Julian Philips Email & Phone Number

RECENT COMMISSIONS 2009-18Feb - March 2017 'The Tale of Januarie' (Opera), libretto by Stephen Plaice Guildhall School Opera Course & Orchestra2016 'Winter music' for solo harp Commissioned by the Tanza TrustNov 2014 'All that remains', for orchestra Commissioned by the Belgian National Orchestra4th May 2014 'Fern Hill' for choir, flute/viola/harp Welsh National Opera commission broadcast live on Radio 3Dec 2013-Jan 2014 'How the Whale Became' Royal Opera House Commission, chamber opera24th Sept 2013 'Come Forth to Play' for brass, organ & percussion Guildhall School Commission for opening of Milton Court2nd June 2013 'Cantos de Sonho' for soprano, tenor & piano trio 2013 Ludlow English Song Weekend commissionDec 2012 'I sing of a maiden' Truro Cathedral Choir Commission23rd July 2012 'Sorowfull Songes', for vocal ensemble Commission for Proms 201313rd July 2012 'Maxamorphosis' for viola & chamber orchestra Aurora Orchestra commission9th May 2012 'Church Music' for choir & organ Commissioned for ‘Choirbook for the Queen’April 2012 'Body of Water' for tenor, choir, brass and organ Commissioned by JAM26 Aug 2011 'Love Songs of Amy Lowell' for sop & piano Presteigne Festival commission14 Dec 2011 'Ricochets Between' for septet Commissioned for Britten SinfoniaMarch 2010 'Knight Crew' Glyndebourne Festival Opera commission2009 & 2012 'The Yellow Sofa' Glyndebourne Festival Opera commission

Guildhall School Of Music And Drama, Silk Street, The Barbican, London, Ec2Y 8Dt

2018 Head of Composition & New Opera Development2011 Head of Composition2008 - 11 Joint Head of Composition2004-08 Head of Composition1992-2004 Professor of Analysis, Harmony, C20th History & Composition

Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 2Bp

I've devised and established Wigmore Study Group linking three study afternoons to a single concert, drawing musicians, musicologists and Guildhall School student performers. The project has been running continuously for nearly fifteen years with topics including Chopin’s Piano Music (2014), The Songs of Hugo Wolf (2013), Beethoven’s Late Quartets (2013) or Stravinsky’s The Soldier’s Tale (2012).

London, Cambridge, Manchester, Southampton

2017-20 External Examiner for the University of Manchester2019 External PhD Examiner for the King's College, London2012, 2014 External PhD Examiner for Royal College of Music2014 External PhD Examiner for King’s College, London2007 External PhD Examiner for Southampton University2004-2006 MPhil in Composition, Cambridge University1997-200 Examiner: Music Tripos Parts Ia, Ib & II, Cambridge University

2013- Established a Guildhall-Royal Opera House doctoral residency scheme New operas developed under Julian Philips' supervision: Philip Venables '4.48 Psychosis' (2016), Na'ama Zisser 'Mamzer' (2018) Matt Rogers new opera (2020)2013-2016 Devised a new MA in Opera-Making and Writing programme for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (degree revalidated in 2016)May 2014 MA in Collaborative Theatre Production and Design (validation panel) for the Guildhall School of Music and DramaJune 2013 Doctorate Programme (revalidation panel) for Trinity Laban College2010 Expanded DMus in Composition & Performance (revalidation panel) for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama2007 Set up a new DMus in Composition programme for the Guildhall School of Music and Drama

Glyndebourne

I was appointed as Glyndebourne's first ever Composer-in-Residence, set up as a collaborative doctorate with Sussex University. During the three years of my residency I completed three operas: the youth opera 'Knight Crew', chamber opera 'The Yellow Sofa' and the site-specific promenade opera 'Followers'

Dphil, Musical Composition

I was the first Glyndebourne Festival Opera Composer-in-Residence, on a collaborative doctoral award scheme with Sussex University, fully.

Ma (Hons), Music