bOYbershop is a recently formed quartet comprising four well-known, classically-trained, Jewish musicians. The quartet has performed alongside the Zemel Choir and at a number of weddings, combining Jewish repertoire with close harmony and compositions by its founder member, Benjamin Wolf. It is only now beginning to perform in its own concerts.Its members lead busy lives as soloists, opera singers and musical directors.
Marc Finer is a former Cambridge choral scholar, winner of the London Girton Association music award, and is in great demand as both a cantorial and oratorio soloist. He is also chazzan at Edgware Reform Synagogue.
Eliot Alderman is Director of Music of the Spanish & Portuguese Jews' Congregation, the oldest Jewish congregation in the British Isles. He trained at the Royal Academy of Music, the Guildhall School of Music & Drama and the Tel Aviv Cantorial Institute, and regularly appears as both a Chazan and as an opera singer across the UK.
Benjamin Seifert was an Oxford choral scholar, and subsequently trained at the Royal Academy of Music. He has performed at major London venues including the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall. He has performed, amongst others, with British Youth Opera, Opera Holland Park, Tete a Tete Opera and Opera by Definition. He is at present performing at Grange Park Opera. Since 2006 he has been Director of Music at Hendon Reform Synagogue.
Benjamin Wolf is a former Oxford choral scholar, and familiar as Musical Director of the Zemel Choir, the choir of Belsize Square Synagogue, and the Wallace Ensemble, as well as appearing regularly as accompanist for singers and chazzanim. He has also written music for orchestra, choir and, more recently, bOYbershop quartet.