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Phillip Leslie Wilcher (born 16 March 1958) is an Australian pianist and classical music composer who was a founding member of the children's music group the Wiggles.When Wilcher published his first work, "Daybreak", at the age of 14, he was one of the youngest classical composers in Australia.
The Wiggles were founded in 1991 by Anthony Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher. Wilcher left the group after their first album . Page retired in 2006 due to ill health and was replaced by understudy Sam Moran , but returned in 2012, replacing Moran.
Phillip Wilcher, who was an early member of the Wiggles and "contributed the most musically to the debut album". [3]In 1990, while working with the early childhood music department at Macquarie University, Phillip Wilcher met musician and former member of the Australian rock group the Cockroaches, Anthony Field, who was studying child development.
Wilcher is a surname shared by several notable people: Geneice Wilcher (born 1980), American beauty pageant titlist; Mike Wilcher (born 1960), retired American professional football player; Phillip Wilcher (born 1958), Australian pianist and composer; Thomas Wilcher (living), American collegiate and pre-collegiate champion track and field athlete
Ferris was one of eight dancers to earn a role after auditioning with 150 other young dancers, [7] and she was a puppet in the story in the Man of La Mancha. [8] In 2010, at the age of twelve, she moved to Melbourne to join the Australian Ballet School. [9]
Former Wiggles member Phillip Wilcher has mentioned that the Wiggles believed that the song was in the public domain but it was claimed by a French composer. [4] On 4 April 2013, the Wiggles announced the addition of Wiggledance! to their Wiggle Time TV service. [5]
Gregory John Page, AM (born 16 January 1972) [1] [2] is an Australian singer, musician and actor. He is best known as the original lead singer and a founding member of the children's band the Wiggles from 1991 to 2006 and then again in 2012.
In early 1991, Anthony Field founded The Wiggles, a children's music group, with fellow university students Murray Cook and Greg Page (who was the Cockroaches' roadie), Phillip Wilcher (from Macquarie University's music department) and the Cockroaches' bandmate, Jeff Fatt.