From 1st September 2024, our Musical Director is Ben Kirk, a rising choral conductor of international renown. We are delighted to be working under his direction, and look forward to many exciting concerts with him. Our previous Musical Directors include Chris Jessop, Peter Horley, Karol Jaworski and Brian Watkins.

Benjamin Kirk (b1992) was born in Beverley, East Yorkshire, to missionary parents. He spent his early years in Portugal, Brazil, and the United States, before falling in love with choral music while a chorister at Ripon Cathedral. After leaving Christ’s Hospital School in 2011, Benjamin moved to Tallinn, Estonia to begin studying Choral Conducting under Tõnu Kaljuste, at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre.

Benjamin won 3rd Prize in the 2019 World Choral Conducting Competition in Hong Kong, and is now Musical Director of the Leeds Guild of Singers, the Lea Singers in Harpenden, the Clerkes of All Saints in York, and is Conductor with The Purcell Singers in London.
Since 2021 Benjamin has been Guest Conductor with the National Forum of Music (NFM)
Choir in Wrocław, Poland, in a budding international career: Benjamin has also worked with the Carice Singers, the Estonian National Male Choir (2014/2016), Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (2016/2018), Swedish Radio Choir (2018), and the French Radio Choir (2019).