Katie Down is a sound artist, composer, flutist, multi-instrumentalist, sound practitioner, licensed creative arts therapist,  and Deep Listening® facilitator and teacher. 

 

Her music exists in the realms of sound art, free improvisation, traditional Jazz, world musics and drone-based music.

Her instrumentarium  includes flutes, piano, ukulele, glass percussion, hand percussion, voice, and steel cello.

 

She has created numerous sound scores for theatre, dance, and independent films, garnering her Drama Desk nominations and the award for best sound design from The Connecticut Critic's Circle for her work at Long Wharf Theatre and is the recipient of several grants and commissions including the NY State Rural and Traditional Arts Fellowship, The Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, NYSCA, BAM, Watermill, Chashama, Music Omi, and Meet the Composer.

 

Katie’s private practice, SoundWell Creative Arts Therapy, PLLC is based in Marlboro, NY in the Hudson Valley where she facilitates trainings and workshops in sound, music, Deep Listening, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction and clinical supervision for licensed practitioners and graduate students. ​

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Katie is a renowned teacher in soundwork, music therapy, and improvisational voice and music in theatre and clowning and travels regularly to present at conferences and workshops in music psychotherapy, sound, voice, improvisation and Deep Listening® practices for artists and healing art professionals. 

 

She is a founding member of the Play Society, a roving school for clown, voice, movement and creative writing that offers yearly intensives in deep play and improvisation and is the co-founder of The Arts & Wellbeing Gathering, a collective of artists and healing arts practitioners.