Benjamin Bryden Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Greater New York City Area

• Generating scientific, musical, and environmental awareness through STEAM fuelled interactive shows, workshops and digital programming featuring musical instruments built from repurposed materials.
• Lead presenter on 40+ live school performances and in-classroom instrument building workshops annually,reaching over 8,000 Pre-K to Fifth grade students each year.
• Presenter and virtual event producer for live streaming programs
• Shows and residencies include Carnegie Hall (biannually, 2014 to present), the Kennedy Center for PerformingArts, and the American Museum of Natural History.
• Lead performances and develop content, including writing original compositions, scripting live show elements,workshopping interactive educational elements, and ensuring a curricular connection.

New York, United States

• Produced digital public programming, led research projects, and acted as media spokesperson for the museum.
• Led, wrote, developed, edited, and presented ’Transit Tots’ - an interactive early childhood web series tying in earlylearning curriculum with museum content through science, art, original songs, and storytelling.
• Led any one of 9 in-person museum tours and education programs and acted as digital media producer andpresenter for online programs from Pre-K through to adults groups.
• Led research, conducted oral histories, and acted as media spokesperson in projects seeking to uncover stories ofunder-heralded heroes in transit history.
• Led implementation of research findings into new and existing programming.
• Acted as a public-facing resource while liaising with archives, curatorial, and family programs departments.

Manhattan, New York, United States

• Acted as the public face of an internationally renowned institution for concerts, performances and VIP events.
• Managed up to 12 patron services staff in a variety of venues and concert halls, responsible for safety of up to 800patrons, including obtaining and maintaining Fireguard certification.
• Liaised with box office and production departments.
• Responsible for admissions apparatus and software and upholding entry policies.
• Demonstrated a deep knowledge of the history and mission of the institution, and of artists and performances.

New York, United States

• Covering the New York Cosmos soccer team and the North American Soccer League for 'Twice a Cosmo'
• Wrote and reported breaking news, game previews, match analyses and historical profiles for the 2017 regularseason, as well as playoffs. Including conducting interviews with coaches, players, front-office staff, and.

Masters, Jazz/Jazz Studies

Bachelor Of Music (First Class) With Honours, Music