Benjamin Payne

Professor of Music 813.899.0715 paynebenjamin@floridacollege.edu

Education

• Master of Music, Piano Performance, Boston Conservatory, Boston, MA, magna cum laude, May 2003.
• Bachelor of Music, Piano Performance, Univ. South Florida, Tampa, FL, magna cum laude, May 2001.
• Associate in Arts, Florida College, Temple Terrace, FL, magna cum laude, May 1999.

Honors and Awards

• Finalist , Meistersingers Choral Composition Competition (2005)
• Music History Assistantship, Boston Conservatory (2002)
• Outstanding Merit Award for Piano, Univ. of South Fl. (2000)
• Natl. Society Collegiate Scholars (2000)
• 5th place, SPEBSQSA Barbershop Competition, College Division, Blueprint (2000)
• 1st Place, NATS, junior male category (2000)
• “Mr. Florida College”, Florida College (1999)
• FCCAA Theatre Award, Florida College (1999)
• Audrey Lee Church Award for Piano, Florida College (1999)
• Academic Scholarship, Florida College (1997)
• John Philip Sousa Award, King High School (1997)

Association Memberships

• American Composers Forum (2007-present)
• Music Educators National Conference (2006-present)
• Florida Music Educator’s Association (2006-present)
• Florida Mid-State Music Teacher’s Assoc. (2006-present)
• Music Teacher’s National Association (2006-present)
• Florida State Music Teacher’s Association (2006-present)
• Phi Theta Kappa, Florida College (1997-present)

Professional Experiences

• Vocal & Instrumental Accompanying (1997-present)
• NATS Vocal Competition Accompanist (2007-present)
• Solo Piano Performance, MMTA Scholarship Recital (2008)
• Solo Piano Recital (2006)
• Nashville Opera - Hansel and Gretel (2005)
• Pianist for 6-week performance tour of Middle Tennessee schools
• Tenor, Nashville Symphony Chorus (2004-5)

Teaching and Administrative Experiences

• Class Piano for Non-music Majors (2006-7)
• Music Theory I & II(2006-present)
• Introduction to Music Literature (2006-present)
• Music Technology (2006-present)
• Class Piano for Music Majors (2006-present)
• Applied Piano (2006-present)
• Voice Class (2006-present)

Publications and Creative Works

• Ave Verum Corpus for a cappella SSAATTBB Chorus, unpublished (2005), finalist in the Meistersingers Choral Composition Competition, CA
• He Wishes for the cloths of heaven for SATB Chorus and piano, unpublished, finalist in the Vocalis Vaughn Williams Memorial Composition Competition, Harrogate, UK (2008)