Benjamin Rivera, now in his eighth concert season as conductor of Cantate, is the bass section leader of the Chicago Symphony Chorus and also performs with the Grant Park Chorus and Chicago a cappella.  With these and other groups, he has shared the stage with many of today’s foremost musicians.  He appears regularly as a soloist throughout the Midwest, often in the works of Bach.  He holds the Master of Music degree in Music Theory from Roosevelt University and is on faculty at St. Xavier University.