About Benjamin Gates

Benjamin Gates is a Professional Cellist, Founder and CEO of Asteroid Titanium Productions and Entertainment. Asteroid Titanium provides musical performances, audio engineering, productions and music creation. Composing original music and arranging his and other musicians' music is also accomplished through Asteroid Titanium.

Benjamin has played at various venues such as: the White House during the Obama Administration, Kennedy Center (Concert Hall and Millennium Stage), the Arena Stage starring Omari Hardwick, UAE Embassy, Italian Embassy, Washington Ethical Society, International Willard Hotel, Atlas Theater of Performing Arts, International Galas, private events for Ambassadors, hotels and other establishments.  Benjamin has also served as a guest artist and teacher at DC and Maryland Schools.

There is also great emphasis on giving back to the community and Benjamin is involved in community efforts. He hosts an annual project of distributing new hats, scarves, gloves and socks to homeless individuals and people-in-need throughout the Washington DC area in December, January and February, named:  Keeping you warm from Head to Toe.

In terms of his musical career, Benjamin has been playing the cello since he was four, he learned to play the Acoustic Cello first and began being trained classically first. During his professional career he became the principal cellist; audition, selected, attended and graduated from a DC High School in Instrumental Music where he was principal chair. Always striving to be the best form of himself, he advanced through different cello programs both in school and in extracurricular programs. While in college he was also principal chair of the University’s Orchestra. During his educational career, he always found ways to grow his craft by playing cello with acclaimed cellists Carlos Prieto and David Geringas.

Expanding his horizon, Benjamin also taught himself his current craft on the Electric Cello. Further into his career, he performed for her Majesty Queen Sylvia of Sweden at her International Gala in September 2015; at Bohemian Caverns,Arena Stage opening for Omari Hardwick,on Channel 7, WJLA-Inspire on aired on February 15, 2017; Channel 5, Foxs News, Beyond the Lens, aired on December 26, 2016; Channel  9, Good Day Washington on February 17, 2016, and GVHLive.  Since, Ben was on NBC, Channel 4 on March 1, 2017, for Black History Month: Faith, at the Prince Georges African American Museum honoring community leaders for their work.   

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