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Bob Phillips  

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Bob Phillips, author/composer, pedagogue, teacher trainer, and conductor, is renowned as an innovator in string education. Bob has authored many books including Sound Innovations and published over 200 pieces. He was president of ASTA. In 2022 Bob was honored by both ASTA and The Midwest Clinic.

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Bob Phillips, author/composer, pedagogue, teacher trainer, and conductor, is renowned as an expert in the use of large group pedagogy and the development of eclectic styles for strings. Bob has authored over 25 book series including Sound Innovations and has had over 200 works published for orchestras and bands. He was president of ASTA and Director of String Publications for Alfred Music. In 2013 Bob was inducted into the U of M School of Music Hall of Fame. In 2022 ASTA awarded Bob and Pam the Distinguished Service Award and The Midwest Clinic presented them with the Medal of Honor. 

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Bob Phillips(b.1953), author/composer, pedagogue, teacher trainer, and conductor, is renowned as an innovator in string education. He is an expert in the use of large group pedagogy and in the development of eclectic styles for strings. Bob has authored over 25 book series for use in the classroom including the Sound Innovations series and many eclectic styles publications. He has had over 200 works published for orchestras and bands and is an award-winning ASCAP composer. For 27 years in Saline, MI, Bob built a string program that featured both classical and eclectic styles and founded the Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic. Bob’s students have been successful as string educators, as well as professional performers, in both classical and eclectic styles. He was president of ASTA and Director of String Publications for Alfred Music. Bob has been elected "Teacher of the Year" nine times by national, state, and regional associations. In 2013 Bob was inducted into The University of Michigan School of Music Hall of Fame. In 2022 ASTA awarded Bob and Pam the Distinguished Service Award and The Midwest Clinic presented both Bob and Pam with the Medal of Honor. Bob performs in the Michigan Mandolin Orchestra, and The Langford Lads.

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Bob Phillips(b.1953), author/composer, pedagogue, teacher trainer, and conductor, is renowned as an innovator in string education. He is an expert in the use of large group pedagogy and in the development of eclectic styles for strings. One of today’s leading educational authors and composers, his books and pieces are performed by thousands of string students each year. Bob has authored over 25 book series for use in the classroom including all six levels of the Sound Innovations series as well as the ground-breaking eclectic styles publications Fiddlers Philharmonic, Jazz Philharmonic, Rock Philharmonic, Mariachi Philharmonic, Latin Philharmonic, and Fiddle and Song. He has had over 200 works published for orchestras and bands and is an award-winning ASCAP composer. His works are regularly performed at the Midwest Clinic. His instructional DVDs, String Clinics to Go, have been used by thousands of teachers. For 27 years in Saline, MI, Bob built a string program with over 700 students that was a national model of excellence in both classical and eclectic styles music. Bob’s groups have performed at national and state conferences. He founded the folk-fiddling ensemble, Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic, which under his direction, gained an international reputation annually performing more than 80 shows a year as well as playing at the White House multiple times and at The Midwest Clinic. He was an assistant music director and arranger for the professional string ensemble Barrage 8. Bob has conducted for a variety of youth symphonies, all-state and honors orchestras, and camps including the All-State Orchestra at Interlochen, Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp Orchestras, Oakland Youth Symphony, Georgia All-State, Kentucky All-State, South Carolina All-State, Michigan All-State, Tennessee All-State, California All-State, and the Queensland Honour Ensemble Program. He served as resident conductor and arranger for the Wintergrass Festival in Seattle for 12 years. Bob’s students have been successful as string educators, as well as professional performers, in both classical and eclectic styles. 

Bob has been elected "Teacher of the Year" nine times by national, state, and regional associations and has been invited to present clinics in more than 47 states and eight foreign countries, including 9 tours throughout Australia. He has served as president of the American String Teachers Association and Director of String Publications for Alfred Publishing. Bob and Pam were recognized as Citizens of the Year by the City of Saline for their work in arts education. They were also honored by both the House and the Senate of the State of Michigan for their contribution to the arts. In 2013 Bob was inducted into The University of Michigan School of Music Hall of Fame. In 2022 ASTA awarded Bob and Pam the Distinguished Service Award for their contributions to string education and The Midwest Clinic presented both Bob and Pam with the medal of Honor. Currently he performs with the Michigan Mandolin Orchestra, and a folk trio, the Langford Lads. During the 2024-2025 concert season he performed as a concerto soloist with five community orchestras in Michigan.

