Dave Phillips
Retired band director from Southeast Ohio with a multi-decade career teaching elementary through high school bands, adjudicating, guest conducting, and building successful band programs across rural and regional schools.
Best podcasts with Dave Phillips
Ranked by the Snipd community
Sep 11, 2025 • 54min
296 Ignite the Fire and Teach Fundamentals - A Career Building Bands with Dave Phillips and Christian Garnes
Dave Phillips, a retired Ohio band director who rebuilt rural and regional programs over decades. He talks about turning school culture around, teaching fundamentals to transform ensembles, strategies for middle school scheduling and rehearsals, programming wisely, and how adjudication and mentorship shaped his approach.
