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Joseph Phibbs
Joseph Phibbs studied at The Purcell School, King's College London and Cornell University, and his teachers have included Param Vir, Sir Harrison Birtwistle and Steven Stucky. His works have been performed by leading ensembles in the UK and beyond, including the London Sinfonietta, BBC Symphony Orchestra, National Symphony Orchestra (Washington), and Lontano.He has been commissioned to write pieces for a number of festivals, including Aldeburgh, Cheltenham, Spitalfields and Bath, and much of his output has been broadcast on BBC Radio 3.

Lumina, commissioned for the 2003 Last Night of the Proms, was premiered in a televised broadcast by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under Leonard Slatkin. It was subsequently shortlisted in two categories of the 2004 British Academy Awards, and has since received further performances in Europe, including at the Concertgebouw (Amsterdam). In Camera, also written for the BBC SO and Slatkin, has been performed extensively in Europe and the US, and Rainland for choir and wind orchestra (written in collaboration with Stephen Plaice) has recently received its fourth performance at this year's WASBE Conference in Ireland, with several more performances scheduled for later this year. Phibbs largest chamber work to date, The Canticle of the Rose, was premiered at Wigmore Hall in 2005 by Lisa Milne and the Belcea Quartet (shortlisted for the 2006 RPS Chamber Music Prize).

Recent works include Tenebrae for double choir and orchestra, The Village of Birds (written as part of the Britten Sinfonia's BBC Lunchtime Concert series), Personnages (for Nicholas Daniel), ), The Spiralling Night (commissioned by the National Youth Wind Ensemble of Great Britain, under Phillip Scott), and FLEX, a joint RPS/BBC commission for this year's City of London Festival.

Commissions for 2008 include a short new work for the London Symphony Orchestra (entitled Shruti), a clarinet and piano piece for Sarah Williamson (Wigmore Hall recital, 2008), a songcycle for soprano and chamber ensemble, and a development commission for a chamber opera for the Royal Opera House's 'Opera Genesis' scheme (Linbury Theatre).

He has also written for the theatre; recent productions include Hamlet (dir. Jonathan Kent in Tokyo/Sadlers Wells) and Troilus and Cressida (dir. Giles Block at The Globe).

Phibbs combines his composing career with the editing and promoting of Benjamin Britten's music, and was recently made a director of the Britten Estate Ltd.