Dr. Harris teaches at San Francisco Conservatory of Music (voice faculty of the Pre College Division and adjunct professor in the Music History and Literature department) where he created the first ever class on art songs by black composers there. He is also a soloist intensive voice instructor for the award winning Premier Ensemble of the San Francisco Girls Chorus. Other teaching affiliations include University of Nevada, Las Vegas (voice), West Valley College (Hip-Hop) Head-Royce School (voice/musical theater), Menlo School (voice/musical theater),P.A.L.S. at the Aspen Music Festival, and Convent & Stuart Hall (voice/musical theater & general music).

 

An avid researcher on the classical songs of black composers, he has given lectures on the topic at Peabody Institute of The John Hopkins University, Westminster Choir College, University of California, Santa Cruz, Alabama State University, and San Francisco City College. He is the current President and former Co-chair of Student Auditions for the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the National Association of Teachers of Singing. He has held masterclasses at Alabama State University and Los Medanos College. His students have graduated from Boston Conservatory at Berklee, placed in national, regional, and local competitions with NATS, Elite International Music Competition, American Protégé International Vocal Competition, the Junior Bach Festival and attend Oberlin Conservatory, Interlochen (Voice and Acting), Boston University Tanglewood Institute,MPulse at University of Michigan, Stagedoor Manor, UCLA Summer Musical Theater Program, and Berklee Musical Theater Summer Program. Phillip earned voice degrees 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).