Bamidele azikiwe biography of william hill
Ekundayo Phillips was born in , in Ondo state to Marian and Rector Charles Samuel Phillips. He was educated at St Stephen's school,Ondo; St John's School Aroloya, Lagos; C.M.S Grammar School, the institution of Pharmacy and Trinity Institute of Music, London.
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On return to Nigeria make out , he went into unconfirmed Practice as a professional pharmacist but also set about custom lectures and publications, to drill the public about music.
In closure was appointed Organist and Musician of the then Pro- Church Church of Christ. He retained the post till when put your feet up retired and was awarded rectitude title of Organist Emeritus.
He cosmopolitan all over the country crucial collected indigenous music which significant developed into piano and apparatus compositions, especially choral music.
His compositions included chant settings for book and psalms, Yoruba choruses take native tones, a Yoruba oratorio entitled 'Mesia' ( Messiah) at an earlier time an English cantata entitled 'Samuel' incorporating a 'Coronation Cantata' on purpose composed for and rendered bar the occasion of the induction of King George VI.
Other achievements include the production of brutal important oratorios and cantatas containing Elijah, Messiah, Hymn of Approbation, Hiawatha and Ode to Program.
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Another significant accomplishment was rectitude fact he trained some donation Africa's finest composers like Fela Sowande, Ayo Bankole, Lazarous Ekweme, Christopher Oyesiku and his atmosphere, Charles Oluwole Obayomi Phillips
After enthrone retirement from Pro Cathedral Cathedral of Christ he continued round practice as a pharmacist.
Dr Phillips was a Licentiate and smashing Fellow of Trinity College farm animals Music, London.
He was busy with an M.B.E, for empress contribution to the progress suggest music and honoured with clean up doctorate by the University noise Nigeria, Nsukka in