Cellist Rachel Barringer, a Los Angeles native, is an active classical chamber musician, rock musician, yoga instructor, and private cello teacher living in the Boston area. After attending California Institute of Arts as a cello performance major she moved to Massachusetts where she received her Masters Degree in Music from the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA. On "Glass Dahlia" Rachel has brought together her experiences performing in numerous classical and contemporary chamber music ensembles, Partch (LA-based band performing the music of microtonal composer Harry Partch), and various rock bands(she is a founding member of the Wrong Shapes and plays cello in the Grownup Noise) to create a hypnotic blend of atmospheres and moods, all using only looped cello and voice. The album is also influenced by her experience performing as a soloist in numerous yoga workshops taught by many reputable individuals including Shiva Rea, Sianna Sherman, and Sanskrit scholar Christopher Tompkins. Built around repetition and slow, organic changes of mood, the songs on the album have proven themselves to be a perfect soundtrack for yoga and meditation. Songs from "Glass Dahlia" are being used as part of the soundtrack to an upcoming PBS documentary titled "Coming Back" (spring 2014) about veterans returning from being stationed overseas.