Ben Parry is an established conductor, composer, arranger, singer and producer in both classical and light music fields. He has made over forty CD recordings and his compositions and arrangements are published by Peters Edition and Faber Music, including the popular Faber Carol Book and Music for Special Occasions.

He is Director of Junior Academy at the Royal Academy of Music, and works extensively with young musicians as a director of the Eton Choral Courses National Youth Choir of Wales, and as former Director of Music at St Paul’s School in London. As co-Director of the professional choir London Voices, he has worked closely with Sir Paul McCartney on his classical choral work, Ecce Cor Meum, as well as conducting on the soundtracks of major films such as The Golden Compass, Kung Fu Panda, Inkheart, Iron Man 2 and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. London Voices performed Stockhausen’s Stimmung at the2008 Aldeburgh Festival and Berio’s Sinfonia with the National Youth Orchestra in 2009. He is presently writing an original musical with author and lyricist Garth Bardsley.

Ben studied 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 and co-produced their albums for Virgin Classics and EMI.

For eight years he lived in Scotland, where he co-founded the distinguished vocal ensemble Dunedin Consort, and was also Director of the Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus and Director of Choral Music at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. As an orchestral conductor he was worked with the LSO, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville, The Scottish Ensemble, National Youth Orchestra and the Vancouver Youth Symphony. He conducted five productions from 1999 as Music Director of Haddo House Opera. He has sung with the Gabrieli Consort, Taverner Consort and Tenebrae, as well as on many film and TV soundtracks.

He appeared on the West End stage in the UK premiere of Cy Colman's musical City of Angels in 1994.