Joel Benjamin
Alum
Simone Scazzocchio
Position
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments
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Career Highlights
- Instruments played include piano and bodhran
- Music director, composer, and developer at ROTU Entertainment (2010–present), leading music creation, interactive implementation, and production for VR titles including Ionia (PSVR, Meta Quest, Vive, SteamVR – 2021), Eolia (Meta Quest exclusive, 2022), and Healer (Meta Quest 3 exclusive, 2025)
- Composer for the rhythm game Cytus, contributing four original tracks for the “Million Downloads” update (Chapter "Timeline"), and collaborating with the Video Game Orchestra for orchestral recordings
- Mixing engineer for selected tracks from Seasons 1 and 2 of the Netflix series "Yeh Kaali Kaali Ankhein" soundtrack
- Music director and conductor for large-scale performances at major venues including Boston Symphony Hall, Carnegie Hall, and the Hatch Memorial Shell, leading ensembles of up to 180 musicians
- Curator of the RISE Music Series at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, programming four seasons of concerts and presenting artists such as Jacob Collier, Esperanza Spalding, and Yuna
- Producer, arranger, and collaborator across a wide range of genres and formats, working with artists including Dr. Ysaÿe Barnwell, Valerio Lundini, Nanowar of Steel, Stormlord, Shea Rose, and Silvio Amato on albums, live productions, and recordings
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