Phillip has performed works by Jacqueline Hairston at Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium and Lincoln Center’s Bruno Walter Auditorium. His appearances include Davies Symphony Hall with the San Francisco Symphony and Boys Chorus in Deck the Halls, the Paramount Theatre with the Oakland Symphony and Chorus in Let Us Break Bread Together, Aspen Music Festival as The Narrator in Liberty for All, and Trouble in Tahiti with the Reno Chamber Orchestra.

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For two seasons, Phillip sang in the extra chorus with San Francisco Opera in Götterdämmerung and Billy Budd. He has performed Sem in Noye’s Fludde with Opera Las Vegas, Marius in Les Misérables with San Mateo Masterworks Chorale and Orchestra, Cinderella’s Prince in Into the Woods, King Arthur in Camelot (both with Mountain Play), and Mr. Dashwood in Little Women with Island City Opera. With Pocket Opera, his roles include Schaunard in La Bohème, Cascada in The Merry Widow, and Papageno in an award-winning animated The Magic Flute featuring an all-Black cast and creative team.

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Notable roles are Don Giovanni (Don Giovanni), Dr. Falke (Die Fledermaus), Marcello (La Bohème), The Learned Judge (Trial by Jury), The Pirate King (The Pirates of Penzance), and Fauteuil/Arbe (L'enfant el les Sortèliges). A winner of the Encouragement Award from the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, he also participated in training programs that include the Aspen Music Festival, Hawaii Performing Arts Festival, and Opera in the Ozarks. 

 

Phillip’s oratorio work includes baritone soloist in Duruflé’s Requiem and bass solos in Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy and Messiah. As a recitalist, he has performed at UC Irvine, Alabama State University, Los Medanos College, Downs Memorial UMC, and at San Francisco’s Presidio Chapel.  His performance of  Jacqueline Hairston’s Songs of Concealment with Pocket Opera’s PocketWatch was nominated for Best Vocal Solo/Recital Performance by the San Francisco Classical Voice Audience Choice Awards. As Vice President of the African-American Art Song Alliance Conference Board, he is a frequent performer, premiering works by composers such as Dr. H. Leslie Adams, Dr. Maria Thompson Corley, DelShawn Taylor, and Dr. Marques L.A. Garrett.

 

Recordings include Phillip Harris in Recital with Damien Sneed, an EP of original music, In My Philz,  produced by Marcus McCauley, and a feature on "Gallery" from Deon Nielson Prices' Concert from Presidio Chapel. This summer, he returned to Carnegie Hall as a chorister in Elaine Hagenberg's Illuminare with Mid America Productions and  performs in West Edge Opera's productions of Dolores (World Premiere), David et Jonathas, and Wozzeck.   

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