Baritone Anthony E. Philpott has enjoyed a varied career in music.  As a soloist, he has performed in opera, musical theater, oratorio, and recital.  As a chorister, he has performed with various ensembles, including five seasons with the Spiritual Renaissance Singers of Greensboro (NC).  In 2021, he was among the winners of the Art Song and Vocal Chamber Music Call for Scores by Calliope's Call.  An independent music researcher, archivist, and lecturer, he has presented at New York’s legendary Town Hall, and the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum, formerly the historic Palmer Memorial Institute in Sedalia, NC.  His musical training began in his hometown of St. Thomas, U.S.V.I. at the University of the Virgin Islands.  He is a Music Performance graduate of North Carolina A&T State University.

Forthcoming is his book, “A Hall for All: Black Classical Musicians at the Town Hall,” which traces the rise to prominence of Black classical musicians, as revealed through their performances at this historic New York venue.  Currently, he serves as Vice-President of the Board of Directors of the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra, and is President of the Carol Brice Music Association, North Carolina’s state-wide branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc.