Collection: Ben Morris

Dr. Ben Morris is a composer and jazz pianist whose eclectic projects include multimedia works, operas, chamber and orchestral music, big band pieces, and film scores. His music, which often tells stories about our relationship with the natural world and crosses genre boundaries, has garnered awards, grants, and commissions from ASCAP, Downbeat, Fulbright, Mid-America Arts Alliance, Washington National Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, and the American-Scandinavian Foundation. His music has recently been described as "witty" (Wall Street Journal), “heart-touching” (OperaGene), "fresh" (All About Jazz), and "wonderfully inventive" (Tom Cipullo). Ben studied music composition at Rice University, University of Miami, and the University of Colorado Boulder, and he is currently assistant professor of music composition at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas.