Phil
graduated from the then Welsh College of Music and Drama in 1989
gaining a Distinction in the Advanced Certificate in Performance
and wining the Principal’s Prize.
He has pursued a busy freelance career as an orchestral
percussionist working regularly for the past 21 years with BBC
National Orchestra of Wales (Principal Percussion 2003-2004) and
Welsh National Opera (Associate Principal Percussion 2002-present),
as well as many other British orchestras and ensembles.
Phil’s playing has taken him all over Europe and to the USA and the
Far East and although performing is his passion, he teaches and
demonstrates percussion whenever he can, being heavily involved
with the education departments of both BBC NOW and WNO as well as
running his own schools’ percussion duo.