Ben Fraley
King of Denmark
Focus Day Performance
Thursday, 11:00 a.m.

Benjamin Fraley is a free-lance percussionist, composer, and educator in the Cincinnati area. He has performed and trained internationally in Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, Germany, Ghana, Austria, Hungary, and the Czech Republic, as well as the United States. He is well versed in large ensemble and chamber music, as well as West African, jazz, frame drum, and steel drum music. He has been a frequent performer at the MusicX, Grandin, and Bang on a Can festivals giving him the opportunity to work with many artists and composers. Fraley has studied with many teachers, primarily Benjamin Toth, Alexander Lepak, and the members of Percussion Group Cincinnati: James Culley, Allen Otte, and Russel Burge. Fraley holds a bachelor's degree in Percussion Performance and Music Management from The Hartt School at the University of Hartford, and a master's degree and an artist diploma in Percussion Performance at the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati.