Phil Wilcox is a uniquely versatile musician and portfolio career artist who enjoys a richly diverse musical life. He is a graduate of Leeds College of Music, a Licentiate of the Royal Academy of Music, and appears regularly as a concert soloist, opera singer, actor-musician and professional chorister throughout the UK.

Operatic roles for English Touring Opera include The Duke of Plaza Toro The Gondoliers, Dulcamara Elixir of Love, Gazella Lucrezia Borgia, Alcindoro La bohème alongside a whole host of trees, animals, wellington boots and more in productions for KS2 and SEND settings. Phil has also recently appeared as Kromov The Merry Widow and Krakamiche Le dernier sorcier for Buxton International Festival; Sir Thomas Bertram Mansfield Park, Cadmus Semele and Father Hansel and Gretel (in a production in which Phil accompanied himself on the piano accordion) for Waterperry Opera Festival; Prince Vyazemsky Ivan the Terrible for Grange Park Opera; Gasparo Rita for Charing Cross Theatre; and Major General Stanley The Pirates of Penzance for productions by Merry Opera and Opera Holland Park Inspire in both the UK and Saudi Arabia.

Phil appears regularly as a concert soloist for works including Verdi Requiem, Messiah, Samson and Israel in Egypt (Handel), St Matthew, John and Luke Passions (Bach), Elijah (Mendelssohn), Stabat Mater (Dvořák), Songs of Milarepa (Glass), and Eternal Light: A Requiem (Goodall). He has also recently sung for the Royal Shakespeare Company in London and New York, Opera North, Tête à Tête, Northern Opera Group, Baroquestock, Oxford Lieder, Philharmonia Chorus and the BBC Singers.

Phil is Musical Director of East Grinstead Choral Society and Fleet Singers. He also conducts several choirs in the City of London for Music in Offices. He is the Learning and Participation Manager for Leeds Song, a role he takes great pride in, and a Create and Sing Artist for The Royal Ballet and Opera. In addition to his singing work, Phil is an active musician on the UK ceilidh scene, playing bass guitar and piano accordion.

For more details, visit www.philwilcox.com