Ben Kapilow (Assistant Music Director) (he/him) works as Assistant Professor/Music Director for the Performing Arts Department at SUNY Cortland. Prior to his appointment at SUNY Cortland, he served as Resident Music Director for the Media Theatre for the Performing Arts in Media, Pennsylvania. He has also worked at the Walnut Street Theatre, Candlelight Theatre, Fulton Theatre, and Syracuse Stage. As a composer, he has pieces published with Alfred Music, Choristers Guild, and Heritage Press. As a speaker, he has presented at the Pennsylvania Music Teachers Association Conference and the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy, and his writing has been published in Piano Magazine. He received an MM from the Peabody Conservatory and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Swarthmore College with a BA in Music and Psychology.