Ben Cosgrove is returning to The School on Thursday, March 20. We will gather at 5:30 for a potluck dinner before the performance at 7:00. Please RSVP to schoolforruralculture@gmail.com if you would like to join for the potluck. Tickets to the performance are by donation (recommended $20) with all proceeds going directly to the artist.
Ben is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as “a sonic plein-air painter… [using] his piano as a paintbrush,” Ben has performed in every U.S. state except for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, the National Park Service, the National Forest Service, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology.
Ben’s award-winning music has been called "beautiful and fascinating" (The Maine Edge), "deeply impressive" (Independent Clauses), and "immediately evocative and fully arresting... brim[ming] with technical mastery and emotional capital" (Seven Days). His newest record, Bearings, a collection of improvisation-based music that reflects upon the relationship between movement and place, was released last fall.
For more about Ben and his work, please visit bencosgrove.com.