Dr. Benjamin Krause

Composer in Residence

Sponsored by Tom and Sylvia Luekens

Biography

A composer and pianist with interdisciplinary engagement across a wide range of media, Benjamin Krause is a recipient of the Copland House Residency Award, Houston Symphony Emerging Composer Award, a Presser Award, the American Conservatory at Fontainebleau Prix Marion Tournon Branly, and was recently awarded the Grand Prize in the Atlanta Chamber Players/Atlanta Symphony Orchestra 2021 Rapido! Competition. His music has been performed worldwide, with performances and commissions by the Houston Symphony, Network for New Music, Da Camera of Houston, Musiqa, and the Delgani String Quartet. He received his D.M.A. from Rice University, and, as a pianist, is fluent in many idioms, from the traditional classical repertoire to new music and jazz. He has taught at Rice University, the University of Oregon, and Valparaiso University, and is currently on the music faculty of Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where he teaches theory, composition, and piano. www.benkrause.com

Links

The Lily and the Bird, with the LSM 2022 Concert Choir, commissioned for LSM’s 40th anniversary

Nun bitten wir den Heiligen Geist, in collaboration with Tom Bandar