D A R I A  P H I L L I P S

Daria is a freelance bassoonist and music educator. She began lessons on the mini-bassoon at the age of 7 as part of a council run project, progressing through the various music ensembles within her borough before joining the music course at Junior Guildhall where she held the Bassoon Scholarship and, in her final year, received the Woodwind Prize. She was a Junior Artist with the LPO mentored by Jonathan Davies. Daria studied at Guildhall where she won the Bassoon Prize in 2022 and the Contrabassoon Prize in 2024. She 
completed her Masters with Distinction having studied with Helen Storey, Richard Ion and Dominic Morgan on the Orchestral Artistry course. She also studied in The Hague with Gretha Tuls. She has been invited to play with Chineke! Orchestra, an initiative that aims to promote diversity in classical music-making, on numerous concert tours and recordings, including their 2023 BBC Prom and 
inaugural tour of North America. She enjoys encouraging young musicians to explore the art form and regularly works as a teacher and music mentor with various organisations, supporting young musicians from their first steps on the mini bassoon to final preparations for higher education study.