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Ben Wilkins
12+ albums
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Find out more on www.BenWilkinsMusic.com Ben Wilkins Biography Born and raised in Ontario, Ben Wilkins moved to Montreal, Quebec, at the age of eighteen, to study music at McGill University. He majored in Classical Trumpet and soaked up whatever he could regarding composition, arranging, singing, theory and jazz harmony – spending countless nights sneaking into the piano studios after hours to write songs. Upon graduation, Wilkins received a scholarship to study Mandarin in China, and spent the better part of a year at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music and the Beijing Language and Culture University. Upon his return to Montreal, speaking fluent Mandarin, he began to perform locally and in college and club shows in the north-eastern U.S.A. At around the same time he was approached by Pascal Shefteshy, an acclaimed engineer and producer working for Pierre Marchand (Sarah McLachlan, Rufus Wainwright) to record an album. They began working on Ben’s debut album, and just as their limited budget was running out, Pierre Marchand announced that he was going to India for three months. As an act of faith in Ben’s abilities, Marchand left the door to his studio open to Wilkins and Shefteshy, putting them in the position to record an album without compromise. Aside from working on his own album, Wilkins has not sat idle: he recently answered James Di Salvio’s call to write string and brass arrangements on The Garden, Bran Van 3000’s fourth album. Ben also lends his vocal talents t
