Ben Pease Barton (b. 2000) is a British composer based in London, writing primarily for live instrumental and vocal performance. His works have recently premiered at venues and institutions including the Barbican Hall, Carnegie Hall, The Place (London), Musikene (San Sebastián), Milton Court Concert Hall, The Courtauld Gallery and the King’s Lynn Festival. He often draws on ecological and archaeological ideas, with a particular focus on the complex human forces that perpetually shape, sustain and degrade ancient natural landscapes. This is influenced by his early upbringing in Hatfield Forest, Essex as the son of a forest ranger.

Ben has written for ensembles including EXAUDI Vocal Ensemble, the Gildas and Ligeti Quartets, PlusMinus Ensemble, line upon line percussion, the Guildhall Session and Symphony Orchestras, and the Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. He has written for soloists including clarinettist Heather Roche, pianists Ben Smith and William Bracken, violinist Kryštof Kohout, percussionist Simon Limbrick and singers Karima El Demerdasch, Manon Ogwen Parry and Faryl Smith. Conductors he's worked with include Jack Sheen, Jonathan Stockhammer, Sir Antonio Pappano, Toby Thatcher and Alphonse Cemin. His recent collaborators from the other arts include writer David Bottomley (HOLME [2025]), choreographer Emma Poyer (Kala [2022]) and writer-soprano Olivia Bell (Fall and Mudlark [2023]).

Ben studied with Julian Anderson, Cassandra Miller and Malcolm Singer at Guildhall School of Music & Drama as an undergraduate (first-class honours). He then continued studies with Anderson at the School, completing his master's with distinction in 2024. At Guildhall, he received the Tracey Chadwell Memorial Prize for vocal composition, the inaugural Jane Manning – Anthony Payne Award (the School's top composition prize) and, upon graduation, the Marjorie & Dorothy Whyte Memorial Award for nominated graduates of the London conservatoires. He was also supported by the Guildhall Scholarship, Henry Wood Trust Scholarship, Leverhulme Arts Scholarship and a Vaughan Williams Bursary. He has participated in courses and masterclasses in the UK and abroad with leading composers including Michael Jarrell, Tom Coult, Charlotte Bray, Helmut Lachenmann and Ramon Lazkano.

Ben is the Composition Tutor at Guildhall Young Artists Norwich.