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Joseph Phibbs (born 1974) is an English composer of music mainly for performance in concert or chamber recital. He has also composed for theatre. Since 1998 he has written regularly to commissions for Festivals, both in England and France, for private sponsors, and for the B.B.C., which has broadcast premieres of his larger compositions performed by leading musicians and ensembles. His works have been given premieres in Europe, the United States and the Far East, and he has received prestigious awards.

Musical training
Joseph Phibbs was born in London. A pianist and cellist, he attended the Purcell School for Young Musicians with a scholarship from Suffolk County Council, and also received tuition in musical technique from Param Vir. At King's College, London, where he was taught by Sir Harrison Birtwistle, he obtained a Master's degree in composition in 1996. In that year he was a winner of the BBC Young Composers' Forum, from which important opportunities arose. He then studied at Cornell University towards a doctorate of Musical Arts with Steven Stucky, a teacher and friend influential upon his own work. Many of his works are now published by Ricordi.

Orchestral

 * Soirée (1996). (for BBC)
 * Dream of a Summer Night (2000). (for Cheltenham Music Festival)
 * In Camera (2001). (for BBC)
 * Lumina (2003). (for BBC) (Faber Music)
 * The Dawn Breakers (2005).
 * Shruti (2008), (to Param Vir). (L.S.O. Sound Adventures). (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Night Interludes (2011). (for Presteigne Festival).
 * Rivers to the Sea (2012). (for The Anvil, Basingstoke, with the Philharmonia Orchestra). (Ricordi)
 * Partita for Orchestra (2016), dedicated to the memory of Steven Stucky. (for Library of Congress Koussevitzky awards with BBC). (Ricordi)

Concertante

 * Clarinet Concerto (2009), solo clarinet and string orchestra with harp. (for Orchestra of the Swan). (Ricordi)
 * Bar Veloce (2011), solo percussion and orchestra. (for Cheltenham Music Festival).
 * Towards Purcell (2012), concertante for oboe, horn, harp and orchestra. (for Purcell School's 50th Anniversary). (Ricordi)
 * Datcha Savoyarde - Evian Variations (2013), solo cello with orchestra. (for Evian Festival: Homage to Mstislav Rostropovich in the Britten Centenary). (Ricordi)
 * Notturno (2013), solo harp with orchestra. (for David Watkins). (Ricordi)

Instrumental ensemble

 * Night Dances (1995), for cello, clarinet and piano.
 * Cayuga (1999), mixed chamber ensemble. (for Faber Music Millennium Series). (Faber Music)
 * Trio Semplice (2000), trio for violin, cello and piano. (for Schubert Ensemble for Chamber Music). (Chamber Music 2000)
 * Ritual Songs and Blessings (2002), for oboe, clarinet, horn, violin, viola, cello, piano. (for The Spitalfields Festival, London) (Ricordi)
 * La Noche Arrolladora (The Spiralling Night) (2002), harpsichord with wind ensemble. (for BBC)
 * The Village of Birds (2006), wind and string septet.
 * Split Screen (2006), wind band. (Phillip Scott). (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Agea (GEorge vAss) (2007), for string quartet. (Ricordi)
 * The Spiralling Night (2007), wind ensemble. (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Flex (2007), quartet for flute, violin, cello and piano. (for Royal Philharmonic Society and BBC, for City of London Festival). (Ricordi)
 * Cossax (2008), symphonic wind ensemble. (for Aldeburgh Festival). (Ricordi)
 * Quartettino (2012), string quartet. (for The Tricycle Theatre). (Ricordi)
 * Festival Fanfare (2014), brass quintet. (for Uzerche Festival).
 * String Quartet no. 1 (2014). (for The Piatti Quartet, with the Britten-Pears Foundation and the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust). (Ricordi)
 * String Quartet no. 2 (2015). (for Presteigne Festival and Little Missenden Festival). (Ricordi)

Instrumental duo and solo

 * Fantasia (1998), duo for violin and piano.
 * Tango Rouge (2001), duo for bassoon and piano. (Faber Music)
 * Spiraling (2001), duo for violin and marimba. (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Fanfares for Harry (2001), duo for clarinet and marimba (to Harrison Birtwistle). (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Light Remains (2003), four movements for solo piano. (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Crimson Joy (2004), duo for trumpet and piano (to Gareth Flowers). (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Personnages (2004), solo for oboe. (for Nicholas Daniel). (Ricordi)
 * Arc de Soleil (2008), duo for clarinet and piano. (for Sarah Williamson, in memory of Christopher Ross 1961-2005). (Ricordi)
 * Sonatine (2010), duo for cello and piano. (Ricordi)
 * Guitar Suite (2013), solo guitar. (Ricordi)
 * Serenade for Two Guitars (2013). (for Duo Guitartes).
 * Suite for solo violin (2015), solo violin.
 * Letters from Warsaw (2015), duo for viola and piano. (for Krzysztof Chorzelski).

