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Composer, pianist, producer, Kathy Raimey (aka Kathy M. Gleim) has been making music since early childhood with compositions spanning a variety of formats and styles including works for solo piano, video soundtrack, choral music, electroacoustic music, an odd assortment of unclassifiable work, and singer/songwriter material.

At the age of 13, she began playing professionally as a church organist, and has worked as a music educator and musician in various locations including Cincinnati, Ohio; Vienna, Austria; Atlanta, Georgia, and Raleigh, NC.

Holding degrees in Piano Performance from the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati, and Furman University; with further study in Vienna, Austria, her main teachers included Maria Regina Seidlhofer, David Bar-Illan, Jeanne Kirstein, Ruby Morgan, John Noel Roberts, and Lee Gleim, her mother and very first teacher. She also studied with chamber ensemble coach, Lee Fizer, of the LaSalle Quartet, and jazz pianist, Ted Howe.

As Director of Music at Midtown Spiritual Community in Atlanta from July 2001 to April 2004, Kathy attracted a loyal following of listeners with her live improvisations of contemplative music for meditation.

Kathy Raimey's 2007 CD release, "It Is Always Now", chosen as an Editor's Pick in the New Age: Progressive Alternative category at CD Baby has received great reviews from New Age Reporter's Bill Binkelman and RJ Lannan.

"Delightfully different...Raimey expertly merges her electronica/ambient side with her softly melancholic New Age side... solidly recommended." - Bill Binkelman.

"Kathy Raimey offers not just a solo piano album, but a recording filled with ambient tracks that include electronica, voices and ethnic instruments. Put it all together and you get a sound that is out of the ordinary, inspiring and very entertaining. "It is Always Now" has music that is quietly beautiful, soulful and always emotional." - RJ Lannan.

Complete reviews can be read at www.kathyraimey.com, in the blog section above, or at New Age Reporter.

"It Is Always Now" is receiving international and domestic airplay and in February 2008 entered the Top 100 at New Age Reporter at spot 57.

Kathy's 2001 EP, "Flowers of Fire", a suite of five meditative piano improvisations, received international airplay and critical acclaim, and continues to receive airplay in 2008. It is used in massage therapy sessions, yoga classes, meditation rooms, and, just for the sheer relaxation it evokes.

Currently based in Raleigh, NC, Kathy works as a composer, musician, producer, and educator..