Elizabeth
Phillips' versatile repertoire ranges from early music to contemporary opera and
avant garde. In addition to numerous solo recitals, she has sung many operatic
roles, including Lucia in Britten's The
Rape of Lucretia, Tirésias in Poulenc's Les
Mamelles de Tirésias, Despina in Mozart's Così fan Tutte, and Woman with a Cake Box in Argento's Postcards
from Morocco. Her early music credits include the roles of Venere in
Monteverdi's Un Ballo del'Ingrate, and the title role in Handel's The
Choice of Hercules at the Rutgers Athenaeum for Early Music under the
direction of Julianne Baird.
Ms.
Phillips appears as soloist for various performing groups in the western New
York area and has been a featured soloist for The Britt Music Festival in
Medford, OR and the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Her versatile style is
also evident in her work with the a cappella trio, F'loom (www.floom.com),
which performs and teaches throughout the
U.S.
,
Canada
, and in
Europe
.
Ms.
Phillips has been section leader/soloist at the Lutheran Church of the Incarnate
Word under the direction of James E. Bobb since 1996. She teaches speech and
voice, offers classes and workshops in vocal performance and dramatic
presentation, and adjudicates the Proctors Theatre A Cappella Festival in
Schenectady
,
NY
, where she also co-curates The Dangerous
Music Series.
Ms.
Phillips earned the degree Bachelor of Music at the Eastman School of Music
where she was awarded the prestigious Performer's Certificate in Voice. She
resides in western NY with her husband, her three-legged cat, and an enormous
dog.