brandenburg Concerto #3” and more.  Distributed internationally by Music Video Distributors (MVD), “Beethoven Shreds” CD is priced at $7.95 SRP.

Hear Great Kat Shred/Classical music clips at: http://www.greatkat.com/beethovenshreds/beethovenshreds.html.


"'Beethoven Shreds,' a speed demon version of five revered classical tracks served up Great Kat style on guitar. Combining her love of all things metal with her knowledge of classical music, the album is a whirlwind look at Beethoven gone metal." - Phyllis Pollack, Examiner.com


http://www.greatkat.com

LINKS:
Great Kat Website: http://www.greatkat.com
Photo “Beethoven Shreds” CD Cover: http://www.greatkat.com/beethovenshredscd.jpg
Amazon “Beethoven Shreds” CD:  http://www.amazon.com/Beethoven-Shreds-Great-Kat/dp/B0055V0G9E/ref=sr_1_1?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1308161101&sr=1-1
iTunes “Beethoven Shreds” CD: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/beethoven-shreds/id453271734
iTunes Great Kat CDs and songs: http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/great-kat/id384709526
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/greatkatguitarshredder
Twitter: http://twitter.com/greatkatguitar
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/KthomasPR
Great Kat Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/TheGreatKatShredGuitarVirtuosoBlog