BENJAMIN DEAN TAYLOR, composer
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      • Flex Works
      • Snitchin' in the Kitchen (grade 3 with audio track)
      • Electric Breakdance (string orchestra)
      • Aurum Tetra (Saxophone Quartet Concerto)
      • Aurum Tetra (string quartet concerto)
      • Worlds Without End
      • Dizzy Overture
      • Mile-High City (string orchestra)
      • Leaving White
      • Leap (chamber orchestra)
      • Drifting Indigo
    • Wind band >
      • Flex Works >
        • Electric Breakdance (grade 1) with audio track
        • Pandemic Pandemonium (grade 2)
        • Earth Resonance (grade 3 with audio track)
        • Intermountain Underground (grade 3 with audio track)
        • Snitchin' in the Kitchen (grade 3 with audio track)
        • Legos Emit Gnarly Overtones (grade 2 with audio track)
        • Techno Blade (grade 2) with audio track
      • Electric Breakdance (grade 1) with audio track
      • STACK (grade 1)
      • Legos Emit Gnarly Overtones (grade 2 with audio track)
      • Techno Blade (regular version, grade 2) with audio track
      • Pandemic Pandemonium (grade 2)
      • A Flicker in Time (grade 2.5)
      • Scooter Time (grade 2.5)
      • Party Potatoes (concerto + band, grade 3)
      • A Father's Hymn (grade 3)
      • Epic Bacon Funk (grade 3)
      • Intermountain Underground (regular version, grade 3 with audio track)
      • Into The Mist (grade 3)
      • Maze of 1000 Mirrors (March, grade 3)
      • Motorcycle Time (grade 3)
      • Our Puzzle (grade 3)
      • And May We Always Cherish (Grade 3)
      • The Hope Within (grade 3)
      • The Excitement of Fear (grade 3.5)
      • Another Day in the Park (grade 4)
      • Chinese Fire Drill (grade 4)
      • Cold Lights (band+video) (grade 4)
      • Mile a Minute (grade 4)
      • Seeds of Glass (band+video) (grade 4)
      • Shattering Infinity (grade 4)
      • Powerhouse (grade 4)
      • Trailing Clouds Of Glory (grade 4)
      • With Wings As Eagles (grade 4)
      • Leaving White (grade 5)
      • Whiz-Bang (grade 5)
      • Shattering Infinity (marching band)
    • Jazz Big Band >
      • Baby Jack's Blues
      • Can I See Your Socks
      • Chocolate Covered Cherries
      • Concerto por Trombonito
      • Garapan
      • High Road
      • No Improv Monday
      • The Greasy Toaster
      • White Cliffs of Dover (arr.)
    • Choir >
      • Little Lamb (SATB choir)
      • Eternity's Heirs
    • Saxophone(s) >
      • Sax Quartet Concerto Consortium Commission
      • Get More Epic!
      • Digital Goldfish (Sax Quartet)
      • Drum N Bari
      • The Secret Life
      • Shipbreaking
      • To Raise Up
    • Bass Clarinet >
      • Drum N Bass Clarinet
    • Bassoon >
      • Drum N Bassoon
    • Trumpet >
      • Stop.Rewind.Play. (solo + video)
      • Now You Will ... (solo)
    • Trombone(s) >
      • Funky Bone (trombone choir)
      • Beyond Coincidence (trombone choir)
      • A Call for Courage (trombone choir)
      • Can You Crack It? (solo and tape)
    • Euphonium >
      • Euph + Drum Set CONSORTIUM
      • Bitcoin's Bull Run (euph+EA)
      • FLOW (euph + EA)
      • Drum N Euph (euph + EA)
    • Tuba >
      • Tuba + Drum Set CONSORTIUM
      • Party Potatoes (concerto + band)
      • Drum N Tuba
    • Contrabass >
      • First Punch
      • FE26 (contrabass + electronics)
      • Digital Assistant
      • 7 Million Results
    • Percussion >
      • Silounds
      • Standard Literature (ensemble)
      • Unrepeatable Expression (ensemble)
      • Non-REM Sleep
    • Piano >
      • All That Remains (Piano + Electronics)
    • Chamber Works >
      • Panic Later (mixed quartet)
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Scores

Worlds Without End

Dissertation 2014 Indiana University.  Full Orchestra. 9 minutes.
Download perusal score below.
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Whiz-Bang

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Whiz-Bang (2011) - wind ensemble


Visit WHIZ-BANG page for recordings and perusal score


Trailing Clouds of Glory

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Trailing Clouds of Glory (2013) - wind ensemble

Vist TCOG page for recordings and perusal score


At Which Point

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At Which Point (2010) - wind ensemble

Written for Bruce Moss and the Bowling Green State University Wind Symphony.  

