LA-based percussionist, improviser, and composer whose practice spans experimental music, improvised music, western classical music, jazz, Brazilian music, songwriting, and more.

Ben has a master’s degree in music from UC San Diego where he studied with Steven Schick and bachelor’s degrees in percussion performance and computer science from Oberlin College where he studied with Michael Rosen and Jamey Haddad.

He regularly collaborates with dancers, having worked as a dance accompanist at CSU Fullerton, USC Kaufman, UCI, CSU Long Beach, and San Diego State, in addition to performing and composing in several dance productions.