C O N T A C TBenjamin O’Brien710 NW 2nd Avenue, Gainesville, FL, US, 326011-434-409-1155benjamin.m.obrien@gmail.combenjamin-obrien.com

E D U C A T I O NDoctor in Philosophy, Music Composition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US—2010-PresentPrinciple Studies: Paul Koonce (advisor), Paul Richards, James Paul Sain, Larry CrookMaster in Arts, Music Composition, Mills College, Oakland, CA, US—2007-2009Principle Studies: David Bernstein (advisor), John Bischoff, James Fei, Fred Frith, Roscoe MitchellBachelor in Arts, Mathematics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, US—2002-2006Principle Studies: Ted Coffey, John D’Earth, Fred Maus, Judith Shatin, Michael RosenskyCoursera, Machine Learning, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, US—2012Study Abroad, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK—2004-2005

S E L E C T E D AWA R D S & H O N O R SComposer-in-Residence, Glitch Lich (C. Ingraham, Ch. McKinney, Cu. McKinney, Benjamin O’Brien). Department of Performance Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, US—02.05-06.132012 WOCMAT International Electroacoustic Music Young Composers Awards Finalist, Densité, International Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TW—2012Ph.D Music Graduate Fellowship, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, US—2010Elizabeth Mills Crothers Award for Outstanding Composition, i.v., Mills College, Oakland, CA, US—2009Graduate Music Assistantship and Stipend, Mills College, Oakland, CA, US—2008-2009Graduate Music Alumnae Scholarship, Mills College, Oakland, CA, US—2007-2008

S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S Sample Sharing: Virtual Laptop Ensemble Communities. In The Oxford Handbook of Music and Virtuality, Oxford University Press (New York): forthcomingSEAMUS Miniatures: Re-Caged. Six4 for Eight Spaces. CD. SEAMUS: 2013FrammentAzioni. cilq 1. DVD. Taukay Edizioni Musicali: 2008

S E L E C T E D F E S T I VA L / C O N F E R E N C E P R E S E N T A T I O N S SEAMUS 2013 National Conference, Densité and La Langue Maternelle, McNally Smith College of Music, St. Paul, MN, US – 04.18-20.13SCI 2013 National Conference, Densité, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, US – 02.16.132012 International Workshop on Computer Music and Audio Technology (WOCMAT), Densité, National Taiwan University, Taipei, TW – 12.01.12XIX Colloqui di Informatica Musicale, Densité, University of Udine, Udine, IT – 11.23.12International Computer Music Conference 2012, Densité, IRZU, Ljubljana, SI – 09.10.12Linux Audio Conference, Densité and Diptiq, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, US – 04.13.12International Computer Music Conference 2011, all two clarinet, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, UK – 09.03.11Electroacoustic Music Studies Network 2011, all two clarinet, New York University, New York City, NY, US – 06.18.11SEAMUS 2011 National Conference, Diptiq, University of Miami, Miami, FL, US – 01.20-22.11

P R O F E S S I O N A L A F F I L I A T I O N SInternational Computer Music Association (ICMA)—2012-PresentSociety of Composers, Inc. (SCI)—2011-PresentSociety of Electroacoustic Music in the United States (SEAMUS)—2010-Present