Beth Quist is a multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and composer, who began
playing piano at age 2. Her early musical influences were "Batman," "Star Trek," and "Dr. Zhivago." "I'm a Little Leopard
Prowling Around in Sneakers" was her first musical composition at age 8.
She has a 4-octave soprano voice, and plays piano, keyboards, santour
(hammered dulcimer), dumbek, daff, guitar, flute, and various other toys that she can get her hands on. Her music combines
influences from the Balkans, the Middle East, and India with her Western upbringing.
She was lead soprano and instrumentalist for the creation band in Cirque
du Soleil's "KA", and currently performs solo, with Sherefe which specializes in Balkan and Middle Eastern music.
She has sung & toured with Bobby McFerrin's Voicestra since 1997,
and appears on his albums "Circlesongs", "Mouth Music", and "VOCAbuLarieS". Beth has also composed over 50 scores for dance,
theater, television, & film.