Based on photography by Walter Wick.
(SPLASH, Walter Wick)

Duration: 8 minutes

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First Punch

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First Punch (2011) contrabass and electroacoustic sounds

Commissioned by Yann Dubost

Duration: 7'30" 

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Leaving White

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Leaving White (2010) orchestra

Commissioned by Eric Hansen and the Brigham Young University Symphony Orchestra

Duration: 12 minutes


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Leap

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Leap was inspired by the photography of Rodney Smith; particularly the photo pictured here. (a man caught in mid-air as he jumps over a haystack).  This composition reflects the dual nature of this image; being frozen in time yet obviously moving forward.  The image also presents many other unanswered quirky questions such as, “What is this guy doing?  Is he really leaping over haystacks?  Why would he be out in the middle of a field dressed like that?  Is he alone or are there a bunch of people in suspenders leaping around?  These questions are also reflected musically through the quirks and oddities of this piece. The photo on the cover can be accessed online at rodneysmith.com, archive number MCI-0999-028-02.  (used with permission) 

To Raise Up

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To Raise Up (2010) - tenor saxophone, piano, interactive electroacoustics.

Commissioned by Jeff Heisler 

Program Note: In the Arab tradition, the call to prayer, known as azán, is not considered singing; rather the Shaykh (or caller) is said to “give” or “raise up” the call. In my studies of the the azán and qur'an recitation I was interested to find out that Shaykh improvise melodies within a given system, similar to what jazz musicians do during an improvised solo. Thus, my influences for this piece come from my own experience with jazz as well as my studies of azán and qur'an recitation. I appreciate that in each art form, similar ideals are expressed; namely casting off our naturally competitive natures, putting aside our prejudices and stereotypes about others and more importantly ourselves, and placing value on spontaneously created beauty.


Agreed Silence

For balinese gamelan (semara dana tuning).  Commissioned by Gamelan Bitang Wahyu at Brigham Young University in Provo Utah.

Taksu

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Taksu (September 2009) – soprano voice, trumpet, violin, bass clarinet, percussion, piano

Program Note: Taksu is a Balinese word that means "charisma, charm, energy, magnetism."  This term is applied specifically to Balinese gamelan when the performers play so well together that a special, non-auditory appeal is created.  As a composition, Taksu is a simple framework over which the performers work together in an improvisatory manner to create all the musical details of the performance.

Listen to "Taksu" Mvt. I
Listen to "Taksu" Mvt. II
Listen to "Taksu" Mvt. III
Listen to "Taksu" Mvt. IV

Eternity's Heirs

Eternity's Heirs - SSAATTBB  Provo Voices, a choir under the direction of Brett Stephen Taylor, premiered Eternity's Heirs at the Museum of Art Auditorium at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah on April 1, 2011.

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Sugar Rush

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Sugar Rush 2007 – tenor saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion
*First Place in the 2008 Society of Composers, Incorporated (SCI) Student Composition Competition, Region VII.
Recorded by Flexible Music, 25 October 2007.

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Listen to "Sugar Rush" Mvt. I
Listen to "Sugar Rush" Mvt. II
Listen to "Sugar Rush" Mvt. III

SRP0147

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SRP0147 (01/09) – marimba and tenor saxophone
    Commissioned and premiered by Skyler Murray and Clarissa Lindsay, 28 February 2009.


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Things That Happen Once

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Things That Happen Once (04/09) – piano, harp, voice, percussion, ukulele, bass clarinet
   

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Listen to "Things That Happen Once" Mvt. I

Non-REM Sleep

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Non-REM Sleep- arranged for trombone quartet
    Performed by Utah Trombone Authority in concert, 15 May 2009 and 2 June 2009.

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Ouroboros

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Ouroboros (04/09) – flugelhorn, alto sax, and prerecorded electronics.
Performed at BYU Group for New Music Concert by Jory Woodis and Ben Taylor,
17 March 2009.

Listen to "Ouroboros" (sample)

Optional Stop Signs

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Optional Stop Signs (fall 2008) – horn in F, trombone, and Bb trumpet
Commissioned by Danielle Dinkleman and Kara Chandler.  Performed at BYU Brass Trio Recital, 10 December 2008.

Listen to "Optional Stop Signs" (sample)

Of Wood and Water

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Of Wood and Water (fall 2008) – bass clarinet and piano
Recorded by The New York New Music Ensemble’s Stephen Gosling and Jean Kopperud, 11 November 2008. 
Performed in BYU Composition Seminar by David Kjar and Allyson Taylor, December 2008.
Performed in Bryan Recital Hall, Bowling Green State University by Ben Bertin and Aleksandr Karjaka, 14 October 2009. 

