Craig Phillips

Bass-baritone Craig Phillips is a founding member of the acclaimed vocal quartet New York Polyphony and an established operatic and concert soloist.

Possessing a "handsome, elegant bass" (The New York Times), he has distinguished himself as a gifted singing actor, performing a wide range of repertoire with companies including Glimmerglass Opera, Florida Grand Opera, New York City Opera and Boston Lyric Opera. As a concert soloist, his credits include appearances with Eastern Music Festival, Handel Choir of Baltimore, and Washington National Cathedral.

With New York Polyphony, Phillips maintains an active touring schedule, participating in major concert series and festivals around the world. Noteworthy engagements include debuts at London's Wigmore Hall and The Royal Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, residencies at Dartmouth College and Stanford University, and appearances at the Tage Alter Musik Regensburg, Festival Oude Muziek Utrecht, and Stavanger Kammermusikkfestival. New York Polyphony’s growing discography includes two GRAMMY-nominated albums and releases that have topped the “best of” lists of The New Yorker, Gramophone, and The New York Times. Their album Lamentationes was a finalist for the Gramophone Award in Early Music in 2020. In 2025, the quartet released their 10th commercial release, Sky of my Heart on BIS Records.

Phillips joined the faculty of the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance in 2017. He serves as Associate Professor of Voice and Vocal Pedagogy.