Phillip Rhodes

Biography

Phillip Rhodes is Composer-in-Residence and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of the Humanities Emeritus at Carleton College where he joined the faculty in 1974. Born in western North Carolina in 1940, he received degrees from Duke University and the Yale University School of Music. Rhodes has been the recipient of numerous commissions and composition awards, including grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Rockefeller Fund for Music, a citation and award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a McKnight Fellowship, two Fromm Foundation Commissions, and a Bush Foundation Fellowship for Artists.

Rhodes' compositions are published by C. F. Peters, E.M.I., Presser, J Ballerbach (Syler Music), and Schott, and recorded on labels including CRI, Centaur Records, First Edition (Louisville), New World Records, Vienna Modern Masters, and Innova. Major performances of his works include those by the Atlanta Symphony at Carnegie Hall, the Cleveland Orchestra at the Blossom Festival, and the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center. Rhodes is retired from teaching and now living and composing in Lake Santeetlah, North Carolina.

ACE Publications

41 title(s)
Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
Phillip Rhodes AN INAUGURAL PROCESSIONAL FOR TRUMPET (OR TROMBONE) AND ORGAN tpt, org
Phillip Rhodes APPALACHIAN BREAKDOWN Piano
Phillip Rhodes CEREMONIAL FANFARE AND CHORALE double brass choir
Phillip Rhodes CHORALE AND ORGAN MEDITATION women's choir (SSAA) and organ
Phillip Rhodes CHORALE FANTASY FOR ORGAN "O SACRED HEAD" org
Phillip Rhodes COSMIC FANTASIES
high-school band
Phillip Rhodes Crows Mezzo voice and piano
Phillip Rhodes DEAR COMPANION - Appalachian Love Song voice and keyboard
Phillip Rhodes DEVILS' ADVOCATE concert band
Phillip Rhodes DUO FOR VIOLIN AND PIANO vln, pf
Phillip Rhodes ENSEMBLE ETUDES
ww qnt,str qrt or nonet
Phillip Rhodes FACE I CARRY WITH ME S, fl, vla, vc, pf
Phillip Rhodes FACE I CARRY WITH ME...
Sop, Fl, Vla, Vcl, Pf
Phillip Rhodes FIVE SONGS ON CHILDREN'S POEMS high voice, pf
Phillip Rhodes FOLLOWING PICASSO (A Fantasy After Stravinsky) Clarinet (Bb), Violin, ‘Cello, Piano
Phillip Rhodes FOUR MOVEMENTS FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA cham orch:1-1-1-bcl-0,2-2-2-1, timp ,perc(4), strings 2-1-1-0
Phillip Rhodes GENTLE BOY - One Act Opera S, Mz, T, B, chor, orch
Phillip Rhodes IN PRAISE OF WISDOM "Laudes Sapientiae" SATB chorus, 3 trumpets in Bb, 3 trombones (3rd=bstbn)
Phillip Rhodes LOVE SONG (from Two Appalachian Settings) string orchestra
Phillip Rhodes Lullaby for the Nativity Women's Chorus (SA),Solo Violin, Organ
Phillip Rhodes MAGIC PIPE An Opera in One Act 4 soloists, SATB, 2 pianos, optional fiddle
Phillip Rhodes MARCH PARODY FOR CONCERT BAND concert band
Phillip Rhodes MEDITATIONS UPON LACTANTIUS' DE AVE PHOENICE Bassoon and Harp

Additional Works