Benjamin Horne (b. 1995)
Benjamin Horne is a conductor, composer/arranger, and low brass performer. Horne's works and arrangements span various styles. Horne has worked with and had music performed by musicians from the Chicago Symphony, Dallas Symphony, San Antonio Symphony (now reorganized as Philharmonic), Atlanta Symphony, Chicago Lyric Opera, Houston Opera, the President's Own US Marine Band, as well as other renowned instrumental soloists. He has worked with the SOLI Chamber Ensemble, Musiqa (Houston), Atlanta Chamber Players, Decoda (New York), and Picosa (Chicago) professional new music ensembles as well as several university large ensembles. His music has been featured as required repertoire for several international solo competitions and as lab music for conducting symposia. Horne’s music has been performed across the world in Europe, Asia, and South America. Also, his music has been performed at several events including state music educator conferences, the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic, the International Trombone Festival, the Lätzsch Trombone Festival in Germany, the International Tuba and Euphonium Conference, the International Euphonium Tuba Festival, the Leonard Falcone International Euphonium and Tuba Festival, International Trumpet Guild Conference, the International Horn Society Symposium, as well as the College Band Directors National Association Conference.

Horne's primary instrument is the euphonium. He is a past winner of the Mid-Atlantic Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference Solo Artist Competition. He has also been a finalist in the Southeast Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference Solo Artist Competition and the International Euphonium Tuba Festival Solo Artist Division. Horne was a member of the Columbus State University Trombone Choir under the direction of Dr. Bradley Palmer. He was among the ensemble members on the Choir’s 2017 CD, Full Tilt. Horne was a member of the Teal Sound and Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps including the latter’s 2016 Drum Corps International World Championship corps. He currently performs as a member of the Sequence Euphonium Quartet where he is also composer-in-residence.

Horne has worked with various ensembles as a guest conductor and educator including the Georgia Brass Band as well as several school ensembles and honor bands. Mr. Horne served as a middle and high school assistant band director at Holcomb Bridge Middle School and Centennial High School in Roswell, Georgia where he also led the jazz program. He has also worked as an instructor and clinician across the United States teaching sectionals, private lessons, masterclasses, and marching band at all levels from beginners to university students. He is currently a brass instructor for the Sacramento Mandarins Drum and Bugle Corps.

He is currently a Doctoral Wind Conducting and Master’s Music Composition student at Michigan State University. He previously attended the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University and the Schwob School of Music at Columbus State University (GA).

Deep River (2021)
for Anthony Morris

Deep River is an arrangement of the traditional spiritual of the same name for wind band. This arrangement is inspired by a popular art song version by Henry Burleigh. His low baritone voice as well as renditions by singers such as Paul Robeson are the motivation for this version's use of solo tuba for the song's initial presentation. Other allusions to Burleigh can be found through the work.

Deep River for wind band opens with solos from various voices evocative of short testimonies before we begin the song. The low voice of the tuba then leads us in with the first verse as others join in. At the conclusion of the lyric "peace," an alto saxophone solo "crosses" us over into a new place where the song starts again, but livelier featuring the entire saxophone section.

-program note by composer

Instrumentation
For Wind Band

Performer
University of Texas Wind Symphony
Conducted by T.j. Anderson

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