About
Ben Finley is a collaborative performer-composer specializing in acoustic and electric bass. He grew up on a music festival farm (Westben), where he witnessed/fell in love with various ways of making music. Ben is the Creative Director of the Performer-Composer Residency and the Sustainability Coordinator at Westben. He is a current Ph.D. candidate in the Critical Studies in Improvisation program at the University of Guelph, studying music festivals/creative music practices as sites of eco-cultural regeneration.