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Catherine Bent is a Professor at Berklee College of Music since 2010, specializing in Music Theory, Harmony, and Ear Training. She teaches across disciplines including Composition, Arranging, Jazz Composition, and String Department. Her research focuses on Brazilian instrumental styles like choro and forró, for which she developed Berklee’s first course offerings in the genre.
As a cellist, arranger, and composer, Bent has performed globally with artists such as Cirque du Soleil, Joe Jackson, and Merce Cunningham Dance, and has toured 46 U.S. states and 14 European countries. She is recognized as a master of choro in Brazil, frequently soloing with Conjunto Época de Ouro on Rádio Nacional.
Her scholarly contributions include advancing Brazilian cello techniques in popular music and curricular innovations at Berklee. Awards and grants are not explicitly listed in available texts.
