Ben Bussey (he/him) is a musician and teaching artist based in Minneapolis, MN. His work on trombone, bass trombone, euphonium, tuba, and sousaphone cover a wealth of genres and reflect a keen interest in music education for all ages and abilities. His creative projects include The Paper Clips and Heavy Metal Brass Band. He is on the faculty at University of Wisconsin - River Falls and serves at the MacPhail Center for Music as a low brass instructor, ensemble clinician, and arts administrator.

Ben has performed with some of the music industry’s best artists across a variety of styles - The New Standards, The Shabby Road Orchestra, Davina and the Vagabonds, Chuck Lazarus, Michael Davis, Catherine Russell, Ingrid Jensen, Mayito Rivera, Oystein Baadsvik, Mike Mills, Dave Pirner, Jeremy Messersmith, Aby Wolf, Cameron Kinghorn, Jaedyn James, Scott Bergman, The Belfast Cowboys, Adam Meckler Orchestra, the Twin Cities Jazz Composers Workshop, IMPROVESTRA, Dream on Nilsson, the Lake Woebegon Brass Band, Artistry MN, and the Jungle Theater.

Ben is an active guest artist, clinician, and adjudicator for music programs throughout the Upper Midwest. He has served on the boards of the Minnesota Music Educators Association and the Minnesota Band Directors Association. His wide range of professional experiences provide a new lens for students as they develop their skills as musicians, and help guide his instruction in a unique way that equitably serves students & their families.

A Minneapolis native, Ben holds degrees from the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities (BM Music Ed, 2008) and McNally Smith College of Music (MM Trombone, 2015, R.I.P.). His teachers in performing, arranging, conducting, and improvisation include Scott Agster, Pete Whitman, Adi Yeshaya, John Tranter, Dave Werden, and Jerry Luckhardt. He is a coffee enthusiast, dice goblin, and avid baseball fan.