Ben Hjertmann
Music Composition, Teaching, Recording, Instrument Building
Selected Compositions
Click titles to see/hear more about each work.
For a full list of works see the CV link at the bottom of the About Ben page.
Contact me to obtain scores/recordings or to plan/report new performances.
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Echoes in Fifths, for choir (2018)
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Red, Ambient Album (2017)
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From the Morning, for Brass Quintet (2017)
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Don't Dream, for Voice, Live Electronics, & Audience (2016)
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Many Oceans Swimming, for Voice & Piano (2016)
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Psychopomp, CA, a 13-song Avant-Pop album (2013-16)
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Awake, Alive, Amok, Ajar, for SATB Saxophone Quartet (2015)
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Last Lights in the North for Wind Ensemble (2015)
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Kudzu Vine for Concert Band (2015)
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Another Life for Tenor & Orchestra (2015)
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Sunstruck for SATB Saxophone Quartet (2014)
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Donkey Rhubarb for Wind Ensemble (2014)
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Lullaby for SSAA Voices (2014)
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Automatic Glitch for Four Drum Sets (2014)
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A Cause for the Augurs for Piano, 5-string E. Bass, and Drum Set (2014)
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Fo’c’s’le, a Musical for Soprano, Tenor, Vln, Vla, Vc, Pno, Saw (2013)
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The Fat King for tenor sax/voice with loop pedal (2013)
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On the Drawing of Constellations for solo piano (2013)
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The Fine Art of Forgetting for Tenor, Bcl, E Gtr, Pno, Drum Set, Vlc (2013)
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Angelswort, dissertation album (2013)
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String Quartet no. II, Étude (2012)
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Alleluia for SATB choir (2012)
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Bicinium for two performers at one piano (2012)
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Catclaw Mimosa for Wind Ensemble (2011), 6 min.
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Eos and the desire to stare into the sun for String Quartet (2011)
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A Corvid History of Light for Orchestra (2011), 10 min.
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The Mares of ’33 for Saxophone Quartet [ATTB] (2010)
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Have an Orange, an Elephant Fruit for Bcl, Cbsn, Perc, Vc, Cb, Drums and Tenor (2009)
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Bhyxe for Fl, Cl, Vla, Vlc and Tape (2009)