Meet our conductor: Ben Bolt-Martin

Ben Bolt-Martin plays cello, composes, arranges and conducts. He plays cello for the Stratford Festival of Canada and is a founding member of Stratford’s INNERchamber, an innovative and eclectic chamber music series. He was the featured performer on the Juno nominated album Notes Towards. He has arranged for Rant Maggie Rant, Steel City Rovers, Ron Sexsmith and for Dayna Manning’s recently released album Morning Light (available wherever you get your music!) Ben’s cello concerto will be premiered by him May 10 with the Waterloo Chamber Players and an evening of his music will happen July 6 on the Stratford Festival’s Night Music series. Ben lives in Kitchener with his wife Liz and three cats.