Matus, Ben

Ben Matus

Ben Matus enjoys a varied career in music: bringing to life music regardless of whether it was written in the Middle Ages or yesterday.  Ben performs with early music groups on various bassoons, dulcians, shawms, recorders, bagpipes, and whatever instruments he can get his hands on all along the East Coast—including Alkemie Medieval Music Ensemble, New York Baroque Incorporated, Trinity Baroque Orchestra, The Clarion Society, Opera Lafayette, The Washington Bach Consort, The Handel and Haydn Society, Mountainside Baroque, and more.  In addition to his performances in concert halls, Ben plays and sings for the Chivalrous Crickets, a band focused on the folk traditions of the British Isles, America, Canada, and their early music roots.  With Alkemie, Ben recently prepared and recorded the music for the video game Pentiment.  In his spare time Ben can be found attending his friends’ concerts (pandemic permitting), learning new instruments, developing new hobbies, or recording birds deep in the woods.