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chorister from the age of seven, Philip Cave has been involved with
choral music all his life. He studied music at Oxford University with
Simon Preston and was a Choral Scholar and Lay-clerk at Christ Church
Cathedral, where he also directed the College Choir, the Cathedral
Voluntary Choir, and sang with the Schola Cantorum and the Clerkes of
Oxenford. During the following years, he taught music, performed as a
soloist and conducted several ensembles including the Oxford Harmonic
Society, a city choir of 120 voices, with whom he performed much of
the standard choral society repertoire.
He was a founding
member of the Tallis Scholars with whom he gave over 400 performances,
and for many years a lay-clerk in New College Choir, directed by
Edward Higginbottom.
He has performed, toured and recorded
with the Hilliard
Ensemble, The Sixteen,
the Choir of the English
Consort, the King's Consort,
the Schütz Choir of London and the
Cardinall's Musick.
Since moving to Washington, he has sung with the
Washington Bach Consort, the
Folger Consort and the National Gallery Vocal Ensemble, giving
performances at the White House, the Kennedy Center and the National
Cathedral.
As a soloist, he has performed under many
celebrated conductors including Sir Adrian Boult, Leonard Bernstein
and Sir Roger Norrington, and at venues including the Beethovenhalle
in Bonn and the Sydney Opera House. He has performed frequently at the
BBC Promenade Concerts in London, and has shared the concert platform
with many distinguished musicians, including Sir Peter Pears, Sting
and Sir Paul McCartney.
In 1991, Philip founded the vocal
ensemble
Magnificat, which specializes in the restoration and performance
of neglected masterworks of the baroque and renaissance periods. The
ensemble has toured and performed in England, Spain, Greece and the
USA, and has made ten CD recordings, which have attracted much musical
acclaim:
“The performances are guaranteed to refresh even the
most jaded palate.” (Early Music Review)
“A flawlessly blended
ensemble that can meet any technical challenge.” (American Record
Guide)
“Cave and his small chorus spun sustained wonders of supple
phrasing and clean textures, supported with sound of clarion purity.”
(Los Angeles Times)
Active as a vocal and choral clinician
and teacher, Philip has led many master-classes and workshops in the
UK and USA. He holds a DMA degree from the University of Maryland, an
MA from Oxford University and is a Licentiate of the Guildhall School
of Music, and of Trinity College, London, and an Associate of the
Royal College of Music. A recipient of the 2004 American Musicological
Society’s Noah Greenberg Award, and of the London Handel Society’s
Byrne award for performances of the music of Handel, he is also an
honorary Fellow of London’s Academy of St Cecilia.
Philip
moved to the USA in 2000 and lived in California and Connecticut
before moving to the Washington DC area. He is Executive Director of
Chorworks, Inc., a non-profit organization that promotes the study and
performance of choral music and Director of Music at All Souls
Episcopal Church in Washington DC.
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