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Events

2023  .................................................................................................
October 15, 2023 - Santa Cruz (CA) Kuumbwa Jazz Center
Marya Stark and band - "Weightless" CD Release Concert

September 16, 2023 - Grass Valley (CA) Center for the Performing Arts
Marya Stark and band - "Weightless" CD Release Concert
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2022  .................................................................................................

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS - THE LIFE & LEGACY OF RAVI SHANKAR
March 5, 2022  -  Royal Festival Hall, London
Anoushka Shankar, John McLaughlin, Dhani Harrison, & many students of Ravi Shankar
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https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/gigs/ravi-shankar-centenary?eventId=776195

2021  .................................................................................................

Well, we all know how that went ...

2020  .................................................................................................
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS - THE LIFE & LEGACY OF RAVI SHANKAR
Ravi Shankar Centennial Concerts feature family members Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar as well as special guest artists Philip Glass, Dhani Harrison (son of George Harrison), and an orchestra of Shankar's foremost disciples. 

The Ravi Shankar Centennial Concerts includes the following disciples: Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (Mohan veena), Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor), Kartik Seshadri (sitar, only U.S.A.), Partho Sarothy (sarod), Shubhendra Rao (sitar), Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar), Barry Phillips (cello), Sanjeev Shankar (shehnai), Ashwani Shankar (shehnai), Ravichandra Kulur (flute), Bickram Ghosh (tabla), Tanmoy Bose (tabla), Prati Shrivastava (sarod), Pirashanna Thevarajah (mridangam, ghatam, morsing), B.C. Manjunath (mridangam), Kenji Ota (tanpura), and Nick Able (tanpura).

POSTPONED AS IS JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING THESE DAYS

April 7    London, UK - Royal Festival Hall                     (w/ Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar)                            POSTPONED
May 16   San Diego, CA - San Diego Civic Theatre       (w/ Dhani Harrison and Anoushka Shankar)                         cancelled
May 19   Los Angeles, CA - Walt Disney Concert Hall  (w/ Dhani Harrison, Norah Jones and Anoushka Shankar)   cancelled
May 22   Chicago, IL - Chicago Symphony Orchestra   (w/ Anoushka Shankar)                                                         cancelled
May 29   New York, NY - Carnegie Hall                         (w/ Philip Glass and Anoushka Shankar)                              cancelled

​April 4, 2020 - NEW MUSIC WORKS - Santa Cruz, CA
Kuumbwa Jazz Centre - filming for online viewing only
I have a new piece for Violin, Cello, and Harp to be performed.

2018  .................................................................................................

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March and April 2018
The Ravi Shankar Quartet on tour
Gaurav Mazumdar - Sitar
Barry Phillips - cello
Ashwani Shankar - shehnai
Arup Chattopadhyay - tabla


We are all disciples of Ravi Shankar and will be playing his compositions,
​both classical and East Meets West compositions in honor of his birthday - April 7!!!


March 18   Los Angeles - Music Circle  - 4:00PM - 6:30PM
          San Gabriel Mission Playhouse     320 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, CA 91776
​          https://missionplayhouse.org/event/debapriya-samanwaya-subrata

March 23   San Diego - IFAASD Festival - 8:00PM - 10:00PM
          Indian Fine Arts Academy of San Diego presents:
          David and Dorothea Garfield Theater     Jewish Community Center, La Jolla, 92037
          https://www.indianfineartsacademy.org/event-details/?event_id=MTg=​

March 25   San Jose - Indian Classical Arts - 6:00PM - 8:00PM
         Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater       1700 Alum Rock Ave, San Jose 95116
         fb.com/IndianClassicalArts. For details, please contact Venkatesh - (925) 858 2392

March 28   New Orleans - Indian Arts Circle of New Orleans - 7:30PM
         Roussel Hall, Loyola University     6363 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, LA 70118
         http://iacneworleans.com/upcoming%20programs.htm​

April 21     Chicago - Chinmaya Mission - 6:00PM
          Chinmaya Mission Chicago & Ravi Shankar Foundation present:
          Yellow Box Theater, 1635 Emerson Ln., Naperville, Il 60540
          www.myChinmaya.org/ravishankar


Ravi Shankar Quartet - demo - YouTube

February 3, 2018 - NIGHT OF THE LIVING COMPOSERS - Santa Cruz, CA
Glad to still be a living composer - I prefer it that way...
​My "Ostinato for Elly's 75th" will open the 
night.
There will be lots of new music - always a great night....

