Phil Edwards is a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He has performed with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and as a percussionist and keyboard player in manyWest End productions. Phil became Music Director of the UK National Tour of Annie and subsequently fulfilled the same position in the West End production of Starlight Express whose tour of Japan and Australia he also supervised. He was the original Music Director of the West End production of Miss Saigon. He works regularly as composer and arranger for t.v. and radio in Great Britain. He has written and orchestrated several film scores including The Most Dangerous Moment and Cupid broadcast on R.T.E., and composed incidental music for the Las Vegas mega-show EFX. He works as an arranger for several European pop bands, notably Natural Born Hippies. He was Music Supervisor of the New Zealand production of Cats and the first German production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat. He was the musical supervisor of Starlight Express in London and Germany and the Hamburg production of Cats. Phil was Music Director and co -orchestrator of the original production of Saturday Night Fever at the London Palladium, which subsequently had a two year run on Broadway. He composed and produced music for the Closing Ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. A fascinating and enjoyable recent project was as Musical Director and vocal coach for Vinnie Jones on his debut album Respect. Phil is Musical Supervisor and co-orchestrator of Sleeping Beauty a new musical which was in workshop in 2005 and due to open in the West End in 2007. He has recently conducted the London Symphony Orchestra and is currently Musical Supervisor of the U.S. National Tours of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat and Jesus Christ Superstar, the German production of Saturday Night Fever and the UK National Tour of Starlight Express.