She writes scores and songs for film, TV, theater, video games and other media.  (See list of credits here).  Kate composes, orchestrates, arranges and produces for herself and others, and she is also a session vocalist and guitarist. 
 

Kate is the composer/lyricist and orchestrator/arranger of the new musical REDWOOD coming to Broadway in January 2025, starring Idina Menzel.  Director/playwright/lyricist Tina Landau and Menzel scouted Kate online when searching for a composer outside of the musical theater genre.  Menzel describes Kate’s score as “epic and cinematic as well as intimate well-crafted songwriting” with “beautiful melodies and also music that really feels like a film score.”

Originally from the Chicago area, Kate had been a performing songwriter from a young age, releasing five albums of original songs and playing hundreds of shows and music festivals.  Kate graduated summa cum laude from Berklee College of Music, as a Contemporary Writing & Production major and guitar principal.  She also graduated from Harvard University magna cum laude, as a history/political science major.