Ben

I have just returned from a pastoral position in one of Ireland`s top boarding schools. Prior to that my experience with young people has included: teaching refugee children in the West Bank two years working at Young Arbury Music Makers teaching guitar and singing private tuition of bass guitar, drums, piano and music theory volunteer work on summer camps for children aged 2-18 and chaperoning choristers while on tour with Jesus College Choir, Cambridge.

As well as my main calling (music) I teach Maths, Physics, English and all aspects of the eleven plus exams.

I discovered my passion for music aged 16 when someone handed me a bass guitar and told me to keep up with the drummer. Since then I have performed in and directed rock bands, big bands, jazz bands, worship bands and musical theatre bands. I supported the Temptations live, featured on the backing track for the 2009 OUP publication Jamaican Voiceworks, and led a congregation of over a thousand from the back of a lorry.

At the age of twenty I discovered my counter tenor voice, and went on to gain choral scholarships at St Luke’s Church Chelsea, Christchurch Cathedral Dublin, Norwich Cathedral and Jesus College Cambridge. I deputised at King’s College Cambridge and New College Oxford, was a member of the Cambridge University Chamber Choir, and starred in several CU operas.
I was Music Officer at St Edmund’s College Cambridge, and then President of the college’s Music Society.

Availability: Currently available.

Willing to travel: 30 miles

Experience: I have privately taught maths, English, guitar, bass guitar, drums, piano, singing, organ and music theory to students aged from 6 to 40.