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Beth Fleenor
Fleenor is honored to have worked with artists such as Wayne Horvitz, Denney Goodhew, Robin Holcomb, Butch Morris, Bobby Previte, King Crimson's Trey Gunn, Mike Dillon, Matana Roberts, Jherek Bischoff, Joshual Kohl, David Byrne, Terry Riley, Jim Knapp, Paris Hurley, Bill Patton, Yemin Kim, Paul Moore, Timothy Young, Samantha Boshnack, William O. Smith, Eyvind Kang, Malcom Goldstein, Marco Benevento, Gretta Harley, Amy Denio, Kultur Shock, Bright Archer (Johanna Kunin), Parenthetical Girls, Robin Lynn Smith, Gino Yevdjevich, Shane Perlowin, Jessika Kenney, Implied Violence, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Wordless Music Orchestra, Seattle Symphony, Paul Budraitis, Jessica Lurie, Jeff Huston, Tom Swafford, John Burrow, Matthew Richmond, Izaak Mills, Stephen Parris, Mark Ostrowski, Michael Owcharuk, Stephen Fandrich, and Zachary Watkins, among many others.
Currently she can be found performing with Crystal Beth & the Boom Boom Band, Workshop Ensemble (WE), Sam Boshnack Quintet, Double Yoko, FLOW (duo with Michael Owcharuk), Wayne Horvitz's Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble, Seattle Jazz Composers Ensemble, and projects of the Monktail Creative Music Concern.
Fleenor holds a Bachelor of Music from Cornish College of the Arts. Her work has been supported by Jack Straw, 4Culture, Allied Arts, and the Seattle Office of Arts & Cultural Affairs.
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Wayne Horvitz/The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble: At The Reception, Wayne Horvitz: 55: Music And Dance In Concrete
by John Ephland
Wayne Horvitz is a musical universe unto himself. Has been for well over 35 years. And it's not just his stick-to-it-ive-ness that continues to make his music so damn engaging, a contrariness redefined. Consider these two recent releases as prime examples. The composer/bandleader/keyboardist (who turns 60 in 2015) has a musical history that just might grab you by the throat, if not coax you into some kind of mesmerizing trance. 55: Music And Dance In Concrete and At The Reception ...
read moreWayne Horvitz/The Royal Room Collective Music Ensemble: At The Reception
by Mark Corroto
Wayne Horvitz already has lovely. It's a tool he wields with ease in his music, be it in his Gravitas Quartet of piano/trumpet/cello/bassoon, his Sweeter Than The Day acoustic quartet or the electric Zony Mash. He even brought lovely to John Zorn's shocking Naked City bands of the 1990s. Horvitz has the ability to distill music, be it classical, jazz, film, or free, down to the essence of melody and harmony.He applies that lovely to his little big ...
read moreBeth Fleenor: The Discipline Of Being
by Jack Gold-Molina
Reeds player, multi-instrumentalist sonic manipulator, and founder of the Frank Agency that was established in an effort to open the lines of communication, dedicated to bridging the spaces between artists, presenters, and audience members," Beth Fleenor strives to move freely between musical genres uninhibited by categorical boundaries. She has worked extensively with musical luminaries including Wayne Horvitz, Gino Yevdjevich and Kultur Shock, and Samantha Boshnack. Adopting the motto that art is the discipline of being," Fleenor has performed internationally at ...
read more- City Arts Magazine
"...a supremely versatile and virtuosic maverick"
- The Stranger
"Fleenor performs with emotional immediacy and good humor. Her tone is vibrant and full bodied, and her ideas fertile."
- All About Jazz
"An adventurous clarinetist"
- The Stranger
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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson