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Spencer (Fred) Phillips, the Glimmerglass Opera
Orchestra's Principal Bassoonist since 1983, has also
served as the Principal Bassoonist of Orchestra London
Canada since 1995. A graduate of the Interlochen Arts
Academy and of Duke University, Mr. Phillips also holds an
M.S. degree from the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (in
Environmental Management and Policy) and a Premier Prix
de Virtuosité (Classe de Basson) from the Conservatoire
de Musique de Genève. Orchestras of which Mr. Phillips is
a former member include Orquestra Gulbbenkin (Lisbon,
Portugal), the Orchestre des Rencontres Musicales de
Lausanne, the Albany Symphony Orchestra, Detroit's
Michigan Opera Theatre Orchestra, the Binghamton
Philharmonic, and the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra. Others
with which he has performed include the Orchestre de la
Suisse Romande, the North Carolina Symphony, the
Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony, the Hamilton Philharmonic,
and the Windsor Symphony. He can be heard on
recordings released by Naxos, Chandos, Nimbus, Lyrinx
and Erato. When not playing the bassoon, he - an active
member of both the London Centennial Wheelers (London,
Ontario's largest cycling club, of which he serves as
President) and the London Cycling Club - can most often be
found on his bicycle (on which he averages in excess of
6,000 miles per year).