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Ben Parry has a busy career as a conductor, composer, arranger, singer and producer. He has made over 100 recordings and his compositions and arrangements are published by OUP, Peters Edition and Faber Music. Ben's music featured in the hit US TV series, Glee and he is a house composer for Audio Network. Ben recently stepped down as Artistic Director and Principal Conductor of the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain after 11 years. As Director of the professional choir London Voices, he has worked on over 200 soundtracks such as The Hobbit, Avengers and Harry Potter. Ben studied Music and History of Art at Cambridge University. He was a member of The Swingle Singers in the late 1980s with whom he toured the world and performed with some of the world's greatest musicians. 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 Dunedin Consort, He has worked with the Academy of Ancient Music, Britten Sinfonia, CBSO, London Mozart Players, London Symphony Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Concert Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Academy of Ancient Music, Royal Symphony Orchestra of Seville and The Scottish Ensemble. He also appeared in the UK premiere of Cy Colman's City of Angels in 1994. Ben was made an Honorary Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in 2014 for his services to the music industry.