A man with curly hair leans against a rustic wall in the foreground, with a white building and a lush green forest in the background.

Dewey Memorial Hall Inc

LXCL:$20 in advance, $25 at the door

General Admission

<a fr-original-style="" href="https://www.bencosgrove.com/" id="isPasted" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Ben Cosgrove</a> is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as &quot;a sonic plein-air painter...[using] his piano as a paintbrush,&quot; Ben has performed in every U.S. state exept for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary&nbsp;The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, Acadia National Park, White Mountain National Forest, Isle Royale National Park, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the New England National Scenic Trail, the Schmidt Ocean Institute. the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife &amp; Fish Refuge, the Connecticut River Museum, and the Sitka Center for Art &amp; Ecology. Ben&#39;s music has been called &quot;beautiful and fascinating&quot; (The Maine Edge), &quot;deeply impressive&quot;(Independent Clauses), and &quot;immediately evocative and fully arresting...brim[ming] with technical mastery and emotional capital&quot; (Seven Days). <a fr-original-style="" href="https://newengland.com/yankee/magazine/0126-ben-cosgrove-gets-lost/" style="text-decoration-color: currentcolor; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">Yankee Magazine</a> calls his music &quot;quintessentially American, omnivorous, and democratic,&quot; and Sound of Boston has described him as &quot;an expert at painting sonic portraits of curious, unexpected places.&quot; His latest album, Topograph, a collection of sixteen new pieces inspired by land-shaping processes around the country, was released in January 2026. Beer, Wine and Refreshments available throughout the evening.

<a href="https://www.bencosgrove.com/" target="_blank">Ben Cosgrove</a> is a traveling composer-performer whose music explores themes of landscape, place, and environment. Described by the Boston Globe as "a sonic plein-air painter...[using] his piano as a paintbrush," Ben has performed in every U.S. state exept for Delaware, collaborated with groups ranging from rock bands to research scientists, contributed music to several radio and film projects (including the recent Ken Burns documentary The American Buffalo), and held residencies and fellowships with institutions including NASA, Acadia National Park, White Mountain National Forest, Isle Royale National Park, Harvard University, Middlebury College, the New England National Scenic Trail, the Schmidt Ocean Institute. the Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife &amp; Fish Refuge, the Connecticut River Museum, and the Sitka Center for Art &amp; Ecology. Ben's music has been called "beautiful and fascinating" (The Maine Edge), "deeply impressive"(Independent Clauses), and "immediately evocative and fully arresting...brim[ming] with technical mastery and emotional capital" (Seven Days). <a href="https://newengland.com/yankee/magazine/0126-ben-cosgrove-gets-lost/" target="_blank">Yankee Magazine</a> calls his music "quintessentially American, omnivorous, and democratic," and Sound of Boston has described him as "an expert at painting sonic portraits of curious, unexpected places." His latest album, Topograph, a collection of sixteen new pieces inspired by land-shaping processes around the country, was released in January 2026. Beer, Wine and Refreshments available throughout the evening.

Dewey Memorial Hall Inc

Ben Cosgrove in Concert

91 Main St

General Admission

$20

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