BOB PHILLIPS

Bob Phillips, composer, string pedagogue, teacher trainer, and conductor, is renowned both as an educator and an innovator in string education. Bob and his wife, Pam, devote their time to creating and presenting new music, workshops and materials for string teachers and students. With over twenty-eight years experience in a public school classroom, as well as twenty years as a teacher trainer, Bob brings a wealth of knowledge and a sense of humour to his presentations.

Bob is co-author of the String Explorer method books as well as the ground-breaking Fiddlers Philharmonic and Jazz Philharmonic series all published by Alfred Publishing. He has over twenty pieces published for string orchestra. Bob taught twenty-seven years in the Saline Area Schools District building a string program with over 700 students that is now a national model of excellence in classical and alternative music. Bob’s groups have performed at national and state conferences. Bob and Pam founded the nationally renowned folk-fiddling ensemble, ‘Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic’, which under his direction gained an international reputation annually performing more than 75 shows. Bob has been credited in several national publications with being one of the prime forces in the creation of the alternative styles movement in schools.