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Ben Fuhrman

About Me


Born in Lansing, Benjamin Fuhrman is currently pursuing his doctoral degree in music composition at Michigan State University after four years of study at Hope College with the renowned violinist and pedagogue Mihai Craioveanu, and two years of master’s work at Michigan State with Mark Sullivan and Ricardo Lorenz.
Active as a composer and a performer, Mr. Fuhrman’s studies at Hope College and Michigan State have led to several performances of his works including the symphonic Variations on a Jewish Folk Song, the Concerto for Saxophones, Variations on the Star Spangled Banner, and more recently Prelude for Un-Specified Instrument, Dead by the Road, Rhapsody on the Death of Dr. Gonzo, Valse Klavier, Study on Morning Religion, Eris, and Thanatos.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 31/03/2007
Band Website: msu.edu/~fuhrmanb
Band Members: Just me.
Influences: Adams, Berg, Berio, Birtwistle, Brun, Cage, Corigliano, Crumb, Davidovsky, Davies, Ferneyhough, Gaburo, Ives, Koenig, Kurtag, Lansky, Ligeti, Lutoslawski, Manoury, Partch, Puckette, Reznor, Rouse, Shostakovich, Stockhausen, Stravinsky, Takemitsu, Xenakis, Zappa.
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

By Way of Explanation

So, once again I've added a new piece. However, a bit of warning is in order. In actuality, A Discordian Commentary on the Gateless Gate is really 48 separate pieces. However, since MySpace limits me ...
Posted by on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:20:00 GMT

Controversy?

So appartently, my music is offensive to some unnamed freshmen at Michigan State. Apparently I'm doing something right.
Posted by on Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:27:00 GMT

Over 100 Friends

Wow, I finally broke 100 friends. Now let's aim for 1000. -Ben
Posted by on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:02:00 GMT

I do still write music you know.

So, some people have noticed the lack of musical productivity on my part. Well, I've posted a teaser of my current project Asterion II, just to show you that I do still write music. The delay has been...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:07:00 GMT

Technological Assessment

Once again, I've had to perform a computer upgrade in order to complete a project. Due to the nature of the score I'm writing for a film project (and the massive number of samples, SF's, and running P...
Posted by on Sat, 19 May 2007 04:29:00 GMT

Stupid Windows

    So a few people have been emailing me about latency issues in Windows for either my polysynth POC, or other programs when using USB based MIDI keyboards. Since I wrote the synth in ...
Posted by on Thu, 10 May 2007 06:07:00 GMT

New gear and a special toy...

    So the summer is here, and with it, the lack of anything to do except compose and catch up on all of the projects I've neglected of necessity. However, I've got a nice little packag...
Posted by on Wed, 09 May 2007 12:33:00 GMT

Medieval Music

So I have officially lost my mind while trying to memorize the 18 or so medieval pieces for the final exam. While I have a handle on Machaut and Ciconia, some of these other pieces are so insanely sim...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:29:00 GMT

On the Topic of CD Mastering

Well, as of today, everything for the CD mastering project is taken care of. The master discs are out, the art is finished and submitted, and most importantly, everything has been paid for and a cance...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 14:05:00 GMT

Reflections

Well, last night's concert went fairly well. The reactions to 'Thanatos' were much better than I anticipated, especially from the faculty. It also helped that I wasn't the only composer doing somethin...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Apr 2007 06:42:00 GMT