Biography

Philip Hornsey is a graduate of McGill University where he studied with Pierre Béluse and D’Arcy Gray and the University of Montreal where he studied with Julien Grégoire. He has also benefited from studies with Robert Slapcoff, Robert Leroux, Louis Charbonneau, Isao Nakamura, Mircea Ardeleanu, David Kent, Alexander Lepak, Michel Udow and Fujimoto Yoshikazu.

He plays percussion with the Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal, Bradyworks, Kore Ensemble and the Kovalis Duo. As a free-lancer he works with the Nouvel Ensemble Moderne, Code d’Accés, Orchestre Métropolitain, I Musici de Montréal, among many others. He has collaborated on dance projects with the choreographers Isabelle Van Grimde and Dominique Porte and in theatre with Marcelle Hudon. He has also played Japanese Taiko, Indian Katakali and Balinese Gamelan music.

He has also done many recordings for the National Film Board, the Canadian Broadcasting Company as well as numerous recordings for commercial projects. His musical adventures have taken him across Canada, eastern United States, Asia and Europe.

He is the percussion and drum set teacher at FACE high school and participates in the “Artist in School” program that was initiated by the Minister of Culture and Communications.