Brittney Benton

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Biography

(She/Her) Driven by storytelling and imagery, Brittney Benton's music takes you on a journey through a lush melodic and harmonic soundscape, filled with personality at every turn.
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Experience

Yale University

2025 - Present
New Haven, Connecticut

Yale Presidential Public Service Fellow

2025 - Present
As part of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra's Muse Family project, I will be doing research to find resources at Yale that mention the Muse Family, exploring ways that the Black churches in New Haven provided a pathway for black musicians to study at Yale in the early 20th century, helping with planning for the project, drafting introductory materials to pitch to potential funders, and identifying potential sources of funding to commission a new work. I will also be involved with various tasks in music administration.

Yale School of Music

2023 - Present
New Haven, CT

Communications Assistant

2023 - Present
Works with the communications team to produce student newsletters and maintain Yale School of Music websites.
Las Vegas, NV

Scheduling Liaison - Nextet After Hours

2021 - 2021
Created and maintained a team calendar, kept in communication with all team members, lead recruitment fairs, and books meeting spaces for Nextet After Hours (NAH), a student run organization focused on promoting new music.

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Brittney Benton

Driven by storytelling and imagery, Brittney Benton's music takes you on a journey through a lush melodic and harmonic soundscape, filled with personality at every turn.

Brittney holds a Bachelor’s degree in Music Composition with a Minor in Music Technology from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and a Masters in Music Composition from the Yale School of Music. She is very interested in working outside of the concert hall, especially in the realm of video game music.​

Brittney’s music has been performed by the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, ZOFO, the Beo String Quartet, the Lowell Chamber Orchestra, the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra, SOLI Chamber Ensemble and more.
She was named one of the winners of Chicago a Capella’s “Her Voice Competition” in 2022. In 2024 she was named one of the winners of the SOLI Chamber Ensemble’s “30x30x30” competition and was a recipient of Kind of Kings “Bouman Fellowship”.

​Recent composition festivals include the 2020 Charlotte New Music Festival and Connecticut Summerfest 2021. She also attended the inaugural Akropolis Chamber Music Institute (ACMI) in 2022. In 2024, she attended the Alba Music Composition Festival in Alba, Italy.​

Her principal teachers include Jennifer Bellor, Viet Cuong, Aaron Jay Kernis, Christopher Theofanidis, Martin Bresnick, and David Lang.

 

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