Ben de Souza is a British choral conductor, accordionist and singer.

He is the Founding Director of the choir at Clare Hall, Cambridge, and is currently Musical Director of Farnham & Bourne Choral Society and Newbury Chamber Choir, and is Director of Music at Earley St Peter’s Church, Reading. In 2023 he was appointed the first Musical Director of Godalming Choral Society’s Children’s Choir project. He has previously held posts with Taplow Children’s and Boys’ choirs, John Lewis Music Society and Finchley Children’s Music Group.

As a choral singer Ben has sung with the award-winning Taplow Youth Choir (Gillian Dibden MBE) and Magdalene College Chapel Choir, Cambridge (Graham Walker), and held a choral scholarship with King’s Voices, Cambridge (Ben Parry). He has recorded with several of the country’s finest choirs including the Gabrieli Consort (Paul McCreesh), the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge (Sir Stephen Cleobury), and VOCES8. Ben has studied singing with Alexander Ashworth and Richard Edgar-Wilson. His credits as a bass/baritone soloist include performances of Haydn’s The Creation, Jenkins’ The Armed Man, and Faure’s Requiem.

Ben holds an MMus in Choral Studies from Cambridge University, where he studied conducting with some of the world’s leading choral musicians including Stephen Layton, Graham Ross, Andrew Nethsingha and Sarah MacDonald.

Ben completed his undergraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music as a classical accordionist, studying with Owen Murray. He continues to have an active accordion playing career, especially with Duo Fisarco alongside violinist Chloë Meade. Ben currently holds accordion teaching positions at Salisbury Cathedral School, Eton College and The Purcell School.

When not involved in something musical Ben can be found volunteering at Didcot Railway Centre, building finescale model railways, or doing anything football-related.