Philip David Morehead (born 1942) recently retired as head of music staff of the Lyric Opera of Chicago and the Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Opera Center (formerly the Lyric Opera Center for American Artists). His previous positions at the Lyric Opera of Chicago have included Music Administrator and Chorus Master.He was born in New York City in 1942, the son of writer Albert Hodges Morehead, and learned to play the piano at age 4.[1][2] He attended Trinity School in New York City, The Baylor School in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Swarthmore College where he majored in French, Harvard University where he majored in musicology and received an M.A., and the New England Conservatory of Music where he majored in piano performance and received an M.M.