At the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Dr. Harris serves on the faculty of the Collegiate, Pre-College, and Continuing Education programs.  Dr. Harris previously served as a Soloist Intensive Voice Instructor for the award-winning San Francisco Girls Chorus Premier Ensemble and additional teaching affiliations have included the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, West Valley College, Head-Royce School, Menlo School, P.A.L.S. at the Aspen Music Festival, and Convent & Stuart Hall. 

 

​A recognized researcher and advocate for the music of Black composers, Dr. Harris has presented lectures on classical songs by Black composers at the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University, Westminster Choir College, UC Santa Cruz, Alabama State University, San Francisco City College, and NATS conferences at the regional and local levels. He has also presented masterclasses at Alabama State University, the University of Nebraska Omaha, the San Francisco Girls Chorus, and Los Medanos College.

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He has prepared students to perform leading roles on Broadway and to earn top honors in the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) Competition at the national, regional, and local levels, as well as in the Schmidt Vocal Competition, American Protégé Competition, and Junior Bach Festival. His students have gone on to pursue further vocal and musical theatre training at leading institutions and programs, including the University of Michigan, Oberlin Conservatory, UCLA,  the University of Texas at Austin,  Interlochen, Boston University Tanglewood Institute, MPulse Vocal Arts Institute at the University of Michigan, UCLA Summer Musical Theatre Program, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Summer Vocal Academy, Berklee Summer Musical Theatre Program, Stagedoor Manor, and Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts.

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Phillip holds degrees in voice performance from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (Doctor of Musical Arts), the University of Michigan (Master of Music), and the University of California, Irvine (Bachelor of Music).