Ben Ullery

BEN ULLERY is Assistant Principal Viola of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, a position he has held since 2012. Prior to moving to L.A. he spent three seasons as a member of the Minnesota Orchestra. Recently, he has was Guest Principal Viola with the Detroit Symphony, the Australian Chamber Orchestra, and the Aspen Chamber Symphony.

Ullery has been featured in chamber music performances on NPR’s Performance Today as well as local broadcasts on KUSC in Los Angeles and Minnesota Public Radio. He has recorded chamber works for Bridge and Albany records. Recent summer festival appearances include the Aspen, Grand Teton, Mozaic, and Music in the Vineyards festivals. In the upcoming season he will be featured in the Emerald City (Seattle, WA), Music at Millford (SC), La Sierra University (Riverside, CA), and Virtuosi USA (Los Angeles) chamber series.

Ullery is a faculty member at the Colburn School, where he teaches orchestral repertoire and coaches the Colburn Orchestra’s viola section. His students have gone on to hold positions in major orchestras in the U.S. and Europe.

Ullery is a graduate of the Oberlin Conservatory, where he studied violin with Gregory Fulkerson and received numerous honors upon graduation. He later attended New England Conservatory and the Colburn School, studying with James Buswell and Paul Coletti, respectively. He has also studied chamber music with members of the Guarneri, Takács, Vermeer, Borromeo, Miró, and St. Petersburg quartets.