[4] Her class of fellows included novelist Ann Patchett, who later credited Bennett as the inspiration for the heroine Roxane Coss of her novel Bel Canto.
Since meeting at Yale as graduate students, Bennett and pianist/composer John McDonald have had a long musical partnership, performing recitals throughout the world.
With the Metamorphosen Chamber Orchestra and conductor Scott Yoo, she gave the posthumous premiere of Kim’s “Illuminations” at Jordan Hall in Boston and the Library of Congress.
[18] Other notable premieres include Sebastian Currier’s "Deep-Sky Objects", Mark Kilstofte’s "The White Album", and Trevor Weston’s "Stars", all with Musiqa.
Bennett's contemporary repertoire includes music by Milton Babbitt, Alban Berg, Luciano Berio, Leonard Bernstein, John Cage, John Corigliano, George Crumb, Luigi Dallapiccola, Mario Davidovsky, Henri Dutilleux, Morton Feldman, Hans Werner Henze, Gyorgy Ligeti, Olivier Messiaen, Luigi Nono, Kaija Saariaho, Arnold Schoenberg, Joseph Schwantner, Mark-Anthony Turnage, and Anton Webern.
Bennett’s recordings also include music by Arthur Gottschalk,[19] John Harbison,[20] Jonathan Harvey,[21] and Arlene Zallmann[22] as well as Benjamin Britten’s “Ceremony of Carols” with Boston Cecilia and the Victoria Requiem with Church of the Advent.