Benjamin Emory Larson is a composer, lyricist, music director, and pianist in the Twin Cities. His work has been commissioned and performed throughout the country in over a dozen states, and he has worked as a music director and pianist on cruise ships, at amusement parks, and in dozens of theatrical productions and cabarets. He has been a semi-finalist for The National Music Theater Conference at the Eugene O’Neill Theatre Center, and he was nominated for two Portland Area Musical Theater Awards. His work has been programmed and performed by Teatro Latea in New York, Casa 0101 in Los Angeles, A Little New Music, Nautilus Music-Theater, Theatre Elision, Reno Pops Orchestra, New Musicals Inc, Under the Arch Incubator, Rosetown Playhouse, The Central Oregon Youth Orchestra, Opera Bend, Phoenix Theater, Kitsap Fringe Opera, and others.