Phillip Lenberg
Dr. Phillip Lenberg
Music Director, Ukiah Symphony Orchestra
Professor of Music, Mendocino College
TEACHING POSITIONS
Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA 2018–present
Professor of Music
French American International School, San Francisco, CA 2014–2018
Music Department Head, Music Director
Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA 2013–2014
Music Teacher
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 2012–2014
Instructor of Music
CONDUCTING POSITIONS
Ukiah Symphony Orchestra, Ukiah, CA 2019–present
Music Director
Oakland Composers’ Collective, Oakland, CA 2012–2015
Resident Conductor
Las Vegas Philharmonic, Las Vegas, NV 2010–2011
Apprentice Conductor
Henderson Symphony, Las Vegas, NV 2007–2011
Assistant Conductor
Nextet New Music Ensemble, Las Vegas, NV 2007–2010
Resident Conductor
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 2006–2011
Assistant Conductor
GUEST CONDUCTING
University of Nevada Las Vegas – Visiting Guest Artist 2014–2017
Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA 2016
Wild Rumpus New Music Ensemble, Berkeley, CA 2015
Winchester Symphony Orchestra, San Jose, CA 2013
San Francisco State University 2012–2014
California State University, Fullerton, CA – Guest Artist 2011
EDUCATION
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 2008–2011
DMA, Orchestral Conducting
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 2012–2014
Teaching Credential
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 2006–2008
MM, Orchestral Conducting
SUNY Stony Brook, Stony Brook, NY 2000–2002
BA, Classical Guitar
Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto, ON, CA 1998–2000
Classical Guitar
Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 1996–1998
Jazz Studies, Guitar
AWARDS/HONORS
JCFS, San Francisco, 2023
Morris Weiss Award
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 2010
Most Outstanding Graduate Student Award
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 2006–2011
Graduate Assistantship
Claes Nobel Educator of Distinction 2006
SUNY Stony Brook, NY 2002
Undergraduate Research Grant
COURSES TAUGHT
Mendocino College, Ukiah, CA 2018–present
Symphony Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Fundamentals of Music, Music in World Cultures, History of Rock and Jazz, Music Appreciation, Music History I & II
French American International School, San Francisco, CA 2014–2018
IB Music Diploma Programme (Music Theory, Music Fundamentals, Music History, World Music), Orchestra, Choir, Wind Ensemble, Chamber Music, Guitar Ensemble
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA 2013–2014
Guitar Class, Piano Class, TA - Classical and Romantic Music History
Lowell High School, San Francisco, CA 2013–2014
Advanced Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Symphony Orchestra
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV 2007–2011
Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Conducting, Opera Workshop and Performances
Woodside International School, San Francisco, CA 2004–2014
Music History, Music Theory, Music Appreciation, History of Rock Music, Guitar
Ensemble, Band
MASTERCLASSES
Conducting
David Amado, Eri Klas, Victor Yampolsky, David Loebel, Kenneth Kiesler, Leon Fleisher, George Hurst, Takayoshi Suzuki, Taras Krysa, Gary Kulesha, Cyrus Ginwala
Chamber Music
Emerson String Quartet, Alexander String Quartet, ARTefact, Da Capo Chamber Players
DISSERTATION
Shostakovich's Ninth Symphony: An Analytical Exploration and Keys to Interpretation