Philip works freelance as a recitalist, accompanist and pianist for coaching, session work, and rehearsals. He is a conductor and rehearsal director for opera groups, choirs and orchestras, and a composer and musical adviser. Philip Colman has acted as pianist, songwriter and arranger for television programmes, as an arranger for the Royal Opera House, and as a pianist for the National Film Theatre, Ballet Rambert, RADA and London Contemporary Dance Theatre.