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Philip Lawson was born on 19 February, 1957 in Crawley, United Kingdom, is an A british male singer. Discover Philip Lawson's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 19 February 1957
Birthday 19 February
Birthplace Crawley, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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1957

Philip Lawson (born 19 February 1957) is a British choral conductor, composer and arranger.

For 18 years he was a baritone with the King's Singers and the group's principal arranger for the last fifteen years of that period.

1978

Lawson switched from counter-tenor to baritone in 1978 at the age of 21.

He moved to London upon graduating and worked for 3 years as a soloist and with choirs including The BBC Singers, The Taverner Choir, Opera Rara and the choirs of St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and Southwark Cathedral.

1982

From 1982 to 1993, Lawson was a Lay Clerk in Salisbury Cathedral Choir under Richard Seal and from 1989 was Director of Music of Chafyn Grove Preparatory School.

During this time he also performed many times with The Sixteen, the English Concert and CM90, and worked as pianist and arranger for a local dance band.

1993

In June 1993, Lawson successfully auditioned for the part of second baritone with The King's Singers, replacing founder-member Simon Carrington.

Philip Lawson appears on all King's Singers recordings from 1993 to 2012:

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1996

In 1996 he volunteered to fill the vacancy for first baritone, and continued to sing this part until his departure in February 2012.

Lawson contributed over 50 arrangements to the repertoire of The King's Singers.

2000

In 2000, Lawson was nominated for a Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Album "Circle Of Life" (Kiss From A Rose; Kokomo; It Had To Be You, Etc.) (Album).

2008

He has 10 arrangements on the group's Grammy winning album "Simple Gifts", recorded in 2008 at the studio of Status Quo lead guitarist Francis Rossi.

Nominations

Eight years later in 2008, he won a Grammy for the album "Simple Gifts", winning Best Classical Crossover Album at the Grammy Award Ceremony held in Los Angeles in February 2009.

Lawson also wrote the lyrics to "Born on a New Day", the highly successful Christmas version of the King's Singers best-selling hit arrangement of "You are the New Day".

Lawson is also a composer of choral music in his own right with more than two hundred published works, and has a busy schedule of commissions from choirs and a cappella groups.

Most of his works are in print with Hal Leonard Corporation in the US, but he also has works published by OUP, Schott Music, Boosey and Hawkes, Walton Music, Peters Edition, The Lorenz Corporation, Morningstar Music, Pavane Publications, Alliance Music, Banks Music, Alfred Music, Encore Publications and Schoolplay Productions.

2009

In 2009 the group's album "Simple Gifts", on which Lawson arranged 10 out of 15 tracks, won the Grammy award for "Best Classical Crossover Album".

2012

In February 2012, he left the King's Singers to concentrate on his writing career.

Philip Lawson was born in Crawley, West Sussex, England, and attended Hazelwick School.

He was not from a musical family but a chance meeting introduced him to the boys' choir of Worth Church which sparked his interest in music.

He went on to study music at the University of York under Wilfrid Mellers and to sing counter-tenor in the choir of York Minster, under Francis Jackson.

2014

In 2014 and 2016, he was one of two lecturers at the European Seminar For Young Composers held in Aosta, Italy, sponsored by the Italian national choral foundation Feniarco, and by Europa Cantat.

He has been described by Choir & Organ magazine as a "choral polymath".

2016

Since September 2016 Philip Lawson has been musical director of The Romsey Singers, a chamber choir based in Romsey, near Southampton, and in 2022 was appointed musical director of The Farrant Singers, a chamber choir in Salisbury founded by Richard Lloyd in 1958.

Philip Lawson teaches choral singing, composing and arranging, working with choirs and a cappella groups in Europe and the US, and on an individual basis with young composers and arrangers.

He spent ten years on the staff of the Vocal Department of Wells Cathedral specialist music school.He is a voice teacher at the University of Bristol.