Ben Murphy is a queer Canadian composer and bassist, living in New York City since 2009.

His compositions have been performed at Carnegie Hall, earned an NYCAC grant, and been recorded by the Mannes Orchestra. His arrangements, particularly of Caroline Shaw’s music, have been performed by ensembles such as BBC Radio Orchestra, Paris Philharmonic, Houston Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic.

As a bassist he has appeared on many recordings, including the grammy winning "Dame Ethel Smyth 'The Prison' by Experiential Orchestra and Chorus, James Blachly", performed at Carnegie Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Hollywood Bowl, and Town Hall, with ensembles such as Roomful of Teeth, Attacca Quartet, SO Percussion, Locate S,1, Moth Eggs, Loftopera, The Chelsea Symphony, and many more.

As an engraver/copyist/sheet music preparer, he has prepared sheet music for Caroline Shaw, Andrew Norman, The Dirty Projectors, Marc Ribot, The New York Philharmonic, The Los Angeles Philharmonic, Tyshawn Sorey, The Real Book, and a restoration of Henry Cowell’s "Rhythmicana".

His albums "COMPUTER MUSIC (for humans)" (a collection of synthesized music programmed from the ground up) and the upcoming "Afrodita" (a granular-processed chorale setting a poem of Sappho in the original Greek, sung by Alena Spanger) feature extended just intonation programmed in pure data.

In his free time, Ben enjoys studying the Shakuhachi and oil painting, triangles and the color green.