Listen to "Of Wood and Water" (sample)

Cygnus X-1

Cygnus X-1 (04/09) – bass trombone and Max/MSP
    Commissioned and premiered by Dan Barrett on ASU Doctoral Recital, 18 April 2009.
    Performed in concert by Evan Buckmiller, 4 March 2009, 11 April 2009.
Listen to "Cygnus X-1" (sample)



FE26

FE26 (summer 2008) – bass and electronics
*Co-winner of First Place in the 2008 International Society of Bassists composition competition, category “bass with additional media.”
World Premiere at the International Society of Bassists conference at Penn State, 9 June 2009.
Performed by Eric Hansen, 13 November 2008.
Listen to "FE26" (sample)


Copyright Benjamin Taylor.  All Rights Reserved 2009.
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  • Home
  • Biography
  • Works
    • Orchestra >
      • Flex Works
      • Snitchin' in the Kitchen (grade 3 with audio track)
      • Electric Breakdance (string orchestra)
      • Aurum Tetra (Saxophone Quartet Concerto)
      • Aurum Tetra (string quartet concerto)
      • Worlds Without End
      • Dizzy Overture
      • Mile-High City (string orchestra)
      • Leaving White
      • Leap (chamber orchestra)
      • Drifting Indigo
    • Wind band >
      • Flex Works >
        • Electric Breakdance (grade 1) with audio track
        • Pandemic Pandemonium (grade 2)
        • Earth Resonance (grade 3 with audio track)
        • Intermountain Underground (grade 3 with audio track)
        • Snitchin' in the Kitchen (grade 3 with audio track)
        • Legos Emit Gnarly Overtones (grade 2 with audio track)
        • Techno Blade (grade 2) with audio track
      • Electric Breakdance (grade 1) with audio track
      • STACK (grade 1)
      • Legos Emit Gnarly Overtones (grade 2 with audio track)
      • Techno Blade (regular version, grade 2) with audio track
      • Pandemic Pandemonium (grade 2)
      • A Flicker in Time (grade 2.5)
      • Scooter Time (grade 2.5)
      • Party Potatoes (concerto + band, grade 3)
      • A Father's Hymn (grade 3)
      • Epic Bacon Funk (grade 3)
      • Intermountain Underground (regular version, grade 3 with audio track)
      • Into The Mist (grade 3)
      • Maze of 1000 Mirrors (March, grade 3)
      • Motorcycle Time (grade 3)
      • Our Puzzle (grade 3)
      • And May We Always Cherish (Grade 3)
      • The Hope Within (grade 3)
      • The Excitement of Fear (grade 3.5)
      • Another Day in the Park (grade 4)
      • Chinese Fire Drill (grade 4)
      • Cold Lights (band+video) (grade 4)
      • Mile a Minute (grade 4)
      • Seeds of Glass (band+video) (grade 4)
      • Shattering Infinity (grade 4)
      • Powerhouse (grade 4)
      • Trailing Clouds Of Glory (grade 4)
      • With Wings As Eagles (grade 4)
      • Leaving White (grade 5)
      • Whiz-Bang (grade 5)
      • Shattering Infinity (marching band)
    • Jazz Big Band >
      • Baby Jack's Blues
      • Can I See Your Socks
      • Chocolate Covered Cherries
      • Concerto por Trombonito
      • Garapan
      • High Road
      • No Improv Monday
      • The Greasy Toaster
      • White Cliffs of Dover (arr.)
    • Choir >
      • Little Lamb (SATB choir)
      • Eternity's Heirs
    • Saxophone(s) >
      • Sax Quartet Concerto Consortium Commission
      • Get More Epic!
      • Digital Goldfish (Sax Quartet)
      • Drum N Bari
      • The Secret Life
      • Shipbreaking
      • To Raise Up
    • Bass Clarinet >
      • Drum N Bass Clarinet
    • Bassoon >
      • Drum N Bassoon
    • Trumpet >
      • Stop.Rewind.Play. (solo + video)
      • Now You Will ... (solo)
    • Trombone(s) >
      • Funky Bone (trombone choir)
      • Beyond Coincidence (trombone choir)
      • A Call for Courage (trombone choir)
      • Can You Crack It? (solo and tape)
    • Euphonium >
      • Euph + Drum Set CONSORTIUM
      • Bitcoin's Bull Run (euph+EA)
      • FLOW (euph + EA)
      • Drum N Euph (euph + EA)
    • Tuba >
      • Tuba + Drum Set CONSORTIUM
      • Party Potatoes (concerto + band)
      • Drum N Tuba
    • Contrabass >
      • First Punch
      • FE26 (contrabass + electronics)
      • Digital Assistant
      • 7 Million Results
    • Percussion >
      • Silounds
      • Standard Literature (ensemble)
      • Unrepeatable Expression (ensemble)
      • Non-REM Sleep
    • Piano >
      • All That Remains (Piano + Electronics)
    • Chamber Works >
      • Panic Later (mixed quartet)
  • Contact
  • Dixieland Band
  • Family
  • Commissions
    • Solo + Death Metal
    • Sax Quartet Concerto Consortium Commission
    • Trumpet Consortium Commission
  • UMBS Presentation