Ben Titus Music
MPS Centennial Biennial Music Festival
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena
400 W Kilbourn Ave
Milwaukee, WI 53203
May 1, 2024
6:00 PM CDT
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The Biennial Music Festival has been part of the MPS music program since 1924. To honor the 100th year of the festival, we will feature drum lines, world drumming, bands, choirs, orchestras, and our modern band students as well as a celebratory trumpet fanfare. Students from all across the district will come together to rehearse in the early spring. They will be led by our own MPS music teachers in what is sure to be a wonderful performance.
I’m co-conducting the Honors Orchestra, a symphony orchestra with nearly 150 members!
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Ben Titus Music Biography
Ben holds a BM in Music Education (PreK-12 Instrumental) from Longwood University and an MM in Music Education from Virginia Commonwealth University. While he majored in clarinet and performs primarily on bass and guitar outside of the concert band world, Ben is a multi-instrumentalist, performing with numerous ensembles on a number of different instruments. Past credits include the Mid-Atlantic Wind Symphony (principal clarinet, bass clarinet), Aaron Noë All-Stars (electric and upright bass), Christian Youth Theater (electric and upright bass), Fredericksburg Academy Players (bass, drumset, guitar, auxiliary percussion), and the Rappahannock Pops Orchestra (clarinet, bass clarinet, timpani/aux. percussion).
As an educator, Ben has a wide variety of experience. His busy career so far has included conducting concert bands, jazz ensembles, orchestras, and chamber groups during his career. Ben is also an in demand clinician, presenting clinics and performances for Gerald Veasley’s Bass Bootcamp, The Virginia Bass Forum, and various schools and lesson programs throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and southeast Wisconsin. Ben maintains a small but thriving private studio of guitar, bass, clarinet, and theory students in Milwaukee and via Skype.
Since 2005, Ben has developed a reputation as a first-call jazz, blues, fusion, and rock bassist. He has shared the stage with the late great tenor saxophonist James Moody, Grammy Award-Winning alto saxophonist Eric Marienthal, John DeSalme (tenor sax, US Army Blues), and Duffy Jackson (drums). He has also opened for Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Edwin McCain Band, and Chase Rice. Ben has been an integral member of bands playing events ranging from inaugural balls to state fairs to Wisconsin’s Summerfest Music Festival.
Read MoreAs an educator, Ben has a wide variety of experience. His busy career so far has included conducting concert bands, jazz ensembles, orchestras, and chamber groups during his career. Ben is also an in demand clinician, presenting clinics and performances for Gerald Veasley’s Bass Bootcamp, The Virginia Bass Forum, and various schools and lesson programs throughout the Mid-Atlantic region and southeast Wisconsin. Ben maintains a small but thriving private studio of guitar, bass, clarinet, and theory students in Milwaukee and via Skype.
Since 2005, Ben has developed a reputation as a first-call jazz, blues, fusion, and rock bassist. He has shared the stage with the late great tenor saxophonist James Moody, Grammy Award-Winning alto saxophonist Eric Marienthal, John DeSalme (tenor sax, US Army Blues), and Duffy Jackson (drums). He has also opened for Jimmie's Chicken Shack, Edwin McCain Band, and Chase Rice. Ben has been an integral member of bands playing events ranging from inaugural balls to state fairs to Wisconsin’s Summerfest Music Festival.
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