Background
Wye, Benjamin David Van was born on June 26, 1941 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Van Wye and Jeanne Dorothea Frey.
Wye, Benjamin David Van was born on June 26, 1941 in Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Benjamin Van Wye and Jeanne Dorothea Frey.
Bachelor of Music, University Texas, 1964. Master of Arts, Ohio State University, 1966. Master of Music, University London, 1967.
Lecturer music Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York, assistant professor music, organist, 1969—1976, since 1981. Associate professor music history and organ Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, 1976—1981. Music director, organist Bethesda Episcopal Church, Saratoga Springs, 1981—1991.
Conductor Saratoga Chamber Singers, since 1981, Capitol Hill Choral Society, Albany, 1985—2001. Chorus master Berkshire Opera Company, Lenox, Massachusetts, 1992. Studies with Margaret Bent, Thurston Dart, Jerald Hamilton, Richard Hoppin, Nicholas Temperley and Finn Videro.
Member of American Guild Organists, American Musicol. Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, Phi Kappa Phi.