Recent Albums:

Tracks 6-8: Book of Abstracts I-III, for solo piano
performed by Nicholaus Poelwijk

Track 2: Machine, for alto saxophone and fixed media
performed by Joseph Speranzo

Collaborations:

Biography

Benjamin Montgomery has been called a “gifted composer” whose music’s “harmonies and thematic shifts vividly convey the emotional contours” by the South Florida Classical Review. Writing for a diversity of vocal, instrumental, and electronic mediums, he avidly works closely with performers in the creation and realization of each work. Fascinated with music cognition and how we interpret music, Montgomery’s music invites listeners to consider their own nuances of meaning and creates a unique atmosphere for listeners’ personal reflection. His music finds inspiration in many aspects of the non-musical world, seeking connections between different creative outlets.

Works by Montgomery have been performed by ensembles such as Seraphic Fire, Skylark Vocal Ensemble, Duo Cortona, The NED Ensemble, Kaleidoscope MusArt, and the Michigan State University Symphony Orchestra. His music has also been performed at the New York City Electronic Music Festival and has been recognized with an Honorable Mention for “Superimpose” in the Portland Percussion Group 2019 Call for Score and as a finalist in the Wind Band Association of Singapore Composition Contest 2019 for “React.” Montgomery was the Student Composer in Residence with Seraphic Fire for the 2017-2018 season, resulting in the commission of “To Hear With Eyes.” Recordings of Montgomery’s music can be found on albums such as “Electroacoustic and Beyond 4” and “In Focus 3” released by RMN Classical. He has been in residence at festivals such as New Music on the Point, the Cortona Sessions for New Music, and the Oregon Bach Festival Composer’s Symposium.

Montgomery holds a DMA in Music Composition from the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. He received a MM in Music Composition and a MM in Music Theory from Michigan State University. While a student at MSU, he won the Honors Competition in 2015 and the Large Ensemble Competition in 2016. He was also nominated and a finalist for the Excellence-in-Teaching Citation in 2016. His Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition is from Ithaca College, where he received the Richard K. Joseph Prize in 2011 and the Louis Smadbeck Award in 2013. His mentors include Charles N. Mason, Ricardo Lorenz, Dana Wilson, Dorothy Hindman, Juraj Kojš, and Jere Hutcheson.

Montgomery is currently based in Miami Florida, USA. He currently serves as a Lecturer at the Frost School of Music where he teaches courses in music theory and is developing/implementing the theory curriculum for the Frost Advanced Piano Preparatory Program.

List of Works

Large Ensemble Works

Choral Works

Chamber Works

Acousmatic Works

Contact Info

Benjamin is currently based out of Miami, FL.

He can be contacted directly by email at: BMontgomery358@gmail.com