Benjamin Lieser is the Horn Professor in the School of Performing Arts at the University of Central Florida. He is currently principal horn of the Brevard Symphony Orchestra (Melbourne, FL), and second horn of the Bach Festival Society Orchestra. He has performed with the Walt Disney World Orchestra, the Florida Orchestra, the Jacksonville Symphony, the Cincinnati Opera, the Orlando Philharmonic and the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra. Additionally, he serves on the Advisory Council for the International Horn Society, he is the Florida Area Representative for the IHS and hosts the annual Florida French Horn Festival.

Dr. Lieser has been a featured soloist with the OFUNAM orchestra in Mexico City, and performed as a contributing artist at the International Horn Symposiums, the International Women’s Brass Conference, the National Association of College Wind and Percussion Instructors, the Southeast Horn Workshops, and the Florida French Horn Festival. As a member of the UCF Faculty Woodwind Quintet, he has performed at the International Double Reed Workshop.

Previously, Benjamin taught at Stetson University in Deland, FL, and has served as a secondary music educator in both public and private schools in Jacksonville and Orlando. He holds degrees from Florida State University (BA, DM) and the University of Cincinnati (MM). His teachers include William Capps, Randy Gardner, Michelle Stebleton, Duane Duggar, and Randall Faust.