2024
Phillip embarked on a competition tour in Spring 2024 that pushed his playing to new heights and saw competition success in Tennessee & Virginia!
1st Place Winner - NERTEC
Winner of Solo Euphonium Artist Competition at ITEA regional conference
Competition Winners Recital Solo Performance
Performed Euphonium Concerto by Joseph Horovitz at George Mason University
1st Place Winner - SERTEC
Winner of Solo Euphonium Artist Competition at ITEA regional conference
Live Competition Finals Performance
Performed select movements from Ellerby's Euphonium Concerto and Crausaz's Sonatina for Euphonium at Middle Tennessee State University
2nd Place Winner - SERTEC
Runner-Up in Euphonium Mock Band Competition at ITEA regional conference
Elected to Philadelphia Wind Symphony Board
Co-Vice President beginning in Fall 2024
2023
Philadelphia Wind Symphony
re-united with Philadelphia Wind Symphony as solo euphonium player for the ensemble.
Dallas Brass Band
Played Assistant Solo Trombone at the North American Brass Band Association Championships in Huntsville, Alabama (April 2023).
Life-Long Learning Instructor at UNT
continuing lectures for Osher Life-Long Learning program in music appreciation with lecture in Music & Emotion.
2022
What Happened
Dallas Brass Band Season Begins & 5th Anniversary Concert
August 21, 2022
Phillip will be continuing on this season with the Dallas Brass Band as Assistant Principal Trombone. Their first concert of the Fall season will be Sunday, October 2nd at Lovers Lane United Methodist Church in Dallas, TX. Click the link below to the band's official website for more details.
Falcone Festival Semi-Finalist & Radio Performance
August 5-8, 2022
Phillip competed in Twin Lake, Michigan as a semi-finalist in the Euphonium Artist division of the 2022 Leonard Falcone International Euphonium & Tuba Festival. There he performed Kayla Roth's "Modal Suite" and David Gillingham's "Vintage" as part of the competition.
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In addition to the competitive aspect of the festival, Phil also performed with the Falcone Festival's Tuba-Euphonium Ensemble as part of a live radio broadcast on Blue Lake Public Radio WBLU-FM on Sunday August, 7th. They performed two selections in a concert program combined with the Blue Lake Festival Band which featured festival guest artist/tubist, Dr. Kent Eshelman.
2nd Place Winner
July 26, 2022
Phillip won 2nd Place in the 2022 Stars and Shipes Mock Band E-Competition! Stars and Shipes is a series of competitions that allows serious students and aspiring professional musicians to participate in a high-level competition without leaving their homes.
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The competition was judged by three professional euphonium players either currently in or having previously performed in premier military bands. This year's sponsors include Euphonium.com and the International Euphonium Tuba Festival.
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Thank you to all the judges and sponsors for continuing this competition, and keep a look out on Phillip's YouTube page for some of the un-edited recordings produced in competition.
3rd Prize Winner - IWBC Euphonium Solo Competition
May 25, 2022
As a member of the International Women's Brass Conference, Phillip performed in the Euphonium Artist 24+ division of the Susan Slaughter Solo Competition. He performed Bert Appermont's The Green Hill, and Kayla Roth's Modal Suite. Phillip won third prize for the division!
