ABOUT
THE TEN TENORS
are an Australian music ensemble
that has toured extensively
nationally and internationally,
and released more than
20 albums.
The TEN Tenors are an Australian music ensemble that has toured extensively nationally and internationally and released 15 albums and 4 DVDs.
The current line up is: JD Smith, Adrian Li Donni, Cameron Barclay, Ammon Bennett, Boyd Owen, Sam Ward, Jared Newall, Michael Edwards, Riley Sutton and Daniel Belle. To find out more about each of the Tenors, check out their biogs below.
Since The TEN Tenors was first formed in 1995, the group has performed extensively in Australia, overseas and on television, and their signature brand of music featuring 10-part harmonies has been enjoyed by more than 90 million people.
They have headlined more than 2,000 concerts around the world, sold more than 3.5 million concert tickets and become renowned for their dynamic, choreographed performances and skillful ability to seamlessly transition from operatic arias to soulful ballads through to chart-topping pop and rock songs.
They have also shared the stage with artists including Lionel Richie, Rod Stewart, Andrea Boccelli, Willie Nelson, Alanis Morissette and Christina Aguilera. They have also appeared extensively on TV, including The Today Show, Oprah’s Australian Adventure, and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, as well as the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon for an audience of 32 million viewers and the 2012 UEFA Cup in Warsaw, Poland.
The TEN Tenors have also recorded numerous albums over the years, many of which have achieved platinum and gold status.
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Michael Edwards
Music Director
A love of singing has always been part of life for Michael, who began his career performing with a number of choirs, starting with the Australian Boys Choral Institute at the age of eight. He followed this with stints performing with groups including the National Youth Choir of Australia, the Adelaide Chamber Singers and The Consort of Melbourne before studying at the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music (where he was part of an award-winning vocal quartet) and moving into opera. He has performed in a range of productions with the Victorian Opera Chorus, including Nixon in China, La Traviata, and I Pagliacci, and was part of the company’s ANZAC centenary production, Remembrance.
Cameron Barclay
Tenor & Choreographer
The first New Zealander to join the group, Cameron hails from Auckland and studied extensively in his early years, graduating from both the University of Auckland and the New Zealand School of Music in Wellington. Prior to joining TTT, Cameron kept busy as a member of the Chapman Tripp Opera Chorus, and performed in numerous shows and concerts including The Phantom of the Opera in Japan, The Pirates of Penzance in New Zealand, Die Fledermaus, Albert Herring, Handel’s Messiah and Margaret Wegener’s Ode to a Nightingale with the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra in the first recording of this work.
Ben Clark
Tenor
Ben, a VCA alum has forged a career that has seen him perform in all corners of the globe. Ben appeared in Opera Australia’s productions (indoor and outdoor) of Phantom of the Opera (2022/23) as The Hairdresser, covering the role of Ubaldo Piangi. Touring Australia in the titular role of John Merrick (aka The Elephant Man) in The Marvellous Elephant Man throughout 2023, Ben earned a 2024 Green Room Award Nomination for Leading Artiste in an Independent Musical. Other stage credits include Sweeney Todd (Vic Opera), The Magic Flute (Opera Australia). In 2018, Ben appeared in the hit television show ‘The Voice’. Throughout the show Ben tackled some of the biggest classical, musical theatre & Rock songs. Ben was Delta Goodrem’s final contestant, ultimately finishing 5th Overall. Ben has forged a path as one of Australia’s most sort after National Anthem performers, having performed for some of Australia’s biggest sporting teams. Most recently, Ben performed the Nation Anthem for the 2023/24 Boxing Day Test on the MCG. Ben began touring with The Ten Tenors in 2008 and is thrilled to be back in the road with boys again.Bio coming soon!
Sam Ward
Tenor
Sam is a graduate of the Victorian College of the Arts. He played the role of Henri Baurel in the original Australian production of An American in Paris, for which he was nominated for a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical. Sam made his professional debut in 2017 in The Production Company’s Jesus Christ Superstar. In the same year he was selected as one of the Top 30 finalists for The Rob Guest Endowment, where he was awarded the Playbill Future Prospect Award.
Throughout 2018 and 2019 Sam toured Europe and the Caribbean in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, playing Frank and understudying Tick and Bob. His other credits include William Murdoch in Titanic (The Marrollo Project), Whizzer in Falsettos (StageArt), Del in The Beautiful Game (Manilla Street Productions), Marius in Les Misérables, Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street (Free-Rain Theatre Company), and ensemble roles in They’re Playing Our Song (Company Eleven), The Enchanted Pig, and Together Apart (Gertrude Opera).
