Ben Vida is a composer, improviser, writer and artist. His practice encompasses works for voice and ensemble, musique concrète, text-based compositions and electroacoustic improvisation. In the mid-90s he was involved in Chicago’s multi-faceted experimental music scene, co-founding the quartet Town & Country. In the 2000s he relocated to New York and began producing electronic and systems-based compositions focused on psychoacoustics and advanced synthesis techniques, releasing records on Shelter Press and PAN. He also began exhibiting artworks such as video, text drawings, and sound installation. Since 2013, he has been composing pieces that combine his interests in group vocalization, durational performance, and typographical scores. Recent performances include Présences Electronique at ina/GRM, ReWire Festival, e-flux, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, ZKM, Brooklyn Academy of Music, and the Semibreve Festival. In 2023, his piece The Beat My Head Hit, composed for the YarnWire and vocalist Nina Dante, was released on Shelter Press, and this past summer his composition Vocal Trio was released on Blume Editions. He teaches in the Sonic Arts MFA at the Brooklyn College.
