Dr. Nicholas S. Phillips

Assistant Professor of Music

DMA, University of Missouri-Kansas City
M.M., Indiana University
B.M., University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Academic Areas: applied and class piano.

Dr. Nicholas S. Phillips
261 Haas Fine Arts Center
Music & Theatre Arts Department
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI 54702-4004

Phone: 715/836-5842
Email: phillins@uwec.edu

Dr. Nicholas Phillips is Assistant Professor of Piano at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, where he teaches applied and class piano. Active as a solo and collaborative pianist, Dr. Phillips is quickly building a reputation for his innovative recital programming, engaging lecture-recitals, and his interest in introducing and reviving works and composers outside the mainstream repertoire.

Committed to making music accessible and meaningful to audiences, Dr. Phillips strives to show how the piano and its repertoire fit into broader cultural contexts. This interdisciplinary approach is seen most recently in his dissertation, “Mendelssohn’s Songs without Words Revisited: Culture, Gender, Literature, and the Role of Domestic Piano Music in Victorian England,” and his paper presentation at the 2007 Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies Conference titled “The Influence of Technology in the Nineteenth Century on Piano Instruments, Technique, and Repertoire.”

A native of Indiana, Dr. Phillips began formal piano lessons at Indiana University at the age of ten. He holds degrees in piano performance from the University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory of Music (Doctor of Musical Arts), Indiana University (Master of Music), and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (Bachelor of Music, summa cum laude).

Before joining the faculty of the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, Dr. Phillips taught applied and class piano at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and Indiana University.

Courses:

MUSI 106 Class Piano
MUSI 108 Advanced Class Piano
MUSI 151/351 Applied Piano