Ben Cosgrove — Concerts in the Courtyard Series
When:
Friday, Aug 11, 2023 12:30p -
1:30p
Friday, Aug 11, 2023 12:30p -
1:30p
Where:
Boston Public Library: McKim Building Courtyard
230 Dartmouth Street
Boston, MA 02116
Admission:
FREE
Hosted by:
Categories:
Good for Groups, Music, Outside
Event website:
https://bpl.bibliocommons.com/events/64591a53ea132336001b43f6
Join us for "compelling and beautiful" instrumental piano music inspired by landscape, geography, and place.
Registration is not required but the limited amount of seating is first come, first served. In the event of inclement weather, the concert will be moved indoors to the Rabb Lecture Hall.
Ben Cosgrove is a traveling composer-performer whose “compelling and beautiful” instrumental music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. He has performed in every U.S. state but Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including Acadia National Park, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, White Mountain National Forest, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the Schmidt Ocean Institute, the New England National Scenic Trail, NASA, and the Sitka Center for Art & Ecology.
Ben’s fourth studio album, The Trouble With Wilderness, an evocation of different expressions of nature and wildness within the built environment, was released in 2021. It has been the subject of an episode of the NHPR show Outside/In, was deemed one of the spring's best new releases by WBUR, and has been called "beautiful and fascinating" (The Maine Edge), "instant relief" (The Boston Globe) "deeply impressive" (Independent Clauses) and "immediately evocative and fully arresting... brim[ming] with technical mastery and emotional capital" (Seven Days). In addition to his solo work, Ben has performed and recorded with a long list of artists that includes Ghost of Paul Revere, GoldenOak, Darlingside, Max García Conover, and many more. To learn more, visit his website.
Boston Public Library's Concerts in the Courtyard Series is sponsored by Bank of America.
About the BPL's COVID-19 health and safety protocols:
- Program attendees are recommended to wear masks covering their noses and mouths.
- Read the BPL's latest COVID-19 guidelines for visiting the library.
- Program performers may remove their masks during the program.
