Benjamin Carson
Benjamin Carson's work as a composer is supported by a
variety of theory and research, including disciplines of history, critical
gender studies, and cognitive science. His music has been performed at local
and international festivals, including Aspen, the 25th-anniversary "June
in Buffalo" festival of new music (2000), the Sydney Conservatory's Music
and Social Justice
conference (2005), and at the New England Conservatory's Summer Institute for
Contemporary Piano Performance (2004). Ben Carson's music has been supported by
a number of international awards and research grants, including the first prize
in chamber music (2001) for the London-based International Bass Society. He has lectured in the series Perception
et Cognition Auditives (Paris Universite VI), at the Thurgood Marshall College
Writing Program (UC San Diego), and at the UC Santa Cruz Cultural Studies
Colloquium.
In 2003, Dr. Carson joined the department of music at UC
Santa Cruz, as an assistant professor of composition and theory. He offers
seminars in composition and theory for the DMA program in Composition, and also
teaches for UCSC's MFA program in Digital Arts and New Media.