Having achieved his Masters in Composition, with distinction, from the Guildhall School – with generous support from The Worshipful Company of Tobacco Pipe Makers, The Worshipful Company of Tylers and Bricklayers, the Guildhall Trust and the Countess of Munster Musical Trust – Benjamin’s works have been performed widely, either by himself, as clarinettist, or others in venues and festivals across the UK and abroad including Darmstadt, Germany and Aldeburgh; Birmingham; Durham; Oxford and London’s Air Studios, Barbican, City of London Festival, LSO St. Luke’s, the BBC’s Maida Vale Studios, The Place, Southbank, and the Wigmore Hall and has recently gained places on the Britten-Pears Young Artists programme and the London Symphony Orchestra’s Panufnik Young Composer Scheme. He is co-founder of the critically acclaimed dance and music company Sounding Motion who perform extensively across the UK in theatres, studios and education projects, with generous support from the musicians’ benevolent fund.
Royal Forest of Dean Orchestra
- Guests and Soloists
- Benjamin Graves (Composer)
Benjamin Graves (Composer)
Saturday 14th December 2024. Winter concert – St Peter’s Church, Newnham. “Northern Lights”. Music by Sibelius and Rautavaara and three world premiere compositions.
Saturday 12th April 2025. Spring Concert – St Peter’s Church, Newnham. Music by Skempton, Ravel, Dvorak
Saturday 5th July 2025. Summer Concert – St Mary’s Priory Church, Chepstow.
Saturday 13th December 2025. Christmas and Winter Concert – Coleford Baptist Church.
Saturday 4th July 2026. Carmen at St, Mary’s Church Chepstow. Soloists from RWCMD and new libretto by Euan Tait.
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- Winter Concert ‘Northern Lights’ – a Royal Forest of Dean Orchestra concert on the 14th December 2024
- The Planets Workshop – An Out Of This World Success at St. Mary’s Church, Chepstow.
- Summer Concert ‘On the Nature of Daylight’ (13th July 2024)
- Lydia Taylor -Our soloist for the Summer Concert 2024
- Spring Concert (20th April 2024)