Brad Phillips
MY STORY

For more than 20 years, I have had the pleasure of serving as a sideman for some of Michigan’s most prevalent singer/songwriter acts. From Jeff Daniels, to The Verve Pipe, to the Celtic-fusion super-group Millish. I've also appeared with May Erlewine, Joshua Davis and played violin for Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Pat Metheny, and Iggy Pop and the Stooges. Most recently, I've been touring the world with Patti LuPone in her show A LIFE IN NOTES. I'm still pinching myself.
I earned both my bachelor's and master's degrees in music from the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance, where I'm now faculty as a lecturer in the department of Jazz & Contemporary Improvisation. I'm also a resident designer at the Purple Rose Theatre Company, where I have worked as a composer, sound designer, and actor.
Building my solo show is an honor and a privilege. I'm most interested in creating an eclectic retrospective of my life in the arts as a sideman, while exploring my own creative voice with original instrumentals and songs. I'm currently working on an EP and I'd love to have you along for the ride.
"Brad Phillips is a pioneer among pioneers in traversing wide-ranging musical boundaries, and ushering in a new era of string playing."
—Ed Sarath
(Scholar, Jazz Musician, faculty at University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance)