MUSICAL DIRECTOR

Hailing from Brisbane, Dr. Philip Eames studied piano with Dr. Max Olding and Dr. Stephen Savage at the Queensland Conservatorium, where he was a category finalist in the ABC Young Performers Awards. After further study at the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, he completed his doctorate in 2017 at the Sydney Conservatorium. Currently, Philip is a Research Associate at the Sydney Conservatorium with the Spencer-Bennett NeuroMusic Collaborative, and he serves as the Classical Convenor and lecturer at the Australian Institute of Music.

Philip maintains a diverse professional career as a conductor, pianist, academic and composer. He was appointed principal conductor of the Macquarie Singers in 2023, and in 2025, he took up the same role with Coro Innominata, while also a long-term associate conductor with the River City Voices. He most recently conducted seasons of Menotti’s The Medium and Weill’s The Seven Deadly Sins. Philip’s music has frequently been commissioned and performed throughout Australia by artists including the Australian Voices, Queensland Ballet, the Black Square and Flinders Quartets, and the Australian National Piano Award.