Songs and song-cycles

 * Canticle of the Rose (2005), high soprano with string quartet (Texts: Edith Sitwell). (for Nicholas and Judith Goodison: Goodison Quartet no. 3.) (Shortlisted for Royal Philharmonic Society Chamber music prize). (Ricordi)
 * The Silence at the Song's End (2008) Song-cycle, soprano and string quartet (Texts: Nicholas Heiney). (Burnham Market Festival, Norfolk). (Ricordi)
 * The Moon's Funeral (2008), Song, counter-tenor and piano (Text: Hilaire Belloc). (for NMC Songbook recording). (Ricordi)
 * From Shore to Shore (2011) Song-cycle, guitar and counter-tenor (Texts: Sara Teasdale and Nicholas Heiney). (for James Boyd, with Arts Council England National Lottery Scheme). (Ricordi)
 * Pierrot (2011), Song, soprano, recorder and piano (Text: Sara Teasdale).(for 'Antony Hopkins: A Portrait'). (Ricordi)
 * Shades of Night (2012), Songs, tenor and piano. (Texts: Trad., and Louis MacNeice). (for Ben Alden). (Ricordi)
 * On a Deserted Shore (2012), Song-cycle, baritone & piano (Text: Kathleen Raine). (for Jeremy Huw Williams with the Ralph Vaughan Williams Trust, for the Temenos Academy of Integral Studies). (Ricordi)
 * Moon Songs (2013-14), Six songs, soprano, recorder (or flute) and piano. (Texts: Sara Teasdale). (for Pierrot Project).
 * Night and Silence - Scena (Act 2, Scene 2) from "A Midsummer Night's Dream" - (2014), high soprano, tenor, baritone and piano. (for Uzerche Festival).

Choral

 * Ave verum corpus (2003), Soprano with SATB. (Oxford University Press)
 * Rainland (2003-04), Choral drama, libretto by Stephen Plaice. (nu:phonics project for 25th Anniversary of East Sussex Music Service ). (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * Levedi, flour of alle thing (St Margaret's Carol) (2004), SATB. (to St Margaret's Church Choir, Ipswich). (Oxford University Press)
 * Tenebrae (2005), Cantata. Soprano, chorus, small orchestra and chamber choir. (Texts: David Gascoyne (1916-2001), Henry King, Henry Vaughan and Phineas Fletcher, and from the Latin Mass). (for St Albans Bach Choir). (Oxford University Press)
 * Run slowly, horses of the night (2006), Choir and piano.
 * Suffolk Chanteys (2008), Chamber choir, wind and percussion (to Sandy Crary). (Britten-Pears Chamber Choir and Aldeburgh Festival). (Contemporary Voices BMIC)
 * In excelsis gloria (2008), two-part upper voices, with organ, harp or piano. (for Jenni Wake-Walker). (Boosey & Hawkes)
 * Gaudeamus omnes (2009), Introit for the feast of All Saints, SSA, a cappella. (Wells Cathedral girl choristers, Matthew Owens). Rearranged (2010), SSATB, for Exon Singers. (Boosey & Hawkes)
 * Sanctus (2010), Chorus, a cappella. (Boosey & Hawkes)
 * Modyr, whyt as lyly flour (2010), Carol, SATB, a cappella. (Ricordi)
 * Shadows of Sleep (2010), Choral work for trebles, SATB, percussion and piano. (Ricordi)
 * Salve Regina (2010), Motet, SSAATTB. (for Exon Singers' Festival, Matthew Owens). (Boosey & Hawkes)
 * Choral Songs of Homage (2013), SATB with piano. (Texts: Trad., Henry Vaughan and Thomas Heywood). (for Aldeburgh Music Club for the Britten Centenary).
 * Lullay, lullay, thou lytil child (2014), SATB soloists with mixed choir SSATB, a cappella. (for the Fairhaven Singers, Ralph Woodward). (Boosey & Hawkes)
 * Missa Brevis (2016), Ordinary of Latin Mass, unaccompanied upper voices in 3 parts. (Boosey & Hawkes)

Selected Sources

 * Joseph Phibbs Official website
 * Composer's video commentary on The Canticle of the Rose (You Tube).
 * Interview (James Boyd). (International Bath Music Festival).
 * Interview: 'Joseph Phibbs: Rivers to the Sea (New Commission)', Philharmonia Orchestra video, 2012 (Vimeo).
 * Interview: Gavin Dixon, 'A breath of fresh air: An interview with Sarah Williamson and Joseph Phibbs' (Seen and Heard International).
 * Krzysztof Chorzelski commissions Letters from Warsaw,' The Amati Magazine 153.
 * A. Whittall: ‘From post-tonal to postmodern? Two string quartets by Joseph Phibbs', Musical Times, Autumn 2016.
 * Interview August 2011, in A. Palmer, Encounters with British Composers (Boydell Press, Woodbridge 2015), pp. xxi, 381-391.
 * Sound and Music British Music Collection

Category:1974 births Category:Living people Category:People from London Category:Alumni of King's College, London Category:20th-century English musicians Category:English classical composers Category:English male classical composers Category:20th-century classical composers Category:21st-century classical composers