Eve West Bessier teaches voice, writing and drama. She is a lyricist and songwriter. She performs as a jazz vocalist and improv poet and does studio voiceovers. She provides lead vocals for Mejor Que Nada Latin Jazz, and Hardwater, and has performed as guest artist with Sacramento Area musicians and groups including: Bill Scholer, John Tchicai, Joe Craven, Mike McMullen, Steve Homan and David Amram. She also founded several ensembles including: West of the Moon, the Eve West Jazz Quartet, the Evolution Jazz Ensemble, So Gecko and the Eve West Band.

An Area Coordinator and teacher with California Poets in the Schools, Eve enjoys bringing poetry to 4th and 5th graders and has written several curricula for elementray school poetry programs and a collection of children's poetry. She is also available to do workshops for high schools in poetry and jazz improv. Her own writing has won several literary awards and has been published in national journals and anthologies. 

Eve has two chapbooks, Roots Music and Splash published by dPress. Her poem “Zoo You, Boogaloo” was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2003. She is currently performing her original jazz-inspired poetry to live jazz with a blend of vocal stylings in the mix at venues and galleries including the Sacramento Poetry Center and the Crocker Art Museum.

Eve holds a B.A. in English from San Francisco State University and a Master of Education from The University of California, Davis, where she worked in research and program development for 18 years. She is a Certified Life Coach and a member of the Fast Track at the Academy of Coaching Excellence in Sacramento. 

Eve was born in the Netherlands, but has called Davis home for the past 25 years.