2015  .................................................................................................
April 28, 2015 - Performance at the launch of the Ravi Shankar Exibit, Grammy Museum, Los Angeles (7:30PM)
The evening will feature the screening of a short documentary film, followed by a special performance from a trio comprised of Barry Phillips on cello, Lakshay Mohan Gupta on sitar and Aayush Mohan Gupta on sarod.  Also in attendance will be Sukanya Shankar, wife of the late Ravi Shankar.

April 25, 2015 - Destroy The Night w/ James Durbin and band (and some cello)
Rio Theatre Santa Cruz, CAL

April 24, 2015 - Jesse Autumn house concert with Bill Walker & Barry Phillips

2014 .................................................................................................

NOV 21, 2014 - Marya Stark "Unstoppable Joy" with Barry Phillips & full ensemble
OCT 24, 2014 - COLEMAN BARKS with Barry & Shelley Phillips - private San Jose event.
SEPT 12, 2014 - The White Album Ensemble with The Redwood Symphony - FOX THEATRE Redwood City, CA - 8PM
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MAY 16, 2014 - with Poet Coleman Barks - Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA - 8PM


APRIL 6, 2014 - Jesse Autumn - live cd recording session at Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz  7PM
                                        Jesse Autumn - voice, piano, pedal harp, pump organ  -  Barry Phillips - cello  -  Timba Harris - violin  -  Chad Kaltinger - viola
Feb 15 &16, 2014  Santa Cruz Chamber Players -  New composition  "A Thread of Time"

EVENTS 2013 ..........................................................................................................................................................

Dec 29-30, 2013  White Album Ensemble    Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA
Nov. 3, 2013 (7PM) Jesse Autumn (Grandad Coyote opens)   Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 19, 2013  PRABHA PACEY   Pacific Cultural Center, Santa Cruz, CA   7:30 pm
Sept 21, 2013  Barry Phillips composition concert.
The Institute of Contemporary Art presents a evening of music by cellist/composer & Grammy-winner Barry Phillips.
Barry will be joined by Shelley Phillips (woodwinds), Jesse Autumn (double harp), Jennifer Cass (pedal harp), Lars Johanesson (flute), Esther Centers (violin), Priscilla Fisher (violin, viola) & Aria DiSalvio (cello). 
Aug 10, 2013  Redwood Symphony & the White Album EnsembleFox Theatre, Redwood City, CA
May 18, 2013 Cantabile Youth Singers  with Barry Phillips-tabla &  Kelley Maulbetsch-cello        All Saints Episcopal Church in Palo Alto, CA

EVENTS 2012 ..............................................................................................................

July 29 - Aug 3 - Boxwood Tour - Nova Scotia

Best of Boxwood 2012
Chris Norman (flutes, pipes, voice)
Brad Leftwich and Linda Higginbotham, (old time fiddle and banjo)
Eamon O'Leary (guitar, Irish ballads)
Barry Phillips (cello)
Matthew Olwell (percussive dance, bodhran)
Patsy Seddon, (Scottish harp, Scottish ballads) 

July 29, 6:00 pm, Calvin Presbyterian Church, Loch Lomond
July 30, 7:30 pm, St. Stephen’s United Church, Port Hood
July 31, 7:30 pm, Sharon United Church, Tatamagouche
August 1, 7:30 pm, St. John the Baptist Church, Poplar Grove
August 2, 8:00 pm, Osprey Arts Centre, Shelburne
August 3, 7:30 pm, Evergreen Theatre, Margaretsville

July 22-28- Boxwood Flute Camp - Nova Scotia

June 30 - The Joni Show - Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA - 8PM

June 10 - Shelley Phillips cd release concert (acoustic!!!) - St. John's, Aptos, CA - 2PM

St. John's Episcopal Church • 125 Canterbury Dr. Aptos (off State Park Dr.) CA

June 9 - Shelley Phillips cd release concert - Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA - 8PM


William Coulter (guitar, bodhran), Shelley Phillips (harp, winds), Barry Phillips (cello, tabla),
Neal Hellman (dulcimer), Deby Benton Grosjean (fiddle), Lars Johannesson (flute), and Jesse Autumn (harp) and more special guests.

