Original sentence: He has been head of the Composition department at the Royal Academy of Music since Summer 2007.He studied at Cardiff University, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and in 1997 received a DMus from Durham University.Philip Cashian DMus BMus (born 1963 in Manchester) is an English composer.Recent commissions have included a Chamber Concerto (1995), Night Journeys for timpani and percussion (1998), Black Venus for solo guitar (1999), Tableaux for orchestra (2003) and Apollo for ensemble (2005)
Edited sentence: Born in Manchester in 1963, Cashian studied at Cardiff University, the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and in 1997 received a DMus from Durham University.Commissions have included a Chamber Concerto (1995), Night Journeys for timpani and percussion (1998) commisioned by the London Symphony Orchestra, Io by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Black Venus for solo guitar (1999), Silent Steps (1995) commissioned by the Haffner Wind Quintet, A Sea of Tales for Ensemble Endymion, Tableaux for orchestra (2003) commisioned by the Northern Sinfonia, Piano Concerto (2006) for the London Sinfonietta, and Apollo for ensemble (2005).He has served as a professor of composition at the Royal Academy of Music in London and since 2007 as its head of composition.He is also a visiting professor at the Bath Spa University College, Birmingham Conservatoire and Goldsmiths College.He is the head of composition of the Royal Academy of Music.Philip Cashian (born 1963) is an English composer