Benjamin Nicholas
 Benjamin Nicholas was appointed Director of The Choir of The Abbey
School, Tewkesbury in September 2000. In this capacity, he directs the choir in the daily
Evensongs in Tewkesbury Abbey.
Born in 1976, he was a chorister in The Choir of Norwich Cathedral and educated at Norwich
School. In 1994 he became organ scholar of Chichester Cathedral and in the following year
took up the organ scholarship at Lincoln College, Oxford. With the Lincoln College Chapel
Choir he directed the choir in numerous concerts (mainly in Italy) and on two discs for
Guild Music. In 1997, Benjamin Nicholas was conductor of The Oxford Chamber Choir. In 1998
he moved to the organ scholarship at St Paul's Cathedral where he spent two years working
under John Scott, teaching in the Cathedral School and at the London Oratory School and
conducting the Yateley Choral Society. During this time he was also Director of Music of
St Luke's Church, Chelsea.
In 1998 Benjamin Nicholas conducted the first performance of John Caldwell's opera Good
Friday and in 1999 directed further performances and the recording. The disc, released
in 2000, was included on Radio 3 Critic's Choice and was Classic FM's opera recording of
the month in August 2000. In 2001 he directed the first performances in Oxford and
Tewkesbury of Caldwell's The Word.
Benjamin Nicholas has given recitals in many venues including St Paul's, Norwich and
Westminster Cathedrals, York Minster and Westminster and St Alban's Abbeys. He studies
with David Sanger.
Benjamin Nicholas on Guild Music
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