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Heather Bentley -  Violist
Heather Bentley - Viola, holds Bachelors and Masters degrees in Viola and Chamber Music from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She has also attended Indiana University where she studied chamber music with Rostislav Dubinsky of the Borodin Quartet, Joseph Gingold and Menachem Pressler of the Beaux Arts Trio. Ms. Bentley was a fellow and Principal Violist at the Tanglewood Festival, and was Associate Principal of the New York String Orchestra with Alexander Schneider. She has appeared as soloist with the Pacific Northwest Ballet Orchestra, the Northwest Sinfonietta, the San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra and the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra. Local chamber music performances include appearances with the Seattle Chamber Players, the Olympic Music Festival, Second City Chamber Music Series, and the Belle Arte Series in Bellevue, as well as the New Performance Group at the Cornish College of the Arts. Ms. Bentley teaches a private class of young violinists and is on the music faculty of the Northwest School.