conductor, vocalist, pianist, teacher

Born in the United States and raised in Singapore, Phillip Cheah is currently based in New York City where he maintains an active professional life as a conductor, vocalist, pianist, and teacher.  He is the Music Director of the Central City Chorus, the staff accompanist at The Brearley School, and a member of the professional choir at the Church of Saint Luke in the Fields.

Hailed by the New York Times for the “warm tone and carefully calibrated blend” elicited from his choirs, he has conducted New Music New York, Cerddorion, Amuse, the Amato Opera, and C4 Choral Composer/Conductor Collective, of which he was a founding member.  His voice, praised for its “particularly potent contribution” (New York Times) and a “warm tone and stately presence” (paterre box) with a three-and-a-half octave vocal range that “defies the laws of nature” (Time Out New York), has made him in high demand as a singer and inspired song cycles written for him by Patrick Castillo, Jonathan David, and Frank J. Oteri.

He has held teaching appointments at The Putney School, Cathedral High School, Barnard College, and Manhattan School of Music.  He has also been the personal assistant to the composer/satirist Peter Schickele, and worked at Oxford University Press as Manager for Concert and Choral Promotion.

He holds both B.S. and M.M. degrees from Indiana University where he studied piano, conducting, and opera coaching.

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