Since Kat's decision to become a composer in 1998, her music has quickly seen her recognised as one of Australia's most promising emerging composers.

1999 saw the selection of chamber work "Cumulonimbus" for performance at the Australian Composers Workshops in Darwin. As a result she was commissioned to compose for the Darwin International Guitar Festival 2002. This work was later performed featuring Australian guitarist Geoffrey Morris. During 1999 Kat was commissioned to compose for the launch of the Adelaide Parklands "Statements of Significance" and her first string quartet was performed by the Amicus String Quartet in an ACME New Music Co. concert.

2000 was even busier, her theatre piece "doop" was performed during the Adelaide Festival Fringe; "Elizabeth Smith", a saxophone quartet received frequent performances by the Adelaide Institute Saxophone Quartet, including one at the World Saxophone Congress in Montreal, Canada; she won the Adelaide Chamber Orchestra Prize for the composition of an overture for "L'Histoire du Soldat" by Igor Stravinsky which was performed by Adelaide Symphony Orchestra members during the Festival of Australian Music. During the Festival one of her piano pieces was selected as a set work for third-year pianists at the Flinders Street School of Music. In May Kat received her first orchestral commission from the Helpmann Academy for their Centenary of Federation extravaganza "AlieNation" which was performed on 19 October 2001. Also in 2000 she was commissioned by the Cameo Trio to compose a chamber work for their Scots Church concert series

Kat was one of only six young composers selected to participate in the National music Camp in Canberra in January 2001 receiving tuition from visiting US composer Martin Bresnik. "Farinaceous" was premiered and her "Three Short Piano Pieces" were also performed.

The camp Director, violist and composer, Brett Dean, invited Kat to compose a chamber work for violas for his Master Classes at Griffiths University. This resulted in "Enceinte" (viola sextet) which received performances at Griffiths as well as at the International Viola Conference in New Zealand.

Concluding her outstanding undergraduate career where she received Distinctions for all areas of composition, Kat received a High Distinction for her Graduation Recital. The recital featured Adelaide Symphony Orchestra players who were conducted by Keith Crellin. Kat's major work for 2001, "CHROME" was sponsored by SCHOLLE Industries. It's unique combination of music, movement and over 2000 wine cast bladders created a huge sensation in the Adelaide art scene.

Throughout her career Kat has been a contributor as composer/performer and administrator to Adelaide's longest running new music organisation, ACME New Music Co. This year Kat is studying Masters and teaching cello and composition. Kat has been invited to give a short lecture series at the Elder School of Music later this year.