Winning the Raymond Ffenell Prize at the Royal College of Music, he graduated with Distinction, studying Piano initially under Peter Element, and then with Cyril Smith, part of the well-known three-handed duo with wife, Phyllis Sellick, who died in May 2007 at the ripe old age of 95, Recorder with leading pedagogue, Freda Dinn, and Composition & Theory with Bryan Kelly.
Whilst at the Royal College of Music, Philip also received coaching in Conducting from Owain Arwel Hughes, and additional Composition & Palaeography lessons from Dr Lloyd Ultan, a former Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Whilst at the Royal College of Music, Philip also received coaching in Conducting from Owain Arwel Hughes, and additional Composition & Palaeography lessons from Dr Lloyd Ultan, a former Professor of Music at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Philip was born in Plymouth, Devon, and received his secondary education at one of the city's longest-serving grammar schools, Devonport High School for Boys, taking 'A' levels in Music, German and French. He was an ABRSM Silver Medallist at Grade 8 Piano, achieving the second highest marks in the country, in any practical subject.
He went on to study at Cambridge University, the Royal College of Music, Exeter University Institute of Education and later as an external student of Durham University.
He went on to study at Cambridge University, the Royal College of Music, Exeter University Institute of Education and later as an external student of Durham University.
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