Ben Cosgrove
Ben Cosgrove | |
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![]() Ben Cosgrove playing live in Boulder, CO in 2013 | |
Background information | |
Born | January 30, 1988 |
Genres | Instrumental |
Occupation(s) | Composer, Multi-instrumentalist, Producer |
Instruments | piano, keyboards, organ, accordion, upright bass, guitar, percussion, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, violin, field recordings |
Years active | 2010–present |
Website | bencosgrove.com |
Ben Cosgrove (born 30 January 1988) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist from Methuen, MA, whose work mainly explores the intersection of sound and place.[1]
Background
Cosgrove is a 2010 graduate of Harvard College, where he was a student of Hans Tutschku, and his music usually features his own performances on piano, guitar, mandolin, banjo, trumpet, trombone, upright bass, and dynamic percussion, among other instruments.[2]
Cosgrove's first instrument was the piano. He began taking lessons as a young child when his family moved into a house whose owners had left behind an upright.[3]
Releases
His 2011 album Yankee Division is based upon landscapes around Massachusetts and the rest of New England and takes its name from the Yankee Division Highway.[4] His fourth album Field Studies deals with the wider American landscape, from the Sierra Nevada to the Everglades.[5] It was released in January 2014.[6]"It’s instrumental music intended to suggest the experience of certain physical landscapes," he stated in an interview with Sound of Boston.[7]
“Lafayette” is a track written about Mount Lafayette in New Hampshire; the song is meant to recreate the moment in the hike when “you get above the clouds and have a unique kind of clarity.”[8]
In 2014, he produced the album Ellery for singer-songwriter Max Garcia Conover, composing and performing arrangements to underpin Conover's melodies.[9]
Literature
Cosgrove also writes nonfiction essays that touch upon place, sound, and art.[10] He was a two-time artist in residence at the Signet Society and has also served as the artist-in-residence at Isle Royale National Park and Acadia National Park.[11][12]
References
- ↑ Patrick Lauppe (2012-10-17). "Harvard Arts Blog » Ben Cosgrove ’10 talks music, national parks and urgent signals". Ofa.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Composer and musician Ben Cosgrove portrays place in "Yankee Division," a new CD | Harvard Magazine Jul-Aug 2012". Harvardmagazine.com. 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ Atlas, Zoe. "Local Spotlight: The Soundscapes of Ben Cosgrove". Sound of Boston. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ↑ "» Desktop Submissions: Ben Cosgrove’s Yankee Division". Residentmediapundit.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Ben Cosgrove | Field Studies | CD Baby Music Store". Cdbaby.com. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ Ben Cosgrove. "Store". ben cosgrove. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ Atlas, Zoe. "Local Spotlight: The Soundscapes of Ben Cosgrove". Sound of Boston. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ↑ Atlas, Zoe. "Local Spotlight: The Soundscapes of Ben Cosgrove". Sound of Boston. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
- ↑ "Max Garcia Conover". Retrieved 2014-10-22.
- ↑ "A Different Kind of Interstate". Landthatilive.com. 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "Ben Cosgrove". The Signet Society. 2012-04-20. Retrieved 2014-02-02.
- ↑ "About Ben - Ben Cosgrove". www.bencosgrove.com. Retrieved 2014-10-29.