Phillippa trained as a singer at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama and the Royal Academy of Music, working as a freelance soprano and singing teacher before moving fully into arts administration. Phillippa has enjoyed a range of roles with organisations including BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Intermusica Artists’ Management, the Menuhin and BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competitions, and Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she was the Vocal Department Coordinator. A lover of opera, she is a trustee for Music Theatre Wales, and her hobbies and interests in addition to music include travel, food, swimming, and learning Italian.