In 2021, Sam lent his voice and physical likeness (through motion capture) to Garret Ward in the world’s first long-form VR musical Castle Gillian. Last year, Sam completed the international tour of Miss Saigon, understudying and performing the role of Chris throughout Australia, Taiwan, Singapore and the Philippines. Most recently, he appeared in the sold-out Melbourne premiere of American Psycho, playing the dual roles of Paul Owen and Detective Kimball. Sam has been a member of The Ten Tenors since 2019.
Andrew Waldin
Tenor
Andrew is a NIDA and ACA grad hailing from Sydney. He earned a Sydney Theatre Award Nomination for his breakout role in Nice Work If You Can Get It as Cookie McGee (Best Newcomer). Prior to joining The TEN Tenors, Andrew has performed all around Australia and New Zealand with a variety of shows which include When Night Comes (Broad Encounters), Marvelous (Action Reaction Entertainment), Shrek Rave AUS/NZ Tour (Like It Love It Productions). The Front Page (New Theatre), Shrek (Stella Maris), Loot (New Theatre), Nice Work If You Can Get It (Michelle Guthrie Presents), Gloom (Bloom Productions), Arcadia (Adam Cook), Hamlet (Anthony Skuse), and Woolworths Carols in the Domain (Seven Network). He is beyond excited to get on the road with the rest of the guys!
Jack Jordan
Tenor
Jack Jordan’s love of music began at an early age, when he joined the Australian Boys Choir. He has since performed with ensembles including Pinchgut Opera, The Song Company, Luminescence Chamber Singers, Bach Akademie Australia, The Consort of Melbourne and Victorian Opera. Performance highlights include Flute in Britten’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and soloist in Dvořák’s Stabat Mater, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas. Jack is a graduate of the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music, earning both a Bachelor of Music and a Graduate Diploma in Opera Studies, supported by the Future Generations Scholarship.
Shaun Kohlman
Tenor
Shaun is a Brisbane-born performer, director and arts educator. He is a Musical Theatre boy at heart, with a specialty in pop and rock. Shaun has toured Australia with companies such as Opera Queensland, Shake&Stir and Echelon Productions and is the Artistic Director of ROCKIT Productions, a youth-focused musical theatre training company with alumni performing all around the world. In 2024, he took a break to study a Master’s of Music Studies (Vocal Pedagogy) at the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and is thrilled to be back on the road in his first international contract with The TEN Tenors.
Nicholas Matters
Tenor
Ben Cody-Osborne
Tenor
Ben grew up on Sydney’s Northern Beaches and began his musical journey playing in regional brass bands before discovering his passion for singing through choirs and music theatre. As a young performer, he trained at NIDA and ATYP while appearing in numerous music theatre productions, which laid the foundation for his formal training. This early experience led him to study a Bachelor of Music Theatre at the University of Sydney Conservatorium of Music, where he performed in The Theory of Relativity, Paper Stars, and Flora, The Red Menace. He has appeared in the 2024 Festival of New Work at Hayes Theatre Company and collaborated on the 2025 workshop of Phar Lap. A trained dancer in jazz, tap, and ballet, Ben brings a dynamic versatility to both musical theatre and concert performance. Ben loves being one of The Ten Tenors and cannot wait to tour the USA in 2026.
Thomas Weaver
Tenor
Thomas Weaver is a 25 year old British born performer who has a love for classical voice and musical theatre. His singing career began with Sydney Children’s Choir and Gondwana Choir which fuelled his passion to study Classical Voice at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. He has performed in countless musicals with highlights being playing the role of Shrek with Sydney Youth Musical Theatre and Les Miserables with Packemin Productions. Thomas is currently a part time signing teacher at Sutherland Shire Signing and a full time member of The Ten Tenors.
Ammon Bennett
Swing
Ammon Bennett is a tenor from Mandurah, Western Australia. Before pursuing music full-time, he spent several years working in the mining industry, eventually choosing to follow his long-held passion for singing. He went on to study at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, where he performed as a soloist in Mozart’s Requiem and took on roles including Alfredo in Die Fledermaus and Frederic in The Pirates of Penzance.
Ammon later joined the West Australian Opera as a Young Artist, performing Almeric in Iolanta, Giuseppe in La Traviata, and The Judge in Tosca. He also appeared with Freeze Frame Opera as Nick in La Fanciulla del West.
In 2022, Ammon shifted from traditional opera to ensemble touring when he joined The Ten Tenors. He has toured internationally with the group ever since, known for his distinctive sound and musical versatility. In his spare time, Ammon trains in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, and works on his hobby farm.
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