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Ben Morris
by Ben Morris
Ben Morris is a composer whose music tells unconventional stories and crosses genre boundaries. He is Assistant Professor of Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University.
Episodes
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Accounts of a Lost World
Premiered by Piffaro: The Renaissance Band, at Source Song Festival, August 7, 2026 at Westminster Presbyterian Church, Minneapolis, MN. Piffaro: Priscilla Herreid - recorder and shawm Ben Matus - tenor dulcian Greg Ingles - alto sackbut Erik Schmalz - bass and tenor sackbuts Stephanie Corwin -...
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the meadow
Text by Gina Stevensen Eric Riedel - tenor Calvin Stovall - piano Commissioned for the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Art Song composer Mentorship Program hmmmmmm hmmmmmm bzzzzzz bzzzz bzz bz shhhhhhh here, sunlight here, thunder here, treetops bare and reaching soon budding...
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American Mosaic
Performed by the Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Ensemble in Turner Auditorium, Nacogdoches, TX, February 24, 2026. Tamey Angelly, director Jazz Combo: Bob Eason - soprano saxophone Jake Walburn - trumpet Deb Scott - trombone Ben Morris - piano David Connor - bass Gavin Moolchan - drums...
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Four Corners, II. Threshold
Original Score for a dance work with choreographer Karen Stokes. Premiered at MATCH Houston, January 30-February 8, 2026 Musicians: Ginevra Petrucci - flute Jack Bogard - violin and viola Caio Alves Dinez - cello Copyist: Preston Posey
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Four Corners, I: Sand
Original Score for a dance work with choreographer Karen Stokes. Premiered at MATCH Houston, January 30-February 8, 2026 Musicians: Ginevra Petrucci - flute Jack Bogard - violin and viola Caio Alves Dinez - cello Copyist: Preston Posey
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Four Corners, IV. River, Part 1
Original Score for a dance work with choreographer Karen Stokes. Premiered at MATCH Houston, January 30-February 8, 2026 Musicians: Ginevra Petrucci - flute Jack Bogard - violin and viola Caio Alves Dinez - cello Copyist: Preston Posey
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Four Corners, V. River, Part 2
Original Score for a dance work with choreographer Karen Stokes. Premiered at MATCH Houston, January 30-February 8, 2026 Musicians: Ginevra Petrucci - flute Jack Bogard - violin and viola Caio Alves Dinez - cello Copyist: Preston Posey
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Four Corners, III. Clock
Original Score for a dance work with choreographer Karen Stokes. Premiered at MATCH Houston, January 30-February 8, 2026 Musicians: Ginevra Petrucci - flute Jack Bogard - violin and viola Caio Alves Dinez - cello Copyist: Preston Posey
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American Mosaic
Performed by the Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Ensemble at CBDNA Southwest, Murchison PAC, UNT, Denton TX, February 26, 2026. Tamey Angelly, director Jazz Combo: Bob Eason - soprano saxophone Jake Walburn - trumpet Deb Scott - trombone Ben Morris - piano David Connor - bass Gavin…
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Double Brood Invasion
Cody Hunter - Bassoon Performed 2/12/2026 in Cole Concert Hall In 2024, two broods of cicada —Brood XIII (the Northern Illinois Brood) and Brood XIX (the Great Southern Brood), emerged simultaneously out of the ground in a simultaneous event that hadn’t happened since 1803. Each kind of cicada…
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Convergent Evolution
Performed February 8, 2025 at the Festival of Contemporary Artists in Music, Washington State University, Pullman, WA Aaron Hill, tenor sax
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Stomping Ground
Recorded by Unheard-of//Ensemble in San Antonio, Texas, August 2025. Ford Fourqurean — clarinet Matheus Souza — violin Iva Casian-Lakoš — cello Daniel Anastasio — piano Sculpture Inspiration: Stomping Ground, by Orly Genger Stomping Ground is based on Orly Genger’s sculpture at the McNay in San...
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The Last Mammoth of Wrangel Island
Performed by Ensemble PART at Shepherd King Lutheran Church in San Antonio, Texas, 8/14/25 Evelin Degen — flutes Matthias Geuting — organ Peter Eisold — drums Carter WIlliams — viola d'amore Jennie Boultbee and Mateusz Bogdanowicz — dance
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Scree Scramble
Performed by James Sullivan and commissioned by the Robert Black Foundation and New Music on the Point for their 2020 commissioning project.
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Dust Storm
Performed by the BMI Jazz Composers Orchestra at the 2025 Summer Showcase concert, June 20, 2025 at Symphony Space, New York City. Soloists: Steve Kenyon, alto Sebastian Noelle, guitar
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In Hurricane, with Horses, from Two Sanders Songs
Rose Kearin, soprano Maggie Hinchliffe, piano Mark Sanders, poetry performed 6/22/25 on "No More Walks in the Wood" at MATCH - Midtown Arts and Theater Center Houston The man, gray-flannel shirt lifted overhead shielding him, strides long, alone in the blow--north then south, cold then hot. Who...
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clear and calm pools of tremendous depth
Dr. Brad Meyer, percussion "clear and calm pools of tremendous depth" is a phrase I found in the park map of Yellowstone National Park describing the park’s signature hot springs. When visiting the springs, I was struck by the vivid turquoise color of the water and how deep these springs went…
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The Trees Know, from Two Sanders Songs
Rose Kearin, soprano Maggie Hinchliffe, piano Mark Sanders, poetry performed 4/11/25 on "No More Walks in the Wood" at Stephen F. Austin State University The trees know. Ask the pine, ask the oak. Before the storm, they are aware and prepare. Sometimes, the ground is not enough to hold onto. They...
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The Myth of Inexhaustibility
Dr. Bob Eason, soprano saxophone Dr. Tamey Anglley, condutor Stephen F. Austin State University Wind Ensemble I. Light (Prelude) (00:00) II. Bison (02:22) III. Timber (06:27) IV. Water (10:52) V. Fuel (15:59) VI. Light (Postlude) (18:59) The title of "The Myth of Inexhaustibility" is derived from...
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2nd Avenue Saturdays
composed for the Vice City Brass Derek Ganong - Trumpet Buddy Deshler - Trumpet Dakota Corbliss - Horn Eric Bowman - Trombone Sam Ambrose - Tuba
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Manatee Matinee
Performed by the Living Earth Show Travis Andrews - Guitar Andy Meyerson - Percussion Recorded and mastered by Alex Lough
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Blue Spruce
Composed for Scuffed Shoe duet for fixed media and percussion. Performed at the Electric LaTex Festival at Rice University, November 21st, 2015. Brandon Bell - Drum Set Craig Hauschildt - Percussion Fixed Media version Video performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJZM8fKK8z0&feature=youtu.be
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Ben Morris is a composer whose music tells unconventional stories and crosses genre boundaries. He is Assistant Professor of Composition at Stephen F. Austin State University.
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