 

 

Pam Phillips

Very short (<50 words): Pam Phillips has a broad background in arts management and production including producing concerts, camps, and workshops. In her role as an editor she has worked on production of DVDs, CDs, orchestra pieces, and books. Pam is the Suzuki editor for Alfred Music and was the project coordinator for Alfred Music’s revolutionary new method Sound Innovations.   

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Pam Phillips has a broad background in arts management and production.  Her career includes booking and producing concerts for professional artists as well as school groups, organizing student camps, tours, and teacher workshops. In her role as an editor she has worked on production of instructional DVDs and audio CDs as well hundreds of orchestra pieces and instructional books. In 2017, along with Andrew Surmani, she authored Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors. She ran the Saline Fiddlers for eight years. Pam is the Suzuki editor for Alfred Music and was the project coordinator for Alfred Music’s revolutionary new method Sound Innovations.   

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Pam Phillips has a broad background in arts management and production. Her career includes booking and producing concerts for professional artists as well as school groups. She has administered numerous music camps and planned national and international music tours. Pam has run teacher workshops throughout the United States and has presented at a variety of music conferences. ASTA choose her as their national conference coordinator for the 2007 convention in Detroit. When Bob was President of ASTA, Pam served as his assistant. She is the co-chair of the ASTA 75th Anniversary Task Force. She has served as an assistant teacher in the elementary string classroom. In her role as a music producer and editor she has worked on production of instructional DVDs and audio CDs as well hundreds of orchestra pieces and instructional books. Her tenure as the editor and strategist for the Suzuki catalog for Alfred Music utilized many aspects of this varied career. Pam was the project coordinator for Alfred Music’s Sound Innovations for String Orchestra and Sound Innovations for Concert Band. She co-authored Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors, a starting point to learning copyright law in layman’s terms. Her family of educators includes two orchestra directors. Currently the grandchildren are becoming involved in school orchestras and bands.

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Pam Phillips, (B. 1953) has a broad background in arts management and production. Her career includes booking and producing concerts for professional artists as well as school groups. She has administered numerous music camps and planned national and international music tours. Pam has run teacher workshops throughout the United States and has presented at a variety of music conferences. ASTA choose her as their national conference coordinator for the 2007 convention in Detroit. She has served as an assistant teacher in the elementary string classroom. In her role as a music producer and editor she has worked on production of instructional DVDs and audio CDs as well hundreds of orchestra pieces and instructional books. Her tenure as the editor and strategist for the Suzuki catalog for Alfred Music utilized many aspects of this varied career. Pam has also been the project coordinator for Alfred Music’s Sound Innovations for String Orchestra and Sound Innovations for Concert Band. In 2017, along with Andrew Surmani, she authored Copyright Handbook for Music Educators and Directors, a starting point to learning copyright law in layman’s terms. Now retired, Pam is enjoying the grandchildren as they become part of school bands and orchestras as well as following the journeys of her daughters and sons-in-law, all educators, including two orchestra directors.

Pam graduated from the University of Michigan and then ran a successful business for many years. With Mary Kay Cosmetics she reached the level of Team Manager earning the use of three cars. This experience in sales, training, and motivation became part of all future musical and educational endeavors. After spending these years in business and raising three musicians, Pam turned her full-time energies to the arts. Pam served as arts administrator for the performing ensemble, Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic in Saline, MI, for the first eight years after the group’s founding. She assisted Bob in founding a new string program in Tecumseh, MI planning advocacy, interface with parents, classroom activities and assembling a ten-year plan for the new program. Pam is responsible for the development, marketing and organization of the Phillips Family Fiddle Camps, which ran successfully from 1997-2000 reaching over 500 students. An earlier collaboration with Barrage resulted in the well-received String Alternatives Workshops for teachers. Pam has assisted in the graphic design and development of the Fiddlers Philharmonic, Jazz Philharmonic, String Alternative and String Explorer series for Alfred Publishing. Pam served as producer, editor, writer and graphic artist for the DVD series, String Clinics to Go: The Art of Recruiting, Getting Started, and Intermediate Skills distributed by Shar Products. Recognized as Citizens of the Year by the City of Saline for their work in arts education, Bob and Pam were also honored in special ceremonies by both the House and the Senate of the State of Michigan for their work with the Saline Fiddlers. 
They have three daughters who are all teachers. Two are orchestra directors and one a math teacher. Following this theme, the three sons-in-law include a band director, a French teacher, and a church worship leader. The nine grandchildren all have small size instruments of various sorts.