Student Days
Philip Pickett began as a trumpet player. He played trumpet while student at Marling School, Stroud, Glos. He met Antony Baines and David Munrow who encouraged him to try early woodwind instruments such as the recorder, shawm and rackett.] He studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He was forced to give up the trumpet after being kicked in the mouth while being assaulted on the London Underground at the end of his first year there. In 1972 he became Professor of Recorder and Historical Performance, a post he held for 25 years. He has played for the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, The English Concert, the English Chamber Orchestra, the London Mozart Players and many other orchestras.
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