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Ben is a London-based freelance pianist, organist, and teacher. He holds the post of Director of Music and Organist at St Mary’s, Barnes, and is Organ Scholar at St Stephen’s, Walbrook with St Martin-in-the-Fields, where he accompanies the renowned Choral Scholars, Emerging Artists and Chamber Choir in services and concerts. He is active as an accompanist, having performed across London and beyond with ensembles including the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, the St Martin’s Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra of the London Choral Sinfonia. From September, he holds a scholarship offer to study a Masters’ degree in collaborative piano at the Royal Academy of Music.

A recent graduate from the University of Cambridge, Ben read music at Queens’ College, holding the Aliki Vatikioti Organ Scholarship and both the Beament Prize and Michael Williamson Instrumental Scholarship. He was an accompanist on the Sir Arthur Bliss Lieder Scheme 2022/3, where he received coaching from Joseph Middleton and performed in masterclasses with Sir Thomas Allen and Ailish Tynan He was a finalist in the 2023 Northern Ireland International Organ Competition and he continues his studies with Michael Dussek (piano) and Katelyn Emerson (organ).

Ben holds both the Fellowship Diploma of the Royal College of Organists and the Licentiateship of Trinity College London (in piano performance), passing with distinction. He has given recitals at venues including St John’s College, Cambridge; Trinity College, Cambridge; St Edmundsbury Cathedral; Birmingham Cathedral; Worcester Cathedral, and Holy Trinity, Folkestone among others, and recently made his debut at the Barnes Music Festival, performing Schubert’s Die schöne Müllerin.

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