Biography

Auckland born Ben Hoadley is a currently a bassoon tutor at the University of Auckland and the New Zealand School of Music.

Also a composer, Ben studied with Edwin Carr for many years and subsequently took classes at the Juilliard School in New York with Conrad Cummings and Kendall Briggs. His works, mostly chamber music featuring voice and winds, have been performed in NZ, Australia, the USA and the UK.

A busy performer throughout Australasia, he has worked with the NZSO, Stroma, The Queensland Orchestra and the Sydney, Melbourne and Tasmanian Symphony Orchestras. Previously based in the USA, Ben studied at the New England Conservatory in Boston and the Tanglewood Music Center, also serving as principal bassoonist of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra in Connecticut and as an guest player in the Boston Symphony Orchestra.

Ben’s interest in performing NZ music has lead composers such as Gillian Whitehead, Eve de Castro-Robinson, John Elmsly, Edwin Carr, Ross Carey and Dylan Lardelli to write for him.

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