Opera Coaching/Teaching

Philip Headlam has worked as a conductor and repertoire coach with many outstanding singers of international and national renown including Louise Alder, Marcelo Alvarez, Kimberly Barber, Donna Bateman, Mel Braun, Alessandro Corbelli, Stephen Costello, Jose Van Dam, John Daszak, Anna Dennis, Gerald Finley, Huw Francis, Nic Folwell, Eglise Gutiérrez, Marc Heller, Bruce Kelly, Linda Kitchen, Fiona Kimm, Ildiko Komlosi, Solveig Kringelborn, Keith Latham, Gary Magee, Jane Manning, Lisa Milne, Diana Montague, Mark Padmore, Stephen Page, Ruby Philogene, Stephen Richardson, Richard Suart, Marianna Pizzolatto, Jeffrey Lloyd-Roberts, Patricia Rozario, Terje Stensvold, Kenneth Tarver, Talise Trevigne, Angela Tunstall, Encarnacion Vazquez, Monica Whicher and Li Ping Zhang.

He has extensive experience as a conductor and repertoire coach training singers and musicians at music conservatories, university faculties, opera house studios and independent programs in many countries including the U.K., Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Canada and Israel.
He leads through practical training in rehearsal and performances in which singers and young musicians can achieve depth in expression and style, acquire understanding, resources and versatility and aspire to lifelong creative development and achievement. He has designed several complete courses of training and engaged Jonathan Miller, director, Judith Weir, composer and singers Fiona Kimm and Dame Anne Evans for masterclasses.

Philip Headlam conductor
He has been a faculty member for the Opera/Vocal Department, Royal College of Music, London since 1994.
He was Head of Opera, Birkbeck College, University of London, U.K., 2008-12.
He has been guest conductor and repertoire coach at:

  • Royal Academy of Music, London, U.K.
  • Opera Program, Banff Centre, Canada
  • Israel Vocal Arts Institute, Tel Aviv, Israel
  • International Opera Studio, Ghent, Belgium
  • Berlin Opera Academy, Germany
  • Danish Opera Academy, Royal Danish Opera, Copenhagen
  • Trinity-Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, London, U.K.

and guest conductor with

  • New Music Ensemble, Conservatoire de Musique de Montreal (CMM)