Night Bio

Kat “009” Night

Kat Night aka 009 Night is a composer, performer, and audio artist whose soulful work embodies a dangerous arsenal of creative and technical prowess.

Known for her captivating vocal aesthetics, which blend rich tones and emotive expression, she harnesses the power of programmed controllers to bring her musical vision to life. These controllers serve as an extension of her creativity, allowing her to manipulate sound and rhythm in innovative ways, and creating a dynamic interplay between voice and electronic elements. This fusion enhances the emotional depth of her performances and redefines the boundaries of music-making, inviting audiences into a unique sonic landscape where human expression meets digital precision. Listen here.

Night is a Founder and Member of F9 Studio, a multimedia company, where she is an electronic music producer and performing artist under the name 009 for F9, and she dj’s as 009, where she produces audio for media as Music & Sound by Night, and where she creates multimedia content for Panda ‘N’ Pickles.

She is a member of the Recording Academy, BMI, The Society of Composers & Lyricists, the Alliance for Women Film Composers, and the Game Audio Network Guild. She is affiliated with the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, and the Wattis Scholarship Fund.

In 2021 Night won the AIAS Women In Scholarship for being an emerging Composer and Sound Designer for Video Games. She was mentored by Austin Wintory, and she attended the 25th Annual D.I.C.E. Awards and Summit and the Game Developer’s Conference.

Night became a Grammy U mentee in the Fall of 2022 where she was mentored in surround audio by Michael Romanowski of Coast Mastering, which supplemented her studies in Dolby Atmos Surround Sound workflow and Ambisonics for Performance, Music, and Audio at SFCM.
She was chosen for a second time to be a Grammy U mentee in the Spring of 2023 where she was mentored by Brian “BT” Gibbs of Skyline Entertainment and Publishing, which complemented her studies in song writing, composition, and music producing at SFCM.

009 was the Sky Hi Grant recipient for 2023 for her complete artwork Mingle, an interactive media experience with multidisciplinary collaboration that showcased her ambisonic compositions and immersive multimedia designs. Mingle debuted in April 2023 at the Bowes Center for Performing Arts in Studio G.

Mingle live performance by 009 Night at the SFCM Bowes Center for Performing Arts

Night graduated from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 2023 with a Bachelor of Music in Technology and Applied Composition. She studied with Taurin Barrera, Matt Levine, Marco d’Ambrosio, Robert Gatley, Lennie Moore, Daria Novo, and Andrew Levin to tailor her TAC curriculum for composing for media, music technology, and music production.

She became staff at SFCM in 2023 and was promoted to the TAC Studios Assistant Manager in Spring of 2024, and she is composing and producing music and keeping her music technology skills sharp in world class studios. In the Fall she became a professor at SFCM and the resident DJ at Uccello.