 |
|
|
About
the Authors
Bob Phillips and Andy Dabczynski teach frequently around the world. Click here to see upcoming events. To inquire about having one of them come to your school in-service or state conference, please contact Customer Service.
Bob Phillips, composer, string pedagogue, teacher trainer, and conductor, is renowned both as an educator and an innovator in string education. Bob and his wife, Pam, devote their time to creating and presenting new music, workshops and materials for string teachers and students. With over twenty-eight years experience in a public school classroom, as well as twenty years as a teacher trainer, Bob brings a wealth of knowledge and a sense of humor to his presentations. Bob is co-author of the String Explorer method books as well as the ground-breaking Fiddlers Philharmonic and Jazz Philharmonic series all published by Alfred Publishing. He has over twenty pieces published for string orchestra. Bob taught for twenty-seven years in the Saline Area Schools, building a string program with over 700 students that is a national model of excellence in both classical and alternative music. Bob's groups have performed at national and state conferences. Bob and Pam founded the nationally renowned folk-fiddling ensemble, Saline Fiddlers Philharmonic, which under his direction gained an international reputation annually performing more than 75 shows. Bob has been credited in several national publications with being one of the prime forces in the creation of the alternative styles movement in schools. Bob graduated from the University of Michigan with both Bachelor and Master Degrees in Music Education, where he studied with Lawrence Hurst, Elizabeth Green and Bob Culver. His students have been successful as string educators, as well as professional performers in both classical and alternative styles. He has been elected "Teacher of the Year" nine times by professional associations and has been invited to present clinics in most states, many foreign countries and at numerous national conferences. Bob has served as conductor for a variety of youth symphonies, honors orchestras and camps. The City of Saline and both the House and the Senate of the State of Michigan have honored Bob and Pam for their work in music education. |
Andrew H. Dabczynski
is Professor of Music Education at Brigham Young University in
Provo, Utah. He formerly served as Associate Professor of Music
Education and Director of the Community Education Division at
the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. Dr. Dabczynski
has held teaching and administrative positions in the public schools
of Penfield and Mamaroneck, New York, and was the Supervisor of
Fine Arts Education in the Waterford School District of Michigan.
Dr. Dabczynski received a bachelor of music degree in applied
viola from the Eastman School. He earned his master of arts degree
from the University of Connecticut, where he served as violist
in the graduate string quartet. He holds a Ph.D. in music education
from the University of Michigan. As a performer, Dr. Dabczynski
has played viola in the Rochester Philharmonic, the Hartford Symphony,
the Portland (Maine) Symphony, the Kalamazoo Symphony, and the
Greenwich (Connecticut) Symphony orchestras. For six years, he
was a member of the Colden String Quartet, the ensemble-in-residence
at Western Michigan University. He has been an adjunct faculty
member at numerous other colleges and at national string workshops.
A strong interest in folk music led Dr. Dabczynski to focus his
research efforts on fiddling and the transmission of traditional
music. In addition to his doctoral dissertation, he has written
many articles on the subject of teaching and learning fiddling
in contemporary America, and is co-author of the Fiddlers Philharmonic
series, published by Alfred Publishing. Dr. Dabczynski frequently
appears as a guest conductor and clinician for student ensembles
in the United States and Canada, and has arranged and published
numerous pieces for string orchestra. He and his wife, Diane (a
commercial vocalist), live in the Provo area with two musical
daughters. 
