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The English baritone, Ben (Benjamin) McKee, began his career as a chorister at King’s College, Cambridge, was a music scholar at The King’s School, Canterbury, and then studied music at the University of Manchester (Bachelor of Music degree: 2018-2011). Whilst there, he co-founded the Halle Youth Choir, was assistant conductor of the Hallé Youth choir, and conducted the university’s chamber choir, Ad Solem.
As an accomplished bass-baritone, Ben McKee has developed a reputation for both his consort work and performances of new music. In the UK, he is a member of Fieri Consort (Artistic Director: Hannah Ely) and Siglo de Oro and regularly sings with groups including the BBC Singers (Director: Sofi Jeannin), The Gesualdo Six, Ex Cathedra (Director: Jeffrey Skidmore), Dunedin Consort (Director: John Butt), The English Concert (Director: Trevor Pinnock), ORA Singers, EXAUDI and Tenebrae (Director: Nigel Short). He also performs abroad with Theatre of Voices, Chamber Choir Ireland, Coro Casa da Musica in Porto, and was formerly a member of Ars Nova Copenhagen (Director: Paul Hillier). As a chorus master, he has worked for Coro Casa da Musica under Paul Hillier, preparing the choir for especially challenging programmes including Ligeti’s Drei Phantasien.
As a soloist, Ben McKee frequently sings oratorio, with recent appearances at the Gaida Festival in Vilnius and St Paul’s Knightsbridge, Hampstead Parish Church and Chester Cathedral. He has been Bass Lay Clerk at Westminster Cathedral Choir since February 2022). He also studied Physiotherapy at Brunel University of London (Bachelor of Science Degree with Honours: September 2021-July 2024) |
