David Phillips studied organ at the Royal Academy
of Music in London, England. During this time, he
was awarded the Fellowship of the Royal College
of Organists (F.R.C.O.) and, by virtue of achieving
distinction in final year playing examinations, he
was presented for and received the prestigious
Recital Diploma (Dip. R.A.M.). He also received
prizes for performance, accompaniment and
improvisation. An Arts Council bursary financed
study of the Symphonies of Louis Vierne with David Sanger (UK), and he has
received further organ tuition from Peter Hurford (UK), Naji Hakim (France)
and Jacques van Oortmerssen and Ewald Kooiman (The Netherlands).
A master of a wide repertoire, David has given recitals in the UK, Canada and the
USA at many illustrious venues, including: the Cathedrals of St Paul’s, Truro,
Bristol, Portsmouth, Chichester, St Edmundsbury, Coventry, Birmingham,
Sheffield, Bradford, Chester and Newcastle; Westminster Cathedral;
Westminster Abbey; Blenheim Palace; Halifax Minster; in Oxford, Exeter
College, Magdalen College and The Queen's College; in Cambridge, Great St
Mary’s; in Scotland, St Giles’ Cathedral and Greyfriars Kirk, Edinburgh; in
Montreal, Christ Church Cathedral, St Matthias’ (Westmount) and the Church of
St Andrew & St Paul; in Toronto, St James’ Cathedral and Yorkminster Park
Baptist Church; in Boston, King’s Chapel; in New York City, St Thomas’ Church,
Fifth Avenue, and the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Times Square; Washington
National Cathedral; and in California, First United Methodist Church, San Diego,
and the Cathedral of St Mary of the Assumption, San Francisco.