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- Band Type: Blues, Jazz, Pop, and Other
- Show/Info: He plays both piano/keyboard and trumpet, sings, and plays many styles of music – jazz and blues, big band and dance music, pop, Dixieland, show music, musical theatre, multicultural, solo piano, and digital computer/MIDI music, as well as composing.
- Achievements: Leader Brigham Phillips Big Band, Musical Director for John McDermott. Phillips went to Moscow played with the Moscow Festival Orchestra, composed for concert band (The U.S. Military Academy Band) and much more.
- Performs: Phillips’ strength is his versatility. He plays both piano/keyboard and trumpet, sings, and plays many styles of music – jazz and blues, big band and dance music, pop, Dixieland, show music, musical theatre, multicultural, solo piano, and digital computer/MIDI music, as well as composing and arranging for all genres.
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Professional Musician
BRIGHAM PHILLIPS was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Well-known as leader of the accomplished Brigham Phillips Big Band, and long-time Musical Director for international recording & touring artist John McDermott, versatile arranger, composer, bandleader, and educator Brigham Phillips is respected equally for his skills as a trumpet-player and pianist. He has arranged more than 30 songs for John McDermott and full 66-piece orchestra. His production and arrangements on the debut CD by the Cape Breton traditional group The Cottars led to their receiving the Best New Artist Award at the 2003 East Coast Music Awards. He leads The Brigham Phillips Big Band, and is a member of both Jim Galloway’s Wee Big Band and The Humber College Staff/Alumni Band. In 2006 he performed with John with The Irish Tenors in addition to John’s own shows. In March of 2009 he became musical director for David Clayton-Thomas of Blood, Sweat and Tears fame.and in February of 2010 he conducted the Toronto Symphony Orchestra with Clayton at Massey Hall in Toronto.
Professional Experience
He is also busy promoting his EMI (Bluenote) CD AND IT REALLY WAS (2002), featuring The Brigham Phillips Big Band. Brigham received a National Jazz Award as Producer of the Year for his work on this CD, which also garnered a 2002 Juno nomination.Phillips went to Moscow to play and record his own arrangements with the Moscow Festival Orchestra for Somerset Entertainment, which resulted in the release of two CDs. , chamber orchestra, and many other ensembles for various industrial shows touring Canada. He was bandleader for the Moscow Circus when they toured Canada and has performed in various capacities with He has arranged and composed for concert band (The U.S. Military Academy Band) Colm Wilkinson, The Jive Bombers, Guido Basso, The Canadian Tribute to Glenn Miller, Bob DeAngelis, George Kash, Russ Little, Bobby Herriot, and dozens of other well-known names on the Canadian entertainment scene.