Benjamin Wolf is a musician and academic. He regularly performs as conductor, pianist and singer, and also works as a composer. In the past academic year he has worked as a visiting lecturer in the Music Departments of Royal Holloway and Bristol universities, and he has recently been appointed as lecturer in music at Regent's College, London. Please click for details of his performances. You can also listen to his recordings, buy his music, find links to the ensembles that he works with most often and read details of his PhD research into arts subsidy in twentieth-century Britain.
Recent News: the Zemel Choir has just returned from the inaugural Louis Lewandowski Festival in Berlin. For full details visit the Zemel website. Here we are at the Rykestrasse Synagogue:
In other recent news, The Royal Free Music Society has recently held its Christmas concert, including music by Warlock, Holst and others. Looking ahead, there will be a Zemel Choir fundraising soirée on January 22nd, and a concert of Jewish music from around the world in March. The next RFMS concert (music for the Royal Jubilee) takes place on March 17th, while the Rushmoor Choir will be performing Mozart's Requiem on March 24th. Anyone looking for a wider introduction to Jewish music should visit the Jewish Music Fair on February 12th, while there will be a concert at Belsize Square Synagogue on February 5th.
Highlights of 2011:
2011 was a busy year, with new teaching positions and plenty of concerts. The Zemel Choir visited Berlin and Strasbourg, and the Rushmoor Choir performed in Italy. RFMS performed choral favourites by Vivaldi, Mozart and others, and bOYbershop helped to raise money for the Alan Senitt Memorial Trust and Camp Simcha. Belsize Square Synagogue choir helped to say goodbye to Rabbi Rodney Mariner and Cantor Norman Cohen Falah, and also played host to a silent film with special accompaniment performed by the Zemel Choir and the Wallace Ensemble.
Fancy some music? Here's bOybershop singing the 'Only Jewish Cowgirl'. You can now download this track (and the recording of the whole concert) by clicking on the link to the right. And there are some more audio samples there too.