PHILIP EVE  -  Tenor and Singing Teacher

Philip is a graduate of the University of Sussex, where he read English and French. Active on the Brighton amateur music scene throughout his undergraduate years, he was a founder member of New Sussex Opera, and sang with the Brighton Festival Chorus and the Brighton Consort. Studying privately, he became a professional singer in 1988. He now lives and teaches in Canterbury, and is a Lecturer in the Music Department of Canterbury Christ Church University, and holds a Master of Music (MMus) degree from that institution.

Philip sang in the Glyndebourne Chorus from 1991-1996, and from September 1996 spent a year working at La Scala, Milan. Other opera companies he has worked with include L’Opéra National de Lyon, ENO, Welsh National Opera, Garsington Festival Opera, Scottish Opera and Longborough Festival Opera, as well as taking part in productions with the Salzburg Osterfestspiele in Salzburg and Tokyo.

Philip also organises and performs (with Christopher Gould) in a regular Song Recital series including an annual event in the Canterbury Festival.

Philip - aged 4

Philip - aged 24