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Ben Hjertmann, composer
April 29, 2010
Ben Hjertmann is a Chicago-based composer, performer, and genre vagabond. He serves as Artistic Director for The Sissy-Eared Mollycoddles in addition to performing as a vocalist with the group. Ben also moonlights in non-concert-music under the pseudonym Kong Must Dead.
His recent work has been performed and/or recorded by The Borromeo Quartet, The Spektral Quartet, The Anubis Quartet, The International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE), The Callithumpian Consort, and The Sissy-Eared Mollycoddles. Hjertmann also premiered an unfixed piece for digital sound which was performed in collaboration with Zephyr Dance Company in 2009. Ben is currently a Doctoral Fellow in Composition at Northwestern University. His principal composition teachers have been Hans Thomalla, Jay Alan Yim, Lee Hyla, and David Vayo.
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