Benjamin Bachmann is an organist, composer, conductor, pianist, and arranger. He began his training as a chorister in Akron, Ohio where he studied organ with Robert Quade. He won the Emily Spivey Scholarship to study organ with Richard Morris at Clayton College & State University in Morrow, Georgia.
He served as Assistant Director of Music to Dr. Robert Poovey at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church in Atlanta. He won the Walford Davies Organ Prize at the Royal College of Music in London, where he studied with Margaret Phillips and David Graham. He was the Organ Scholar at both the Farm Street Church and St. Paul’s Knightsbridge.
In 2005, he joined the staff of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco as Assistant Director of Music. He was installed as Canon Director of Music in 2010 and served there until 2022.
He is currently Director of Music at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Oakland, California. He is an in-demand recitalist, choir trainer, and his original compositions and arrangements have been given international performances.
