Chicago for Die Meistersinger, Jenůfa, Der fliegende Holländer, Sweeney Todd, Billy Budd and others. He conducted performances of Un ballo in maschera, The Mikado and Die Fledermaus and the premiere production of Anthony Davis's Amistad and student performances of La traviata, The Cunning Little Vixen, and Carmen. He also conducted performances of Rossini's Cinderella for the Ryan Opera Center. He twice conducted the Center's Rising Stars concerts and the special presentation of The Magic Victrola. Morehead is also a free-lance pianist, harpsichordist, and conductor. His conducting includes performances of Boulez' Improvisations sur Malarmé for the Contemporary Chamber Players at the University of Chicago and Gounod's Faust at Illinois State University. He was a founding member of CUBE (1987-2013), the Chicago-based chamber ensemble specializing in the performance of new music. With the CUBE ensemble he performed as pianist in a wide variety of repertoire and conducted the ensemble in world premieres of William Ferris An Eden Garden, Sebastian Huydt's Three Serious Songs, and Russ Grazier's Leaving, Arriving, among other works. Morehead was also on the board of directors of the Conductors Guild and was a member of the Artistic and Awards Committee of the Solti Foundation U.S. Morehead retired from Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2015 and currently resides in Dwight, Ontario, Canada. He is a member of the Muskoka Big Band in Huntsville, Ontario and is Music Director of the Highlands Opera Studio in Haliburton, Ontario, where he has conducted performances of Gounod Faust, Mozart Così fan tutte, Puccini La Boheme and Strauss Ariadne auf Naxos. He is married to Patricia Morehead, PhD. (oboist and composer) and has three adult children (James, Keren and Ian). Editor New American Roget's College Thesaurus, New American Crossword Puzzle Dictionary, The New American Webster's Handy College Dictionary Hoyle's Rules of Games, Author Dictionary of Music, The New American, The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Music, The Penguin Roget's College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form, References External links (Philip Morehead, professional) (Phil & Pat Morehead, personal) Philip David Morehead at Center Stage Philip David Morehead at Baylor School Note: some may be works by his father Albert Morehead or parents Albert and Loy Morehead. The son may have updated their reference books. 1942 births American classical pianists American harpsichordists American choral conductors American conductors (music) Living people Musicians from New York City Swarthmore College alumni Harvard University alumni The Royal Conservatory of Music faculty