Kenneth Phillips

Kenneth H. Phillips is Professor of Music and Director of Graduate Studies in Music Education at Gordon College, Wenham ,Massachusetts, USA and Professor Emeritus at the University of Iowa. An award winning researcher and teacher, Professor Phillips has written three books:
Teaching Kids to Sing, Schirmer Books
Basic Techniques of Conducting, Oxford University Press
Directing the Choral Music Program, Oxford University Press
Professor Phillips is one of the world’s leading Experts in Voice pedagogy for young singers and has authored numerous articles on the child and adolescent voices. He has presented workshops throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Recently he was keynote Speaker at the US national conferences of NATS and the organization of Kodaly Educators.
Professor Phillips believes that singing should remain in the core of the school music curriculum and that everyone can be taught to sing with confidence when provided with developmental instruction in both psychological and motor skills.