Ben Brown

February 2019

Ben Brown – I am a mover and shaker. I am thefounder of Music And Movement Mondays (MAMM). As a drummer, I have received a Juno Award with my group, Pugs and Crows. As a composer I have created scores for both Dance and Film, including commissioned works for Mexican Dance Artist Areli Moran and U.K’s Szuper Gallery. I regularly collaborate with dance artists and choreographers, including an on-going mentorship with dance improv pioneer Katie Duck (Holland) and Vancouver based Justine A. Chambers and Deanna Peters.

Currently, I’m exploring principles of sound felt in the body, as taught by my mentor, deaf/master percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, and researching a series of designed percussion instruments crafted by Roxanne Nesbitt. With these, I am trying to push the boundaries of drumming by using movement to communicate the energy of sound—helping an audience hear differently by creating and breaking expectations for a sound through gesture.