Stephanie Bennett

"One of our country's top harpists" -The Hollywood Reporter

Stephanie Bennett has performed in the United States, Japan, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Uruguay, Panama, France and Switzerland, including solo harp performances of her own compositions at the Montreux Jazz Festival (Switzerland), as a guest artist at the International Music Seminars in Montpelier, France, and at the International Conference on Women in Music. She has performed for the Mayor of Los Angeles, the Governor of California, the Prime Minister of Israel, the President of Israel, and the President of Ireland.

Stephanie lives in the Los Angeles area, where she composes, records and produces her own CDs, composes and produces music which has been heard on television shows such as BONES, MURPHY BROWN, PARTY OF FIVE and THE SINGLE GUY, and on the feature film A TIME FOR DANCING; writes musical arrangements for other artists (including arrangements for rocker Ozzie Osbourne, Native American flute player Golana, Celtic fiddler Mary Barton, and New Age ensemble Midnight Skye). She composes chamber music which has been performed by ensembles such as "Entr'amis" (classical harp, flute and viola trio), and "Campanile", (renowned contemporary handbell ensemble).

Stephanie plays harp on soundtracks for movies and television, and plays harp on recordings by many other artists (including the Dixie Chicks,  Sir Paul McCartney, Lee Ann Rimes, Lamb, Linda Ronstadt, Everlast, Good Charlotte, Miyuki Nakajima, and Ray Conniff),teaches harp students, and writes lyrics which have been recorded by other vocalists, as well as writing music for other vocalists. She has toured with groups as diverse as R&B legend Bobby Womack, big-band Ray Conniff Singers & Orchestra, Persian singing star Dariush, Mexican superstars Vicente & Alejandro Fernandez, and Canadian band Cowboy Celtic.

She has also appeared onscreen in television, movies and music videos, including THE SWEETEST THING with Cameron Diaz, Celine Dion's 1998 Christmas special, 1999 hit movie THE OTHER SISTER (with Diane Keaton, Juliette Lewis and Giovanni Ribisi); LOVE AFFAIR with Warren Beatty, GYPSY with Bette Midler, COBB with Tommy Lee Jones, the FRANK SINATRA mini-series, A ROMANTIC CHRISTMAS by John Tesh, music videos including Trisha Yearwood and Aerosmith, and television shows including BONES, MURPHY BROWN, FALCON CREST, SISTERS, and PICKET FENCES.

Stephanie Bennett's recordings are heard on many American radio shows including the syndicated shows ECHOES and MUSICAL STARSTREAMS, as well as on many overseas radio stations.

Stephanie Bennett began studying the harp as a junior high school student in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after having studied some guitar and piano as a child. She continued her studies of classical harp performance with Ruth Dean Clark at the University of Michigan, where she also studied composition with Pulitzer Prize winning composers Leslie Bassett and Ross Lee Finney. While in college she also began exploring creating her own arrangements of popular music.  She continued her music studies at the Dick Grove School of Music and at UCLA Extension, with courses in Advanced Modern Harmony (including jazz and pop music harmony), Arranging, 20th Century Harmony, Film Scoring, etc.

DISCOGRAPHY:

RECORDINGS featuring Stephanie Bennett include:

Wrightwood Records: Unicorn's Journey (Harp and Grand Piano for relaxation and meditation)
At Peace Music, Lumiere: Baroque Music for Relaxation (CD) (produced & recorded by SB)
At Peace Music, Avalon: Celtic Music for Relaxation (CD) (produced & recorded by SB)
Northsound Music, The Wedding Album (CD)
Harpworld Music Co., Bardina's Forest (CD/cassette) (produced & recorded by SB)
Harpworld Music Co., Imaginocean (CD/cassette) (produced by SB)
Harpworld Music Co., Stories Seldom Told (CD/cassette) (produced by SB )
Harpworld Music Co., Sapphire (cassette only) (produced by SB )
Toshiba-EMI (recorded & released in Japan) 'Finger Magic' (under former name, 'Stephanie Pelz')

Music ARRANGED by Stephanie Bennett includes:

All selections on CD "Celtic Cello" by Marston Smith, 2000
Selection on CD "La Belle Dame" by Susan Craig Winsberg, 1999
Selection on CD "Walk Between Worlds" by Golana, Oginali 1999
Selection on CD "Moon of First Snow" by Golana, Oginali 2002
Several selections on CD "Changing Seasons" by Mary Barton, Mt. Tabor Music, 1999
Selection on CD "A Child Is Born", by Midnight Skye, Hyalos 1998.

OTHER RECORDINGS on which Stephanie Bennett played harp include:

The Dixie Chicks, Taking the Long Way
Paul McCartney "Chaos and Creation in the Backyard"
Linda Ronstadt, "A Merry Little Christmas"
Spongebob Squarepants, "The Best Day Ever"
Windham Hill: Rubaja & Hernandez, "High Plateaux"...
Narada Records: Bernardo Rubaja, "New Land"...
Narada Records: "Christmas Collection Volume 2"...
Everlast, "Eat at Whitey's"
Lamb... not sure what the name of the CD was... the one with a picture on the front of two hands holding a mango or egg or something...tell me if you know what it's called.
James Durst, "Like the Wind"
Susan Craig Winsberg, "La Belle Dame"
Susan Craig Winsberg, "Celtic Love Songs"
Midnight Skye, "A Child is Born"
Frank Gambale, "A Present for the Future"...
SST Records: Pat Smear, "So You Fell In Love With A Musician"...
Lifescapes: "Celtic Music for Stress Relief"
Ray Conniff "My Way"
Ray Conniff "S'Always Conniff"
Ray Conniff "40th Anniversary"
Ray Conniff "I Love Movies"
Ray Conniff "Live In Rio"
Ray Conniff "S'Country"
Ray Conniff "S'Christmas"
Michael Benghiat "Harmony" (formerly titled "Music from Big Sur"
BMG Latin: "Juan Gabriel"
Miyuki Nakajima,"Fairy Ring"
Golana, "Walk Between Worlds"
Golana, "Moon of First Snow"
Del-fi Records, "Shots in the Dark"
James Durst, "Songs of a Wondering Minstrel"
Prince Diabate, "New Life"

OTHER RECORDINGS containing Stephanie Bennett COMPOSITIONS include:

Campanile, "Nocturnal Journeys" (CD and live DVD)
Campanile, "White Chocolate"
Centurion Productions: "America Speaks From the Heart"

OTHER RECORDINGS on which Stephanie Bennett wrote lyrics include:

Stephanie Bennett "Bardina's Forest"
Frank Gambale, "Noteworker"
Frank Gambale, "Thunder from Down Under"

FILM SCORES on which Stephanie Bennett played the harp include:

Lakeview Terrace
Finn on the Fly
Bloodline
a Powerful Noise
One Bad Cat
Ghosts of Abu Ghraib
the Boy Who Could Fly
Hellraiser II
Lady in White

OTHER RECORDINGS on which Stephanie Bennett sang lead vocals include:

Robert Drasnin, "Voodoo II"

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS include:

Los Angeles Women In Music (Advisory Board),
Society of Composers & Lyricists
ASCAP (American Society of Composers Authors & Publishers)
the Recording Academy
American Harp Society (Board of Directors, Los Angeles Chapter)
World Harp Congress
International Society of Folk Harpers & Craftsmen

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Harpworld Music Co.
PO Box 28-0189
Northridge, CA 91328-0189 USA

phone 818-377-4085
e-mail

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