David Phy

Assistant Professor of Music

Office:

Hill Music Bldg. 120

Contact Information:

Birmingham-Southern College
900 Arkadelphia Rd
Birmingham, AL 35254
Office Phone: (205) 226-4962
Office Fax: (205) 226-3058
E-mail: [email protected]

Brief Career Background:

Trombonist in Las Vegas, Nevada, 2000-2005
Trombonist in New Orleans, Louisiana, 2011-2018
Adjunct Professor of Music, Dillard University, 2016-2018
Adjunct Professor of Music, University of New Orleans, 2012-2018

Dr. David Phy joined the Birmingham-Southern College faculty in 2018 as the Director of Bands. He has a Bachelor of Music Education (jazz emphasis) from the University of Louisville, a Master of Music in Jazz Studies from the New England Conservatory of Music, and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Studies from the University of Illinois. He has been published in the International Trombone Journal and is a member of the Alabama Music Education association (AMEA) and the Jazz Education Network (JEN).

A trombonist, arranger, composer, and educator his teachers include Jim Pugh, Norman Bolter, Bob Brookmeyer, Gunther Schuller, George Garzone, George Russell, Steve Lacey, John “Chip” Stephens, and Chip McNeil. Prior to moving to Birmingham Dr. Phy taught and performed in the New Orleans area including at the University of New Orleans, Dillard University, and Delgado Community College. Dr. Phy has presented workshops at the Louisiana Music Education Association, served as a clinician and performer at the Jazz Education Network Conferences, and given seminars at numerous universities in Alabama, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Texas, and Oklahoma.

Dr. Phy has produced and recorded two albums under his own name. He has performed nightly aboard the Steamboat Natchez with the world famous Dukes of Dixieland from 2014-2017. Dr. Phy toured Europe as a guest artist with the University of Alabama at Birmingham Jazz Ensemble, toured the United States with "In the Mood, a 1940's Musical Review", and has been featured on numerous stages around the U.S. including the New Orleans French Quarter Fest, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, House of Blues (New Orleans and Las Vegas), the National World War II Stage Door Canteen, the Arizona Music Fest, the Belagio Hotel Casino Las Vegas, the Venetian Hotel Las Vegas. Dr. Phy is a New Orleans Big Easy Award winner, and has performed with the Four Tops, Bonerama, the Temptations, La India, Monica Mancini, Marvin Hamlisch, Bob Brookmeyer, Jim Pugh, Delfeyo Marsalis, The Maynard Ferguson Alumni Band, Joe DeFrancesco, Tom Garling, Rodger Ingram, the Yin Yang Twins, Chip McNeil, Louis Belson, Lena Prima, Louis Prima Jr., Charo, Ben Vereen, and Blast!

Educational Background

D.M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2010
M.M., New England Conservatory of Music, 2001
B.M.E., University of Louisville, 1998