Ben Vonberg-Clark is a tenor, conductor and campaigner for choral music education. He conducts the University of Essex choir and sings recitals, oratorio and as a part of many of London’s top choral ensembles. With the UoEC, he has conducted the London Mozart Players, the Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment and the City of London Sinfonia. Working across the world, Ben has developed a reputation for high quality and energetic music making, whether singing a solo recital as part of the Aldeburgh Festival, or taking a primary school singing workshop. Ben studied in Durham, Vienna and at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, and is now taught by Nicky Spence. Known for singing 20th century song, Ben has a close relationship with Britten Pears, and performs and conducts regularly there. In June 2023 he performed in John Bridcut’s new film on Michael Tippett on the BBC. Ben has also sung with the Sixteen, Stile Antico, the Eric Whitacre Singers, the BBC Singers, Polyphony and La Nuova Musica, among others. His book “Introducing Singing” was published in 2023 by Trinity College London. In 2013 he founded the children’s choirs of St. John the Divine, Kennington, and those choirs now have a national reputation for their pioneering work in the community of north Brixton. He is now based in Essex and has founded two children’s choirs there, working with the Ed Sheeran foundation.
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