Benjamin Costello MA PGDip BMus FRSA

Ben is a London-based musician working throughout the UK as a musical director, singing coach, choral director, accompanist and arranger. A highly versatile performer, he works in very diverse genres ranging from the Renaissance period to contemporary music, but principally musical theatre, and he has worked on numerous productions across the UK.

Ben has coached extensively in the Further and Higher Education sectors for colleges including the Arts Educational Schools, London, the London College of Music, Mountview Academy, GSA Conservatoire, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the Royal Academy of Music, and at the universities of London and Kingston, coupled with stints at numerous other colleges and schools.

An experienced singing coach, he maintains a busy private practice, with current and former students pursuing successful careers in the West End and beyond. He often works as an external examiner and adjudicator, and since 2005 has been a singing tutor at Shrewsbury House School. He works with a variety of singers and instrumentalists, and since 1998 has been accompanist to the distinguished international soprano soloist Alison Pearce, giving recitals and masterclasses together across the UK and in Europe.

In 2006 he was elected Chairman of Kingston Arts Council; the umbrella group for artistic organisations and individuals within the Royal Borough of Kingston-upon-Thames.

Born in London in 1976, Ben read Music to postgraduate level at both Kingston University and the London College of Music. He is currently undertaking doctoral research in music at the University of Surrey.

Ben can be contacted on +44 (0)7889 659324.