Ben Houge
@audiogustatory
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We make food operas.
Boston, MA
Joined January 2016
Been a little quiet lately while we worked on this, a musical dish to celebrate @Mugaritz's 20th anniversary! Part of their tasting menu from two weeks ago until the end of the year...
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Looking forward to teaching Music + Food again next spring at @BerkleeCollege!
.@BerkleeCollege students: how often do you get to compose music for food? Or even consider how music impacts a meal? This spring, take EPD Professor @audiogustatory's Music + Food class, offered through @BerkleeICE. More:
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"Forget the wine. Is pairing food with music the next big thing?" Great article about the food opera project by @jennampelletier in @bostonmagazine from earlier this year:
bostonmagazine.com
Forget the wine. Is pairing food with music the next big thing?
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Looking forward to presenting at the fourth @WebAudioConf in Berlin, Sept 19-21! I've got my early bird tickets. How about you?
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Great article by @benratliff about @ryuichisakamoto and the importance of thoughtful music in restaurants! https://t.co/0rDhAMW5qk
nytimes.com
How Ryuichi Sakamoto assembled the soundtrack for Kajitsu, in Murray Hill, and what it says about the sounds we hear (or should) while we eat.
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“The soup is merely a vehicle to transport the images to the stomach,” said artist Eduardo Navarro.
nytimes.com
Eduardo Navarro placed a paper in our cream of broccoli soup. “Perhaps if you truly want to understand a drawing,” he said, “you have to just eat it.”
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A wonderful article about the food opera project by Alison Arnett in the @BostonGlobe, featuring our recent @BostonSymphony Méhul collaboration:
bostonglobe.com
For Ben Houge, who teaches at Berklee College of Music, food is an art that deserves its own soundtrack.
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I'm participating in this Science by the Pint panel at @AeronautBrewing tomorrow, hosted by Keith Kirchoff from @OG_Concerts!
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Just before we opened the doors at #LeDînerDesAmazones on Saturday, the first of two sold out BSO food opera events at Symphony Hall!
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Étienne Méhul, the subject of our BSO Food Opera, was a forward looking composer due for a reappraisal:
theguardian.com
Thomas Beecham devoted himself to discovering the lost works of the French composer, a favourite of Napoleon, and as instrumental as Beethoven. It’s time we did the same
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Our next London Gathering is on the 3rd of February! https://t.co/5njPsmYwYD Click to find out more
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Network run through and sound check for Le Dîner des Amazones, this weekend at Symphony Hall!
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Don't miss "Le Dîner des Amazones" at Symphony Hall. Limited seating available- please call SymphonyCharge at 888-266-1200 to make your reservation.
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The Jan 6 presentation of our next food opera is sold out! Tickets still available for Jan 9. Le Dîner des Amazones is a four-course culinary remix of music by French Romantic Étienne Méhul:
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16 channels of Méhul in my living room, running tests for our next food opera, Jan 6 & 9. Sounds pretty sweet (it's for dessert)!
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Le Dîner des Amazones, our second food opera collaboration with @BostonSymphony, celebrating the music of Méhul, happens Jan 6 & 9!
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Excellent article on the food opera project by @JenkinsTS for @FineDiningLover!
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"Film and opera aren't so different..."
nytimes.com
The Oscar-winning actor concentrates on subtle acting in his new production of “Falstaff” at Opera Vlaanderen in Belgium.
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A new vegetarian cookbook from @FeistMusic!
pitchfork.com
Collecting over 40 recipes from 11 days in the studio
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Great article on the food opera project and the importance of music in the dining room by @TononRafa!
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