Ben Horden

An MA graduate of the University of York, Ben’s studies with Professor Peter Seymour focused 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 now combines a selective freelance career as an accomplished conductor and keyboardist with his role as Associate Artist Manager at James Brown Management. 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. He is also a guest conductor of The Fourth Choir, London’s LGBTQ+ chamber choir.