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Music

Daniel Phillips

Professor Emeritus 
Horn 

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Biography

Dan Phillips is a Professor Emeritus of Horn at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music of The ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Memphis. Before coming to Memphis in 1999, he taught at Southern Illinois ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú and Iowa State ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú. He holds degrees in horn performance from Michigan State ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú and the ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú of Notre Dame and has done additional graduate study at Indiana ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú. In addition to his teaching duties, he played in the Memphis Brass Quintet, the Memphis Woodwind Quintet and the university's faculty Birth of the Cool Ensemble. Outside of the university, he played in the PRIZM Ensemble, a mixed instrument chamber music group, the Eroica Ensemble and frequently as substitute or extra with the Memphis Symphony. His background as a hornist includes extensive experience in solo, chamber ensemble, symphonic, studio and operatic idioms throughout the US and in Europe, Brazil and Japan. Mr. Phillips has a broad background as a conductor, arranger, and teacher. He served three terms as Visiting Professor at Southern Illinois ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú's campus in Nakajo, Japan; and in the spring of 1992, he was an Artist-in-Residence at the Latvian Music Academy in Riga. He is also webmaster for the International Horn Society and operates The Jury-Systemâ„¢, a web application for administering college music juries that he created while at the ¸£ÀûƬ¹ú²ú.