ABOUT the Choir
Stellarum is one of San Diego's leading chamber choirs.
Founded by British composer and choral director Benjamin Thiele-Long, the choir’s repertoire blends early and renaissance European sacred choral music with modern spiritual and secular polyphony from around the world.
Stellarum is founded on the principles of encouraging amateur musicianship of all levels. Our aim is to provide a safe and encouraging space to develop and learn a challenging and engaging repertoire while delighting audiences with a beautiful, evocative, and technically excellent performance.
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ABOUT OUR Director
Seonjeong Park is a conductor, singer, educator, and keyboardist from South Korea. She recently completed her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting at Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, where she held leadership roles with the Conductors Chorus, Singing Hoosiers, and IU Opera Theater. She previously earned a bachelor’s degree in Church Music with a Choral Conducting emphasis at Yonsei University, where she began her conducting career leading the Lap Choir and Church Music Choir.
In 2022, she founded the Vocal Ensemble Makers, a group of choral musicians dedicated to engaging diverse audiences. A versatile and compassionate musician, she has performed with professional choirs including the Seoul Choral Society, Seoul Ladies Singers, and Chaente za deu, while also serving as an accompanist and arranger for the St. Francis Hanwoori North Korean Mission Choir, which consists of defectors from North Korea.
Currently, she serves with the Organ Schola at St. Paul’s Episcopal Cathedral as an organist and accompanist, continuing her mission of building community and fostering reconciliation through music. Seonjeong is a warmhearted educator and brilliant young musician. Believing that music makes the world better, she continues her musical journey.
About Our Founder
Benjamin is a composer and choral director with over 15 years' experience directing choirs and choral groups of all abilities.
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Formerly a choral scholar of Royal Holloway and Lay Clerk of Guildford Cathedral and Gentleman of Hampton Court Palace, Benjamin has worked with professional and amateur choirs across the UK.
He is also an experienced musical director, directing musicals and cabarets in London with various amateur dramatics and performing arts groups.
He is the founder and director of the chamber choir Lumen, based in central London, and creator of the Lumen de Lumine album project, available on Spotify and ITunes.
His music has been featured on Classic FM and KUSC, and was recently featured as a BBC Introducing artist with his piece 'O Nata Lux' on BBC Radio 3, In Tune Programme.
