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 WEDDING SONG: A BLESSING S, vln, org
Phillip Rhodes VIRGIN MARY LULLABY Sop, Vn, Pf
Phillip Rhodes TWO APPALACHIAN SETTINGS FOR STRING QUARTET 2 vl, vla, vc
Phillip Rhodes THREE SCENES Mezzo Soprano, pf
Phillip Rhodes THREE 'KENTUCKY' SONGS Treble choir, pf
Phillip Rhodes THREE GERSHWIN SETTINGS
vn, pf
Phillip Rhodes THREE FRENCH SONGS
satb (pf reh only)
Phillip Rhodes THREE B's, THE orch:pic-2-2-2(Bb&A)-2,4-3-3-1,hp, timp,4perc,str
Phillip Rhodes THREE APPALACHIAN SETTINGS - 2 Selections SATB choir, violin
Phillip Rhodes TANGO FANTASY 1212 2100 perc(1), piano, strings
Phillip Rhodes SUITE FOR FIVE WINDS 1-1-1-1,hn
Phillip Rhodes SHAKESPEARE IN SONG high voice, cl, pf
Phillip Rhodes RECOLLECTIONS OF A SUMMER PAST ten(or sop),pf
Phillip Rhodes PRAYERS FROM THE PSALMS chor, org, S
Phillip Rhodes PHOENIX RESURGENS Bassoon and Piano
Phillip Rhodes NETS TO CATCH THE WIND (Witticisms and Lamentations No.2)
SATB Chorus and Percussion
Phillip Rhodes MEDITATIONS UPON LACTANTIUS' DE AVE PHOENICE Bassoon and Harp
Phillip Rhodes MARCH PARODY FOR CONCERT BAND concert band
Phillip Rhodes MAGIC PIPE An Opera in One Act 4 soloists, SATB, 2 pianos, optional fiddle
Phillip Rhodes Lullaby for the Nativity Women's Chorus (SA),Solo Violin, Organ
Phillip Rhodes LOVE SONG (from Two Appalachian Settings) string orchestra
Phillip Rhodes IN PRAISE OF WISDOM "Laudes Sapientiae" SATB chorus, 3 trumpets in Bb, 3 trombones (3rd=bstbn)
Phillip Rhodes GENTLE BOY - One Act Opera S, Mz, T, B, chor, orch

Additional Works