About
Seattle-based violist and composer Heather Bentley has trailblazed a career as one of the West Coast’s most visible improvisatory musicians, specializing in creating evocative atmospheres and textures. Classically trained, she has shifted to an unabashedly experimental artistic output: As a performer, she can be seen performing on instruments like her electric seven string and five string violins or her electronic pedal board…
Albums
Body of Breath
"body of breath" is a concept album by Leanna Keith of the bass flute as a living, breathing, organism. Backed by live and pre-recorded processed electronics, Leanna creates shifting surrealist soundscapes, utilizing the unique timbre and extended technique possibilities of the bass flute as a solo instrument.
CHTHONICA
CHTHONICA is the debut album of violist/improviser/composer Heather Bentley’s composed works for chamber ensemble.
Written over a three year period, the quartet and quintet bear witness and honor two artists whose work has had a profound impact on the composer.
A Thousand Year Flood
Turning shadows into sonic emotional rivers, A THOUSAND YEAR FLOOD skirts the edges where modern classical, electronic and ambient music converge. Working with cellist/violist Heather Bentley, Greinke’s is a hybrid of ambient chamber music and electroacoustic beauty.