Roderick Williams OBE
Baritone
Roderick Williams is one of the most sought-after baritones of his generation with a wide repertoire spanning baroque to contemporary. He enjoys relationships with major UK and European opera houses also performs regularly with leading conductors and orchestras throughout the UK, Europe, North America and Australia. Festival appearances include the BBC Proms, Edinburgh, Cheltenham, Aldeburgh and Melbourne. As a recitalist he is in demand around the world and appears regularly at venues including the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw and Musikverein and at festivals including Leeds Lieder, Oxford International Song, Aldeburgh and Ludlow English Song.Roderick Williams was awarded an OBE in June 2017 and was Artist in Residence with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra from 2020-22, Artist in Residence at the 2023 Aldeburgh Festival and Singer in Residence at Music in the Round. He was also one of the featured soloists at the coronation of King Charles III in 2023.
Ben Costello
Piano
Ben Costello is an artistic director, musical director, adjudicator and examiner, working nationally and internationally. He is Artistic Director of Thames Concerts, Artistic Director of the City Music Society, a music examiner, consultant and recording artist for London College of Music Examinations, and a busy generalist music adjudicator for the British and International Federation of Festivals. Ben is much sought-after as an accompanist, collaborating with singers including Michael Chance, James Bowman, Hugh Cutting, Robin Blaze, Paul Esswood, Alison Pearce, Joanne Lunn, Peter Savidge, Mark Dobell and Richard Suart. He is one of the regular pianists for Cantabile (The London Quartet) and has given concerts with them throughout Europe. A specialist in musical theatre, Ben has been musical director on numerous productions and has worked for many of the major London colleges including Arts Ed, Mountview Academy, the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, Trinity Laban, Laine Theatre Arts, Drama Studio London, Italia Conti, the Royal Academy of Music and the London School of Musical Theatre. Countless of his former singing students enjoy successful careers in London’s West End and beyond
