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A color photograph of Erin Bentlage, standing and looking at camera, wearing a white dress in front of a pink-purple background.

Erin Bentlage

vocalist

Hailing from the green mountains of Vermont, Erin Bentlage is a two-time Grammy Award-winning vocalist, composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music blurs the lines between song, improvisation and soundscape. Raised near Burlington, she first found expression through ballet and classical piano before discovering her voice in jazz and the freedom of improvisation.

Bentlage’s sound threads through contemporary music—featured on projects by Jacob Collier (Djesse Vol. 3), Kiefer (When There’s Love Around), Kate McGarry (What To Wear In The Dark), Steve Hackman (The Brink), Amber Navran (Golden Light) and an upcoming Moonchild record. As a writer and arranger, Bentlage creates for the voice in all its forms, from cinematic choral textures and major motion picture scores to intimate, layered vocals for artists including and alongside Jacob Collier, Moonchild and Pomplamoose.

A recipient of the Los Angeles Jazz Society’s “New Note” Award, Bentlage has written for ensembles such as Tonality, Kings Return and The Apartment Sessions. In 2019, she co-founded the Grammy Award-winning vocal collective säje, alongside Sara Gazarek, Amanda Taylor and Johnaye Kendrick. Entirely arranged and produced by the group, their debut record features collaborations with Jacob Collier, Terri Lyne Carrington and Ambrose Akinmusire.

Now based in Los Angeles, Bentlage tours internationally with both säje and Jacob Collier while shaping her debut solo work—music rooted in curiosity, honesty, and the quiet power of the human voice.

More: Instagram @erinbentlage.