Benjamin Roberts an award-winning American composer and orchestrator for musical theatre and the concert stage, regularly collaborating with Broadway's leading artists and professional wind ensembles around the globe.
His concert music and arrangements have been performed in more than a dozen countries across four continents. In 2021, he was commissioned to compose a fanfare for President Joe Biden, premiered for twenty heads of state at the APEC summit in San Francisco. He serves on active duty as a staff composer for United States Air Force Bands and received First Prize in the Erik Satie International Music Competition for his wind ensemble suite Judaean Exultations.
Roberts has provided theatrical orchestrations and arrangements for leading artists including Brian d’Arcy James, Jessie Mueller, Ethan Slater, Heather Headley, Jennifer Holliday, and JJ Niemann. The Chicago Tribune has noted his “singular orchestrations” for Jeff Award–winning productions at the Marriott Theatre.
He has written two original musicals: Ferdinand (music, lyrics, co-book, with Jordan Goodsell) and Tomás and the Library Lady (music, with José Cruz González). He holds a Bachelor of Music from Northwestern University and is based in Tokyo.
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Theatre Orchestrations
Tomás and the
Library Lady
Music by Benjamin Roberts
Adaptation by José Cruz González
Based on the book by Pat Mora
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