Benjamin Bierman

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Benjamin Bierman (born March 15, 1954 ) is an American jazz trumpeter and band leader, pianist, arranger, composer and music teacher.

Bierman received his bachelor's degree in composition from the State University of New York in 1987 . He received his master's degree in 2002 from Brooklyn College, City University of New York , where he wrote his dissertation on the music of George Handy in 2006. His composition teachers were Tania León , John Corigliano and David Del Tredici . From 2000 to 2003 he directed the Center for Computer Music at Brooklyn College, then until 2004 the H. Wiley Hitchcock Institute for Studies in American Music . In addition, he has been teaching music theory, ear training, new music and jazz at City University - as assistant professor since 2009.

Bierman has directed the Dance Orchestra of New York since 1997 . As a trumpeter, composer and arranger, he has worked with musicians such as BB King , Archie Shepp , Machito , Ray Barretto , Tito Puente , Celia Cruz , Johnny Copeland , Albert Collins , Robert Cray , Stevie Ray Vaughan and James Cotton .

Works

  • The Poem That Nobody Hears , 10-minute opera, 2009
  • Beyond Romance , song cycle based on texts by Earl Shuman , 2007
  • 60x60, “Father and Son Boogie” , 2005
  • Doings for String Quartet , 2005
  • Augusta and Elliott: Sweep the Deep , children's musical, libretto by Earl Shuman, 2004
  • A Second Chance for Jazz Quintet, 2004
  • Some Takes On the Blues , electro-acoustic composition, 2004
  • Blues Mambo for guitar duo, 2004
  • So (Not) a for Trumpet and Piano , 2003
  • Confessions of Devorgilla for concertina and mezzo-soprano, 2003
  • Q Express , electroacoustic composition, 2003
  • I Wish That You Understood for tenor, alto, violin, cello, trumpet and piano, 2002
  • In / Out of Water for jazz quartet, 2002
  • Proximities for chamber ensemble, 2002
  • Proximities for orchestra, 2001
  • Duet for Trumpet, Drum Kit, and Tape , 2001
  • Pyrothechnics for wind quintet, 2000
  • Concerto for Trumpet and Processed Trumpet , 2000
  • Four Preludes for Violin Solo , 2000
  • Nocturne: Music at the Marsh for marimba / timpani and alto saxophone, 1999
  • Walt! (Musical Settings of Walt Whitman poetry) for tenor, orchestra and rhythm group, 1997
  • Latin Jazz , Suite for Latin Jazz Quintet, 1996
  • “Basso Profondo”, “The Judge Goes To Sing Sing”, “Breakfast Special” for Jazz Quintet, 1994

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personal data
SURNAME Bierman, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American composer, music teacher, band leader and jazz trumpeter
DATE OF BIRTH March 15, 1954