Born in Tasmania, Ben graduated from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music in 2007, earning first class honours and the university medal.
As Music Director: Rothschild & Sons in NYC (Lincoln Center/NYPL) and London (Park Theatre); the UK tours of Funny Girl (and worldwide cinema broadcast), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, West Side Story, and The Rocky Horror Show; Les Miserables in Concert (Guernsey); Chicago (Hong Kong), and Ordinary Days (Australia).
As Assistant Music Director: School of Rock (Gillian Lynne Theatre), Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (London Palladium), Wicked (Singapore), Doctor Zhivago (Australia, Seoul), West Side Story (Australia, Europe) and Chicago (Australia, Singapore).
On Music Staff: Phantom of the Opera, The Light in the Piazza, Topol in Fiddler on the Roof, Titanic (Australia); Orpheus in the Underworld, The Gondoliers, Richard Mills’ Love of the Nightingale (Opera Australia); Puccini’s La Rondine (Sydney Symphony); John Adams’ El Nino, Britten’s War Requiem and Stravinsky’s Symphony of Psalms (Sydney Philharmonia).
As Cover Conductor: Young Frankenstein (Garrick Theatre), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, (Savoy Theatre).
Ben’s album with Zachary Morris, Instructions for Dancing, was launched at 54 Below in 2019 and is available on all major digital music retailers.
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