Benjamin James

An actor without a voice; a performer who always is chosen to speak as others. I have sensitively represented a huge cross-section of society in many interviews for university and local (BBC West Midlands) radio stations, and am often called on as a consultant for regional accents. Many students at university would employ me as a 'accent jukebox' as I revelled in performing to a naturalistic script. At school I was a member of the National Youth Theatre (2001), a choral scholar at Gloucester Cathedral, and often directed choirs and plays. During my gap year in Australia (2002), I founded a chapel choir, and directed both junior and senior music groups, some of which won gold at the National Eistedfodd competitions. During my time at Coventry University (music composition ba 2:1) I worked within the comunity as a music facilitor, voice coach, and director of the university chamber choir. This taught me a great deal about communication, compromise, and professionalism.