Education
                              DMA, Voice
						University of Maryland, College Park
									
						Doctoral Certificate, Voice
						Northwestern University
									
						MM, Voice
						Northwestern University 
									
						BA, Voice & Theatre
						Marycrest College
                           
                           
                              Areas of Expertise
                              Applied Voice
									Opera Production, Directing, and Conducting
									Vocal Pedagogy
									Vocal Literature
									Solo & Ensemble Performance
									Higher Education Administration
                           
                         
                      
                     Biography
                     
                     Phillip Collister, Professor of Voice and Music for the Stage, earned a DMA in Voice
                        & Opera from University of Maryland College Park in 1996, Master of Music and Performance
                        Certificate in Voice & Opera from Northwestern in 1986 and 1987, and Bachelor of Arts
                        in Music/Theatre from Marycrest College in 1985.
Collister has performed extensively as a soloist in opera, oratorio, and recital.
                        He has performed with the Washington Bach Consort, Washington Bach Sinfonia, Handel
                        Choir of Baltimore, Maryland Handel Festival, Bach Concert Series, Baltimore Opera,
                        and internationally at the Handel Festival in Halle, Germany. He is the Music Director
                        of Young Victorian Theatre Company in Baltimore and has served as conductor for Baltimore
                        Concert Opera and as artist faculty/opera conductor at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival.
                        He maintains an active solo concert schedule which has included performances at Carnegie
                        Hall, St. Peter's Concert Series (NYC), a recital tour of American Art Song in both
                        the United States and Germany, and numerous recitals at Towson University. He is the
                        producer and director of Towson's Music for the Stage which produces operas, musicals,
                        and workshop programs each semester. In 2010, Collister formed the resident children’s
                        opera company Opera in a Can devoted to fostering a love of opera in young children.
                        Collister also teaches private voice, vocal pedagogy, and survey of vocal literature.
                        At Towson, he has been responsible for producing, coordinating and helping to obtain
                        funding for several festivals and special international events including the Kurt
                        Weill Festival (2010), Opera Week (2011), and as Producing Artistic Director of the
                        Maryland Arts Festival (2001-2006).
His opera and musical theatre directing and/or conducting credits include Le Nozze di Figaro, The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte, The Medium, Mahagonny Songspiel, The Threepenny Opera, Pirates of Penzance, Iolanthe, Yeomen of the Guard, The Mikado, Riders to the Sea, The Wandering Scholar, and (musicals) Into the Woods, A Little Night Music, Ragtime, Gypsy, How to Succeed in Business,Hair, among many others. He is currently a member of the professional performing ensemble Trio Montage dedicated to expanding the vocal repertoire for voice, clarinet, and piano. He is
                        also a member of quinTUs, the faculty vocal quintet at Towson University and serves
                        as Music Director of the Roland Park Presbyterian Church in Baltimore, Md.