Benjamin J. Harbert is a writer, musician, filmmaker, and scholar whose work explores how people make, hear, and understand music across institutions, communities, and media. His books, films, performances, and public scholarship examine musical life in places ranging from prisons and cities to archives and concert halls.
Upcoming
Berlin in Lights
March 11 · Kennedy Center
Listening Guide to Incarceration
March 20–22
Music Sustainability Forum 2026
April 10–11 · Georgetown University
Featured Writing
Instrument of the State
Oxford University Press
Ear Training for Incarceration
Sound and Detention
The Zither and Musical Circulation
Galpin Society Journal