Shelley Phillips
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Shelley Phillips is a performer, and teacher of wind instrument
s and Celtic harp.
Phillips has a Master of Music
from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
. She plays and tours with the Anjali Quartet and the Coulter
-Phillips Ensemble, performs as a duo with her husband, Barry Phillips
, sings Shape note
music, and is currently collaborating with Rumi translator and poet Coleman Barks
.
Phillips has appeared on many recordings on the Gourd Music
label, including her solo albums The Fairie Round and Pavane. Phillips also has recorded music of the Shakers
and produced a benefit album, Verdant Groves, for the Shaker village museums.
In addition to performing and recording, Phillips works as a music director
within the Episcopalian church and is the founder and executive director of Community Music School of Santa Cruz, where she runs Celtic Camps for children and teens, concerts, workshops, and other programs.
Wind instrument
A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...
s and Celtic harp.
Phillips has a Master of Music
Master of Music
The Master of Music is the first graduate degree in Music awarded by universities and music conservatories. The M.Mus. combines advanced studies in an applied area of specialization with graduate-level academic study in subjects such as music history, music theory, or music pedagogy...
from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco Conservatory of Music, formerly the California Conservatory of Music, founded in 1917, is a music school, with an enrollment of about 400 students. It was launched by Ada Clement and Lillian Hodgehead in the remodeled home of Lillian's parents on Sacramento Street. It was called the...
. She plays and tours with the Anjali Quartet and the Coulter
William Coulter
William Coulter is a renowned Celtic guitarist, performer, recording artist, and teacher. Since 1981 he has explored the world of traditional music as a soloist with ensembles including Isle of Skye, Orison, and the Coulter-Phillips Ensemble.- Early life :...
-Phillips Ensemble, performs as a duo with her husband, Barry Phillips
Barry Phillips
Barry Phillips is a musician, arranger and producer of many recordings of Celtic, world and American folk music on the Gourd Music label.Barry received a Masters of Music degree in composition from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music in 1990...
, sings Shape note
Shape note
Shape notes are a music notation designed to facilitate congregational and community singing. The notation, introduced in 1801, became a popular teaching device in American singing schools...
music, and is currently collaborating with Rumi translator and poet Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks
Coleman Barks is an American poet. Although he neither speaks nor reads Persian, he is nonetheless renowned as an interpreter of Rumi and other mystic poets of Persia.- Biographical notes:...
.
Phillips has appeared on many recordings on the Gourd Music
Gourd Music
Gourd Music is a record label featuring acoustic, instrumental music. With various ensembles of guitar, cello, flute, oboe, harp, fiddle, hammered and mountain dulcimer, banjo, mandolin and more.Gourd Music was founded by Neal Hellman in 1987....
label, including her solo albums The Fairie Round and Pavane. Phillips also has recorded music of the Shakers
Shakers
The United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing, known as the Shakers, is a religious sect originally thought to be a development of the Religious Society of Friends...
and produced a benefit album, Verdant Groves, for the Shaker village museums.
In addition to performing and recording, Phillips works as a music director
Music director
A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...
within the Episcopalian church and is the founder and executive director of Community Music School of Santa Cruz, where she runs Celtic Camps for children and teens, concerts, workshops, and other programs.