Ben combines a selective freelance career as an accomplished conductor and keyboardist with his role as Associate Artist Manager at James Brown Management, comprising operational and administrative provision to some of the industry’s leading artists of international renown. Additionally, and in partnership with Matthew Searles, Ben leads Affiné Creative, a boutique creative consultancy.
An
inherent
creative
Debut solo album
Ben’s debut solo album showcases the dance-inspired organ music of
Johann Sebastian Bach and Dieterich Buxtehude,
recorded at Ben’s alma mater,
The University of York.
COMBINING a freelance performance portfolio with a career in arts admin
An MA graduate of the University of York, Ben’s studies with Professor Peter Seymour focussed on Baroque performance practice; specifically, the influence on the music of Johann Sebastian Bach by his European counterparts and their country’s cultures and practices. Church music shaped much of Ben’s initial training and early career, and he has previously held positions at several of this country’s most eminent churches and cathedrals. Ben is currently preparing the release of his debut solo album, presenting the historically informed performance of selected dance-influenced organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach and Dieterich Buxtehude.
Equally at home at the organ, piano, harpsichord, and forte piano, Ben regularly collaborates with both instrumentalists and singers as an accompanist, and as an ensemble and continuo player has worked with several notable groups; The Royal Northern Sinfonia, Yorkshire Baroque Soloists, The Sixteen, and the BBC Philharmonic amongst them.
Ben is Music Director of King’s Lynn Festival Chorus; a one hundred strong choir, collaborating with distinguished soloists and ensembles to perform from a wide-ranging repertoire. Recent highlights include Johann Sebastian Bach’s Mass in B minor, and a gala concert of Gilbert and Sullivan including a semi-staged performance of the one-act comic opera Trial by Jury. Ben is also a guest conductor of The Fourth Choir, London’s LGBTQ+ chamber choir, and an Associate of The Come and Sing Company with whom he engages in a wide-ranging outreach programme.
Upcoming dates
SATURDAY 13 APRIL
King’s Lynn Festival Chorus
Brahms: Requiem
King’s Lynn Minster
7pm
SATURDAY 8 JUNE
Yorkshire Bach Choir
Brahms: Requiem
St Lawrence’s Church, York
7.30pm
SATURDAY 21 JULY
King’s Lynn Festival Chorus
Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle
St Nicholas’ Chapel, King’s Lynn
4pm
“You play Bach
your way and I’ll play him his way.”
— Harpsichordist WANDA LANDOWSKA
speaking to a fellow musician
Ben is very grateful for the kind generosity of all those individuals and organisations who have supported and continue to support his work and career. Thanks and recognition goes to these in particular, and several others who wish to remain anonymous.
With a
little help
from
my friends
A. Abbott & Sons
Help Musicians
The members of King’s Lynn Festival Chorus
Olgarhythm
—
Martin Bussey
Lily Corrin
Stephen and Jackie Horden
John Sayce Jones
Dirk Maney