Ben Delgado

Ben Delgado, a 2022 graduate of Mission Bay High School, is studying music and the music industry with Professor Nick Volz at Loyola University in New Orleans. Ben began his music studies at age six with piano lessons taught by Kenneth Ard. In 3rd grade, Ben discovered the trumpet; he took lessons with Jordan Morita and Carlos Roldan. By the start of 4th grade Ben was playing in the San Diego Youth Symphony. In 2016, Ben joined the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory (YLJC) where he was in several ensembles taught by founder and artistic director Gilbert Castellanos, including the New Soil ensemble, the recipient of Downbeat’s 44th and 45th Annual Student Music Awards for Small Jazz Combo outstanding performances. The YLJC has afforded Ben many performance opportunities, including at top venues like The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park and the San Diego Symphony Hall to weekly jam sessions at Panama 66 in Balboa Park to special events such as Classics for Kids, organized by Rob Thorson.