Ben Roundtree is a composer, arranger, conductor, brass and handbell musician, and music publisher. A native of Annandale, Virginia, he is a graduate of the University of Kentucky (Bachelor of Music — Tuba Performance), and George Mason University (Master of Arts — Tuba Performance). He has studied tuba with Roger Behrend, Skip Gray, Patrick Sheridan, and J. Michael Dunn. His orchestration and arranging teachers include Stephen Burton, Joseph Baber, Bill Fasig, and Skip Gray. He is the former Director of Instrumental Music at McLean Bible Church, Assistant Director of The Dominion Brass, and Tubist with Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass.
Ben works with Artists In Christian Testimony Intl using music to share the Gospel in Germany and beyond. He is Co-Director of the brass ensemble eurobrass, clinician with German church brass choirs (Posaunenchor), handbell performer with the BellTree Duo, and conductor of the Bezirksposaunenchor Nagold and Bläserteam Sulz. He is a member of the board of directors of Liya Christian Ministry, tubist in Quintessenz Brass and the Landesblasorchester Baden-Württemberg, and self-publisher of sacred and classical music at RoundtreeMusic.com.
His arrangements can be heard on recordings by Tim Zimmerman and the King’s Brass, Dominion Brass, and eurobrass. Performances include collegiate and military low brass ensembles, the George Mason University Symphony Orchestra, The Dominion Brass and in solo recital performances. As a member of the McLean Bible Church staff, his arrangements have been performed by the Orchestra, Concert Band, Trombone Choir, Big Band, Brass Ensemble, Celtic Band, and the JuBellation Handbell Choir.
As an orchestra leader, Ben has contracted or conducted events with artists Michael W. Smith, Steven Curtis Chapman, Amy Grant, Keith & Kristyn Getty, Martina McBride, Denyce Graves, Lexi Walker, Steve Green, Larnelle Harris, Jaci Velasquez, Nic Gonzales, Wayne Watson, and David Hamilton in the Kennedy Center and in churches around Washington, DC. He has directed the Liya Music Camp in Ukraine and founded the Liya Music Camp-USA in Virginia.
Ben has been married to Erin, a flautist, handbell musician, and event planner, since 2001. Ben and Erin have been ringing handbell duets since 1999. As the BellTree Duo, they perform on five octaves of English Handbells. They have presented concerts, worship services, and workshops in the Washington, DC area, throughout Germany, and in Ukraine.
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