June 2 - The White Album Ensemble w/ Santa Cruz County Symphony

May 6 (3pm) Coulter-Phillips Trio - Villa Montalvo, Saratoga, CA

April 10 - Jesse Autumn w/Barry Phillips, Bill Walker & William Coulter - Kuumbwa Jazz Center - Santa Cruz, California

Mar 7 - William Coulter & Barry & Shelley Phillips - open for Jayme Stone Band
Don Quixotes International Music Hall - Felton Cal.  -  7:30PM

Mar 3 - The Joni Show - Kuumbwa Jazz Center, Santa Cruz, CA - 8PM

Feb 21 - White Album Ensemble & Barry Phillips Rockestra - Cultural Council Fundraiser

Feb 10 - Jesse Autumn w/ Barry Phillips - Backstage Lounge, Santa Cruz, CA

EVENTS 2011 ..............................................................................................................

Dec 30 - White Album Ensemble - Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA

The White Album complete - performed by @ 12 fab musicians

Dec 29 - White Album Ensemble - Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA

Dec 29 - Harp Festival - Star of the Sea Church, Santa Cruz, CA

Dec 10 - An Altered Christmas - Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CA

Dec 9 2011 - Ariel Thiermann - Kuumbwa, Santa Cruz, CA - 8PM

Dec 2 2011 - Jesse Autumn - a mini house concert w/ Jesse & Barry - 9 to 10 pm

Nov 12 Deby Benton Grosjean CD Release - Kuumbwa Jazz Center , Santa Cruz, CA - 7:30 PM

with Barry Phillips-cello, William Coulter-guitar, David Brewer- penny whistles, Gary Campus-percussion, Jesse Autumn-Celtic harp, Shelley Phillips-woodwinds, Lars Johannessen-wooden flute and more!

Nov 11 - THRIVE movie premiere - Richmond Ca. (sold out)

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I'm happy to be the cello soloist on this movie soundtrack, written by Gary Malkin, and amazing  song at the end written and performed by Ariel Thiermann & Austin Willacy.  I've seen bits of the film as I was recording - looks like it will be a mind blowing experience! This movie goes to eleven - thrice!


http://thrivemovement.com/

Oct 16 (4PM!)   Kirtana & John Astin - Unity Temple Santa Cruz, Ca.

Oct 9 - Ravi Shankar - Escondido, California - California Center for the Arts - 6:00 p.m.

Ravi Shankar with Tanmoy Bose and Samir Chatterjee (tabla)  - Ravichandra Kulur (flutes) - Barry Phillips & Kenji Ota (tanpura)

Oct 1&2 - Grass Valley Celtic Festival - Nevada County Fairgrounds

w/ William Coulter & Shelley Phillips

Aug 22 - Ravi Shankar - Usher Hall Edinburgh

Ravi Shankar (sitar) - Tanmoy Bose (tabla) - Ravichandra Kulur (bansuri) - Barry Phillips & Kenji Ota (tanpura)
Usher Hall Lothian Road Edinburgh, EH1 2EA     Phone: 0131 228 1155       Email: [email protected]      Website: www.usherhall.co.uk

Aug 1-5 & 8-13   Community Music School - Celtic Kids Camp Donny Dune, CA  CommunityMusicSchool.org

July 14 - Jesse Autumn & Dan Kocher with Barry Phillips  Santa Cruz, CA - The Backstage Lounge  ‎7:30PM

June 12 - New Directions Cello Festival - Ithica, NY

Selections from SUMMER OF CELLO will be performed by the CELLO ORCHESTRA.

