Philip was born and grew up in Hampshire, England. He began his musical training singing in boys’ choirs and at 16 won a scholarship to study on the Hampshire Specialist Music Course. Philip is a music graduate of New College Oxford where he was a choral scholar. Subsequently, he completed a course with English National Opera’s Baylis Programme before studying at the Royal College of Music as a postgraduate singer. As a soloist he has performed in opera, oratorio and recital. Philip has sung with many choirs and has toured America and Europe. He has sung on internationally acclaimed recordings and at prestigious festivals and concerts such as the BBC Proms, the Halle Handel Festival and the Princess of Wales Memorial Concert. Philip has trained a variety of choirs; as Director of Music at Hall Grove School he founded and ran Hall Grove Choral Society and the Hall Grove Boys' Choir, taking them on tour, making a recording and leading them to competition success. He has been chorus master to the eighty-strong adult chorus of Haslemere Musical Society, run the East Berks Junior and Intermediate Choirs and assisted Gillian Dibden with the award winning Berkshire Girls' and Berkshire Boys' Choirs. In September 2004, Philip set up Taplow Choirs with Gillian Dibden. Philip currently works as a freelance singer, singing teacher and choral conductor.

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