Philip Pickett
| Philip Pickett | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Philip John Pickett 9 November 1950 London |
| Residence | Lyneham, Oxfordshire |
| Education | Marling School, Stroud, Gloucestershire |
| Alma mater | Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London |
| Occupation | Musician, recorder player |
| Known for | Early music ensembles |
| Criminal charge | Rape and sexual assault |
| Criminal penalty | 11 years in prison |
| Criminal status | Guilty, detained in prison |
Philip Pickett (born 19 November 1950) is an English musician and convicted sex offender. Pickett was director of early music ensembles including the New London Consort, and taught at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In February 2015, Pickett received an 11-year prison sentence for the rape and sexual assault of pupils at the school.
Born in London but raised in Gloucestershire, he began playing the trumpet while a student at Marling School, Stroud. There 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. Pickett 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.
Pickett played for the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, the English Concert, the English Chamber Orchestra and the London Mozart Players. In 1976 he joined the Albion Band, a folk-rock band led by Ashley Hutchings that included John Sothcott, . They played a mixture of traditional folk music and medieval tunes on a wide range of instruments – curtals, shawms, recorders, crumhorns, bagpipes, rackets, chalumeaux and synthesiser. In 1988 Pickett released his only solo album, called The Alchemist. A collaboration with Richard Thompson and members of Fairport Convention in 1998 resulted in the release of The Bones of All Men, consisting of early music tunes with a modern rock rhythm section and electric guitar.
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