East Cobb Musician to Hold Concert 

     Atlanta Audiences will be given the rare opportunity to hear Keith Phillips, a metro-based solo piano and keyboard performer, live in concert at 8 p.m. on Friday, October 17, at the Roswell Cultural Arts Center.  Advance tickets are available by calling the Box Office at 770-641-1260.  Tickets will also be available at the door the day of the concert.  Cost is $20 for adults and $10 for youth. 

     While Phillips has been heard for years in cover bands and local congregations, nowhere is his artistry more clearly displayed than in his first CD "Nightfall" released November 2002.  "Nightfall" is a collection of 17 original melodies "designed to take the listener on a pleasurable journey," explains Phillips.  "Folk tunes and Irish dance are found among the rhythmically energized melodies, which are interspersed with rhapsodic flowing melodies that are improvisatory in their conception, creating a balance of slow-paced and fast songs".

     While managing the demands of CD distribution and a career that seems to be evolving in the direction of solo artist, Phillips teaches and plays as part of the worship ministry at East Cobb's 6,000 member Johnson Ferry Baptist Church in East Cobb (north Atlanta).  Phillips decided to donate a portion of funds raised to the Georgia Music Teachers Association scholarship fund.

     During high school Phillips won scholarships to the Brevard Music Center in Brevard, NC, where he spent several summers studying with nationally and internationally recognized musicians.  He also spent a life changing summer in Georgia's Governors Honors program, where he studied with Paul Peace of the Atlanta Chamber Players.  He studied music on scholarship at Furman University, where previous classmate Amy Grant inspired him , and at the Univeristy of Georgia, which led to many opportunities for performing in Athens bands.

     "Nightfall" was included in this year's Maestro's Market in the gift shop of the Atlnata Symphony Associates Decorator Showhouse with a portions of the proceeds benefiting the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.  "Nightfall" is available at more than 75 locations, including the Woodruff Arts Center Gift Shop, Wild Flowers in Acworth, the Chateau Elan gift shop in Braselton, the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens and through www.keithphillips.net and Itunes.  For more information about Phillips and/or "Nightfall" contact the artist at www.keithphillips.net.     

East Cobber October 2003

Cynthia Rozzo Editor/Publisher