Benedict Preece is a conductor, passionate about working with both singers and instrumentalists. He was Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar 2017-2018 and has recently been awarded a scholarship as a post-graduate choral conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, London. He maintains a busy schedule as Music Director of Caritas Chamber Choir and East Bridge Chorale. He began his career as a Chorister of Canterbury Cathedral and for many years after as a Tenor. At Trinity College of Music, London, he specialised in horn and natural horn under tutelage of Roger Montgomery and subsequently with Anthony Halstead. As an organist, Benedict studied with David Flood and both organ and composition with Neil Wright. He has developed his orchestral conducting with Stephen Portman (a former student of Monteux and Szell) and with Peter Stark. As the Genesis Sixteen Conducting Scholar, he studied with Eamonn Dougan and Harry Christophers, amongst others. He has released many recordings to critical acclaim with Caritas Chamber Choir. Ritmo magazine described his conducting: “Preece is very convincing in his direction of the traffic of sound: he always knows which voice to bring out, how to accentuate the beauty of the phrase with appropriate breathing, and how to resolve the frequent dialogue between the different strands with ease.” Benedict is a signed artist with Ulysses Arts, a London-based record label, as both a conductor and organist.