ABOUT ME

Teacher and Musician

Phillips graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in music education, studying saxophone under Mike McMullen and Peter Epstein. He began touring with the band Sol'Jibe and also studied at the National School of Music in Havana, Cuba. In Nevada, Phillips has served as director of the award-winning Wooster High School Bands, headed the All-State and Washoe County Jazz Chairs, and directed elementary, middle, and high school honor ensembles. Currently a mentor for the Reno Jazz Orchestra, Phillips teaches at Bud Beasley Elementary School and is a sax instructor on the faculty at Truckee Meadows Community College.
“Where words fail, music speaks.”   - Anderson
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9/30/2021

October fun

​Take Me Out to the Ballgame



​Composer info below.