How can I join?
Sequim Community Orchestra seeks interested members. There is no audition, one needs to play an orchestrial instrument, read music, and be interested in having fun playing orchestrial music. Tuition is $20/month.
Phil Morgan-Ellis grew up in Utah, where he played violin in the Golden Spike Youth Symphony. He did his work in Music Education at Weber State University and graduated from WSU in 1972. Mr. Morgan-Ellis then left for Seattle, and broader horizons.
In Seattle he performed and taught with the Thalia Orchestras, and studied under Michael Scherimetiew and Frances Walton, and also worked under Dr. Stanley Chappel. For 13 years he taught at the Thalia Summer Camp. For a short while he worked with Donald McGuiness at the University of Washington.
Phil is a big supporter of amateur music. He has played in amateur orchestras his whole life, conducted youth orchestras in Seattle and Port Angeles. His daughter, Esther is following very much in his footsteps with her work in Georgia, where she works with kids and adults in many fiddling workshops.