Bio

Ben Sellick is a Canadian composer, conductor, and performer based in New York.

Ben’s music has been performed across Canada and the US, at venues including Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall.

As a conductor and music director Ben has conducted orchestras at venues including Lincoln Center and Carnegie hall, and served as the director of Juilliard Sings, the Central Chorale and Orchestra NYC, Prairie Voices Inc., Christ the King Chapel at St. Paul’s College, and the Red River New Music Ensemble.

As a pianist, organist, cellist, and baritone, Ben has performed across Canada and the US in solo and chamber settings, with groups including Polycoro, Camerata Nova, and the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra.

Ben grew up in Winnipeg with his two brothers, playing Greig, Rachmaninoff, and street hockey, reading Tolstoy, and sailing in the summers.

He holds degrees in film, philosophy, piano performance, and composition from the University of Manitoba and the Juilliard School.

Ben is the founder and director of SOUNDYARD Composer's Circle (www.soundyard.ca), a Schoenberg-inspired new music society.