Ben Parry
Ben Parry is an established conductor, composer, arranger, singer and producer in both classical and light music fields. He has made over fifty recordings and his compositions and arrangements are published by Peters Edition and Faber Music. He works extensively with young musicians as a director of the Eton Choral Courses and is Director of Junior Royal Academy of Music in London. He is co-Director of London Voices, and has conducted the choir on soundtracks of major films such as The Golden Compass, Kung Fu Panda, Harry Potter and Iron Man. Ben studied music at Cambridge University, where he was a member of King’s College Choir. Later he was musical director and singer with The Swingle Singers, with whom he toured the world and performed with some of the greatest musicians, including Pierre Boulez, Stephane Grapelli and Dizzy Gillespie. He composed and arranged over fifty pieces for the group. For eight years he lived in Scotland, where he co-founded the Dunedin Consort, and was also Director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus, Director of Choral Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, and conductor of Haddo House Opera. He has conducted the London Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, National Youth Orchestra of Wales and Vancouver Youth Symphony. As a singer, he has worked with the Gabrieli Consort, Schütz Choir, Taverner Consort and Tenebrae, as well as on many film and TV soundtracks. Visit his website www.benparry.org for more information.