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Craig Phillips (b.1961) is a distinguished and popular American composer and organist. As composer, Dr. Phillips has been awarded commissions from such organizations as The American Guild of Organists (for the National Convention in Seattle, 2000, and for regional conventions in San Diego, and Binghamton, 2001), The Association of Anglican Musicians, duo-organ team The Chenaults, Washington National Cathedral, and many other churches and cathedrals. His works have received critical acclaim in journals such as Clavier, The American Organist, Cross Accent, and The Journal of the Association of Anglican Musicians, and have been broadcast on National Public Radio’s Pipedreams. He has received numerous ASCAP awards, and in 1993 he was the recipient of a Meet the Composer grant for a work premiered at the Ojai Festival.
Phillips is the Music Associate and Organist of All Saints' Episcopal Church in Beverly Hills, Calif. He maintains an active concert schedule, and has appeared as soloist with members of the Eastman Philharmonia, the Oklahoma Symphony, the Los Angeles Mozart Orchestra, and the Corona del Mar Baroque Music Festival. He has been a finalist in several organ playing competitions. In 2002 he performed as soloist with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the national convention of the Ameircan Guild of Organists.
Phillips received an M.M. and D.M.A. and the Performers Certificate from the Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y., where he studied organ with the late Russell Saunders.
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