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Ben Juodvalkis is a San Francisco-based composer who has spent over 20 years creating original music for dance, film, theater, and multimedia installations. His work has been performed on four continents and features partnerships with more than 50 organizations, including Lines Ballet, Hubbard Street Dance, Bandaloop, and Joe Goode Performance Group.
Blending traditional sounds with electronic production, Ben designs custom electronic instruments to bring his compositions to life for dancers. He is also the creator of Maestro Modern, a music platform specifically designed for dance teachers and performers.
Ben's expertise spans composition, performance, record production, sound design, and music direction, and he holds a BA in Music from UC Santa Cruz. A founding member of the rock band Battlehooch, he continues to mentor students, champion collaborative creativity, and push the boundaries of the performing arts.
Education
UC Santa Cruz — BA in Music 2005, College Honors
Skills
- Music Composition
- Traditional notation and electronic scores for large and small ensembles.
- Music Performance
- Piano, percussion, keyboards, voice, analog and digital synthesis, sampling, music software, and anything else that will make noise.
- Record Production
- Engineering, arranging, mixing, mastering, vocal and instrument production.
- Sound Design
- Live sound, audio recording, digital video processing, sound and video installations.
- Music Direction
- Collaborating with filmmakers, choreographers, event producers, theater directors, and educators to realize complex productions. Clear communication and highly efficient production skills to fit the urgent pace of large productions.
- Education
- Ability to teach and mentor students from varied backgrounds and all levels of training.
Selected compositions
| Year | Work | Commissioner |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Somewhere to Land | Bandaloop |
| Are You Ok? | Joe Goode Performance Group | |
| 2023 | Bird Strike | Bandaloop |
| As We Go | Joe Goode Performance Group | |
| 2022 | LOOM: Field | Bandaloop |
| The Shoreline Project | Fog Beast | |
| Annihilation of Self | Film score | |
| Through the Page | Film score | |
| 2021 | Artist in Residence | Doolan-Larson House |
| Time of Change | Joe Goode Performance Group | |
| Undertow | Fog Beast | |
| 2020 | Flood | Bandaloop |
| Breathe Through | Bandaloop | |
| Unwind | Fog Beast | |
| Boucon | Cirk Biz'Arte | |
| 2019 | The Big Reveal | Fog Beast |
| Oil Change | Bandaloop | |
| Alice in Californialand | AXIS Dance | |
| Still Standing | Joe Goode Performance Group | |
| 2018 | MESH | KINETECH Arts |
| Furling Polyphony | Bandaloop | |
| Manimal Suite | Fog Beast | |
| Atlanta Public Canvas | Bandaloop | |
| Still Standing | Joe Goode Performance Group | |
| kosmos | tinypistol | |
| Berkeley Dance Project | UC Berkeley | |
| The Undefended Heart | UC Berkeley | |
| Make the Hold Happen | CSU Long Beach | |
| Sea Change | Joe Goode Performance Group | |
| 2017 | He's One of Us | Fog Beast |
| Providence Public Canvas | Bandaloop | |
| SuccessConnect Keynote London | SAP | |
| SuccessConnect Keynote Las Vegas | SAP | |
| Berkeley Dance Project | UC Berkeley | |
| Sound Design for the Stage | AME | |
| 2016 | San Francisco Public Canvas | Bandaloop |
| Upwell | Cisco | |
| Berkeley Dance Project | UC Berkeley | |
| 2015 | Change | Fog Beast |
| @Large | ODC Dance | |
| Porter | Blind Tiger Society | |
| StateSpace | KINETECH Arts | |
| To Go Again | AXIS Dance | |
| Poetics of Space | Joe Goode Performance Group | |
| Comfort Space | The Exploratorium | |
| The New Normal | Nueva School | |
| 2014 | Bad Here Day | Fog Beast |
| Comb your Here | Fog Beast | |
| The Aftermath Affair | Blind Tiger Society | |
| Bear Down | Blind Tiger Society | |
| Status Update | Nueva School | |
| 2013 | HUSH | Joe Goode Performance Group |
| Azimuth | Hubbard Street Dance | |
| Fox and the Donkey | Fog Beast | |
| Wreckage | Blind Tiger Society | |
| Sent | Nueva School | |
| 2012 | Constellation | LINES Ballet |
| Move Here | Fog Beast |
Other experience
2023–2024
Created Maestro Modern, a music website and app for dance and theater
2007–2024
Accompanying dance classes at UC Berkeley, ODC, and Dominican University
2007–2017
Performing, songwriting and recording with rock'n'roll band Battlehooch
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