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Guitarist/composer Ben Monder presents a solo guitar performance, featuring original works from his recordings Flux, Dust, Excavation, and Oceana.
A musician in the New York area for 30 years, "guitarist's guitarist" and composer Ben Monder has performed with a wide variety of artists, including Jack McDuff, Marc Johnson, Lee Konitz, George Garzone, Paul Motian, Guillermo Klein, and Maria Schneider. He has conducted clinics and workshops around the world, and served on the faculty of the New England Conservatory from 2002-2005. He was also the recipient of a Doris Duke Artist Award in 2014.
Monder continues to perform original music internationally with his own quartet, trio, and in a duo project with vocalist Theo Bleckmann. His most recent compositions are unique in their complexity, unusual voicings, dissonance, and lyricism, and are written for trio with multiple voices. He has appeared on more than 140 albums as a sideman, and has released five as a leader: Hydra (Sunnyside, 2013), Oceana (Sunnyside, 2005), Excavation (Arabesque, 2000), Dust (Arabesque, 1997), and Flux (Songlines, 1995).
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121 Ludlow St
Manhattan, NY 10002
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