For more than 15 years, Brad Phillips has served as a sideman for some of Michigan’s most prevalent singer/songwriter acts.  He is most known for his appearances with Jeff Daniels, The Verve Pipe, and the Celtic-fusion super-group Millish.  He has also appeared with May Erlewine, Joshua Davis and played violin for Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Pat Metheny, and Iggy Pop and the Stooges.

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Brad earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, where he now serves as a resident artist in the Chamber Music department.  Brad is also a resident artist at the Purple Rose Theatre Company, where he has worked as a composer, sound designer, and actor.

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Brad’s solo show is an eclectic retrospective of his life in the arts as a sideman, while exploring his own creative voice with original instrumentals and songs which delve deeply into his rich and diverse history in the music scene at home in Michigan, across the country, and abroad.  Come experience an evening of heartfelt, acoustic music with one of Michigan’s best-kept musical secrets