Philip Lawson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Philip Lawson
Occupation	Singer
Date Of Birth	Feb 19, 1957(1957-02-19)
Age	67
Birthplace	Crawley
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	Crawley
Horoscope	Pisces

Philip Lawson Biography

Philip Lawson is one of the most popular and richest Singer who was born on February 19, 1957 in Crawley, Crawley, United Kingdom. Philip Lawson (born 19 February 1957) is a Grammy award-winning British composer and arranger, mostly of a cappella and sacred music. 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. 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”. In February 2012, he left the King’s Singers to concentrate on his writing career.

In June 1993, Lawson successfully auditioned for the part of second baritone with The King’s Singers, replacing founder-member Simon Carrington. In 1996 he volunteered to fill the vacancy for first baritone, and continued to sing this part until his departure in February 2012.

Philip Lawson teaches choral singing, composing and arranging, working with choirs and a cappella groups in Europe and the USA, and on an individual basis with young composers and arrangers. He is on the staff of the Vocal Departments of Wells Cathedral specialist music school and the University of Bristol. 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”

Since September 2016 Philip Lawson has been Musical Director of The Romsey Singers, a chamber choir based in Romsey, near Southampton.

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

Philip Lawson Net Worth

Philip Lawson is one of the richest Singer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Philip Lawson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

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.

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.

Lawson contributed over 50 arrangements to the repertoire of The King’s Singers. 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. The album won the Grammy for Best Classical Crossover Album at the Grammy Award Ceremony held in Los Angeles in February 2009.

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Philip Ranked on the list of most popular Singer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Philip Lawson celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.