Philip has experience as an entertainer, musician and compère.

He gained early performing experience in light opera including Colonel Calverley (Patience), John Wellington Wells (The Sorcerer), Major General Stanley (Pirates of Penzance), King Gama (Princess Ida), Sir Joseph Porter (HMS Pinafore), Lord Chancellor (Iolanthe), Jack Point (The Yeoman of the Guard), Cox (Cox and Box), and Frank (Die Fledermaus).

Career highlights include creating the title role of Dreyfus in a new musical written by Bryan Kesselman. The first performance took place in front of a full house at St Giles Cripplegate in the Barbican, London. Philip also sang in the recording of War Oratorio, a new work by Dominic Muldowney. This major commission by Channel 4 television was first broadcast in June 2007.  He sang in the Royal Gala celebrating the reopening of the Royal Festival Hall (2007) and The Singing Circle in the Paul Hamlyn Hall at the Royal Opera House (2008).

see also Compère

Audience reaction

" ...... and tell you that your rendition of 'Bring Him Home' is not only mind bendingly beautiful but also technically perfect, particularly the closing line. It deserves to be heard by the whole world. It is literally, in the true sense of the word, wonderful."

"I LOVED your rendition of Bring Him Home, but what I play over and over from the other ones you sent, is Eli Eli. It makes me cry every time. It is my favourite so far."