Ben Johns

Ben Johns, bass, has sung professionally as a choral artist and soloist at venues around the world, including the Musikverein in Vienna; the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam; the Paris Consulate; Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall; National Theater Taipei; Walt Disney Concert Hall; and the Hollywood Bowl. In addition to singing with Chanticleer, he has sung with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus, American Bach Soloists, Seraphic Fire, Clerestory, Quire Cleveland, and the Los Angeles Master Chorale. His music recording appearances include Chanticleer's Our Favorite Carols, Best of Chanticleer, Sound in Spirit, Seraphic Fire's Messiah Live, the Grammy Award-winning Charles Ives: the Complete Symphonies with the LA Phil, and under the baton of John Williams in the feature film, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.

Dr. Johns recently finished visiting professorships at Arkansas Tech University and a two-year appointment at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. He previously conducted ensembles at Interlochen Arts Camp, UC Davis, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, UC Irvine, the Eastman School of Music, and guest conducted for Sonoma Bach, Clerestory, and Men In Blaque. He was also Artistic Director of the Torrance Civic Chorale, San Francisco-based Musae, and Director of Education for the professional vocal ensemble, Chanticleer. While with Chanticleer, Johns established the organization's first National Youth Choral Festival, a project which involved over 500 high school musicians from Virginia to Hawaii; saw the birth of Chanticleer's elite LAB Choir program; and culminated in a series of performances at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. Under his direction, Chanticleer's education program won Chorus America's Education Outreach Award. Dr. Johns is currently the Assistant Professor of Choral Activities at Loyola Marymount University.