Benjamin Broening's compositions have been widely performed and broadcast across the
United States and in Europe and Asia. He has composed works for many media including orchestral, choral, chamber and electroacoustic music. Recent commissions include a work for clarinet and piano commissioned by the Band and Orchestral Division of Yamaha Corporation of America for Arthur Campbell, a work for clarinet and electronics for F. Gerard Errante and choral/instrumental works for the Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, the James River Singers as well pieces for pianist Daniel Koppelman and eighth blackbird.
Other recent works include a piece for soprano and electroacoustic music commissioned by the Arts Now Series at North Carolina State University,
a cantata for the Charlotte Symphony and the Oratorio Singers of Charlotte, a series of multi-channel miniatures based on spoken word performances, pieces for the Connecticut Choral Society, the Grace Choral Society of Brooklyn, a multi-media cantata for Hampton-Sydney College among others. Other commissions include a clarinet concerto for Richard Hawkins and the Interlochen Arts Academy Wind Ensemble, chamber works for Quorum Chamber Arts Collective and Currents new music ensemble, three choral works for the Virginia Glee Club, music for theater and dance, as well as numerous solo works for performers around the United States.
A recipient of a Fulbright Fellowship to Estonia, Broening has also received recognition and awards from the American Composers Forum, Virginia Commission for the Arts and the Presser Music Foundation as well as a teaching award from University of Richmond. His music has been recorded on the Centaur, everglade, Equilibrium, MIT Press and SEAMUS labels.
Broening is founder and artistic director of Third Practice, an annual festival of electroacoustic music at the University of Richmond, where he is Associate Professor of Music. He holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Cambridge University, Yale University, and Wesleyan University.