Ben Cosgrove and the Friends of Volland
Sunday | May 5 | 4pm
Ben Cosgrove 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 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 in 2023. You can read more about
Bearings
here, stream it on all platforms
here, and order the album in CD, vinyl, or digital formats
here.
Ben was the first juried resident in the 2022 pilot residency program at Volland.
We are delighted he is returning to perform at Volland at the Friends of Volland Party.
For more about Ben and his work, please visit bencosgrove.com.