June 4 - Santa Cruz Civic

White Album Ensemble w/Santa Cruz Symphony - "Across The Universe"
We'll be playing "exact" versions of Beatle songs - scores by Barry.
http://www.santacruzsymphony.org/acrosstheuniverse.html

2010 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Dec 19       Harp Festival - Star of the Sea Church - Santa Cruz, CA
Dec 7         Santa Cruz World Choir and Orchestra - Rio Theatre - Santa Cruz, CA
Nov 20       Keith Greeninger & band - Don Quixotes International Music Hall - Felton, CA
Nov 6         Gourd Gala - cd release - Kuumbwa Jazz Center - Santa Cruz, CA
Aug 2-14    Community Music School Celtic Camp (kid) - Big Basin, CA
Jun 20-26  Community Music School Celtic Camp (teen) - Bonny Doon, CA
Jun 5          White Album Ensemble with the Santa Cruz Symphony Orchestra  - Santa Cruz, CA
May 1         Santa Cruz Baroque Festival - Jefferson's Fiddle - Santa Cruz, CA
Apr 16        Yungchen Llamo with Barry & Shelley Phillips - First Congregational Church - Santa Cruz, CA
Mar 20        Barry's EIGHT RAGAS premiered with the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival - First Congregational Church - Santa Cruz, CA


2009 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Sept 22     Hollywood Bowl with the Anoushka Shankar Project and the Ravi Shankar Centre Orchestra
May 13     Ravi Shankar - Davies Symphony Hall, SF CA (Barry/tanpura)

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR PROJECT - INDIA
Anoushka Shankar-sitar           Tanmoy Bose-tabla                   Sanjeev Shankar-shennai
Ravichandra Kulur-flutes          Leo Dombecki-piano                Barry Phillips-cello

Mar 8        New Delhi         Select Citywalk
Feb 21     Bangalore          Palace Grounds
Feb 15     Mumbai              Blue Frog
Feb 14     Mumbai              Blue Frog
Feb 8       Kolkata               Science City Auditorium

CELTIC CONNECTIONS - Glasgow, Scotland
Jan 23       Trio with Annlaug Børshheim - & Sarah-Jane Summers - hardingfeles
Jan 25       National Scottish Orchestra with Patsy Reid's "Homecoming Scotland Suite" with soloists Patsy Reid, Aidan O’Rourke, Chris Stout, Barry Phillips  & Branford Marsalis.

2008 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

ANOUSHKA SHANKAR PROJECT - Europe/Asia/Australia Tour

Anoushka Shankar-sitar           Tanmoy Bose-tabla                   Ravichandra Kulur-flutes
Barry Phillips-cello                    Leo Dombecki-piano                 Nick Able-tanpura

Jun 28     Singapore - Esplanade Concert Hall
Jun 24     Taipei, Taiwan - National Chang Kai Shek Cultural Center Concert Hall
Jun 20     Auckland, New Zealand - Auckland Town Hall
Jun 18     Brisbane, Australia - Queensland Performing Arts Center
Jun 15     Melbourne, Australia
Jun 14     Sydney, Australia - Sydney Opera House
Jun 11     Tokyo, Japan - Tokyo University
Jun 10     Tokyo, Japan - Kioi Hall
Jun 7       Evian, France - Palais des Festivite
Jun 6       Luzern, Switzerland - KKL Konzertsaal
Jun 2       Lisbon, Portugal - Praca do Imperio Rua D Lourenco Almeida, No. 6
May 30    Birmingham, UK - Town Hall
May 29    London, England (Classical Concert) - LSO St Lukes
May 28    London, UK - LSO St Lukes
May 25    Utrecht - Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn
May 22    Paris, France - Salle des Concerts, Cite de la Musique
May 15    Dortmund, Germany - Konzerthaus
May 14    Elmau, Germany - Grober Saal
May 13    Budapest, Hungary - Budapest Music Academy
May 12    Debrecan, Hungary - Kolcsey Convention Center
May 10    Istanbul, Turkey - CRR Concert Hall
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