Paul Phillips (conductor)
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Paul Schuyler Phillips (born April 28, 1956) is an American conductor, composer and music scholar. He is the Gretchen B. Kimball Director of Orchestral Studies,[1] and Professor of Music at Stanford University, where he directs the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, Stanford Philharmonia, and Stanford Summer Symphony. He has written on Igor Stravinsky and Anthony Burgess.[2]
In 1982 Phillips became Michael Gielen’s conducting assistant at the Frankfurt Opera, and was appointed 1st Kapellmeister and Chorus Director at Stadttheater Lüneburg the following year.[3] Following positions at the Greensboro Symphony, the Maryland Symphony Orchestra, and the Savannah Symphony, in 1989 Phillips became Director of Orchestras and Chamber Music at Brown University[4] concurrent with an appointment as Associate Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic. In 1994 he was named Music Director and Conductor of the Pioneer Valley Symphony & Chorus.[4] In 2017 Phillips became Director of Orchestral Studies at Stanford.[1]
Music scholarship
Phillips is the editor of The Devil Prefers Mozart: On Music and Musicians, 1962-1993 by Anthony Burgess and author of A Clockwork Counterpoint: The Music and Literature of Anthony Burgess, which examines the relationship between Burgess's music and his writings.[5] Phillips has written an encyclopedia entry on Burgess and several articles on the composer.[6]
In 1999 Phillips was featured as a performer and commentator on Anthony Burgess's music in the BBC television documentary The Burgess Variations, directed by David Thompson.[7]
