Ostara Festival
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Ben Dumbauld
Pittsburgh Based Percussionist and Composer
Ben Dumbauld is a percussionist, composer, and ritual facilitator located in Pittsburgh, PA. Hi work has generally split between performing, composing, and facilitating opportunities for others (often amateurs) to perform music.
As a performer, Ben has worked with Jazz, Rock, and Folk bands, singer-songwriters, orchestras, churches, and musical theater across Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, and New York City.
As a composer, he has released sheet music and albums both under his own name and under the projects International Surrealist Bulletin and Synth Bard.
As a facilitator, he established the experimental music label Ephem-Aural, as well as a mallet percussion program for kids and a handbell program for adults while in New York City. In Pittsburgh, he has begun facilitating one-shot public musical rituals, often focused on group performance of percussion instruments.
As a performer, Ben has worked with Jazz, Rock, and Folk bands, singer-songwriters, orchestras, churches, and musical theater across Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, and New York City.
As a composer, he has released sheet music and albums both under his own name and under the projects International Surrealist Bulletin and Synth Bard.
As a facilitator, he established the experimental music label Ephem-Aural, as well as a mallet percussion program for kids and a handbell program for adults while in New York City. In Pittsburgh, he has begun facilitating one-shot public musical rituals, often focused on group performance of percussion instruments.
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Frequently Performs With
- Ephem-Aural 4 events
- Bantha Tea Bar 3 events
- The Courts 1 event
Frequently Performs At
- Bantha Tea Bar 3 events
- The Courts 1 event
Related Events
Valentines Art Party Featuring Jair-Rohm Parker Wells, Tara Toms, and Ben Dumbauld
Spend Valentines drawing, writing, or otherwise being inspired by special musical guests
Stare Rail Album Release Show featuring guest Bark Culture (+ Local Acts)
A Night of Free Jazz, Ambient, Improvised and Experimental Music
This World is Possible with Majid Arain & Klimchak, Celeste Neuhaus, Ben Dumbauld, berto
"Secret" show at the abandoned tennis courts in West Penn Park @ Polish Hill. Come gather, dance, commune, and improvise amongst the ruins and the trees.