Benedict Lewis-Smith studied music at The University of Oxford (2007–2010), and prior to this was awarded a place as a specialist musician at Wells Cathedral School, Somerset. He is now Director of Music at St Columba’s Church, Knightsbridge and combines this role with a substantial freelance career in London including vocal coaching, accompanying and conducting. He has established choirs for a number of the city firms and in 2018 founded his own group The Iona Consort.

He has broadcast on BBC Radio 3, and recently recorded on the digital label Resonus Classics and Regent Records. Recent performances include recitals in the Victoria International Arts Festival, Gozo, and a concert tour of Buenos Aires, where he delivered classes in English song to the students at the Departamento de Artes Musicales y Sonoras.  In 2019 he was invited to deliver a choral workshop at St Paul’s School, São Paulo, Brazil, and in London he works with choirs at Westminster School and Hill House International Preparatory School.