Verdery: A prolific composer

Benjamin’s Scenes from Ellis Island, for guitar orchestra, has been extensively broadcast and performed at festivals and universities in America, Canada, New Zealand and Europe. The Los Angeles Guitar Quartet performs it on their CD Air and Ground (Sony Classical). Many of his chamber and solo compositions have been performed and published in recent years. Verdery won the 1992 Best Classical Guitar Recording in Guitar Player Magazine.  The following year, Benjamin Verdery founded his own band Ufonia, composing music for guitar, flute, oboe, bass, and percussion. And in 1996, John Williams recorded Mr. Verdery's duo version of Capitola, CA for Sony Classical.