Dr. Ben Broening awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
April 15, 2013
Ben Broening, Associate Professor of Music, has been awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.
During the fellowship period, Dr. Broening, a composer, will write two works for chamber orchestra, “What the Light Was Like,” and “September Light.” These two compositions will complete a cycle of pieces also entitled “What the Light Was Like,” examining the connections between light, place and memory. The composition will be for the Oberlin Contemporary Music Group, which will record the piece after the premiere.
Dr. Broening has taught at the University of Richmond since 1999, after completing his Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory at the University of Michigan, where he received a number of awards. In 2001, he founded Third Practice, an annual festival of music that incorporates technology in some way. In 2007, he was invited to be a Fulbright Scholar in Estonia to teach electroacoustic music composition; he has since returned to the country four times to present invited lectures and performances.
The Guggenheim Fellowship program is highly competitive; this year, out of nearly 3000 applications, just 175 fellowships were awarded to scholars, artists, and scientists, on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. The complete list of awardees appeared in the New York Times on April 11, 2013.
During the fellowship period, Dr. Broening, a composer, will write two works for chamber orchestra, “What the Light Was Like,” and “September Light.” These two compositions will complete a cycle of pieces also entitled “What the Light Was Like,” examining the connections between light, place and memory. The composition will be for the Oberlin Contemporary Music Group, which will record the piece after the premiere.
Dr. Broening has taught at the University of Richmond since 1999, after completing his Ph.D. in Music Composition and Theory at the University of Michigan, where he received a number of awards. In 2001, he founded Third Practice, an annual festival of music that incorporates technology in some way. In 2007, he was invited to be a Fulbright Scholar in Estonia to teach electroacoustic music composition; he has since returned to the country four times to present invited lectures and performances.
The Guggenheim Fellowship program is highly competitive; this year, out of nearly 3000 applications, just 175 fellowships were awarded to scholars, artists, and scientists, on the basis of prior achievement and exceptional promise. The complete list of awardees appeared in the New York Times on April 11, 2013.