Allan Phillips

Allan Phillips was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. He is a music producer, composer, arranger, and musician now residing in Southern California. His musical style is a blend of contemporary music with ethnic elements from around the world. In 2011, his composition Moon/Luna Llena was chosen as a wake up call song for the astronauts aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour’s STS-134 mission commanded by Capt. Mark Kelly. Also in 2011, music he composed and produced for Clark Marketing Solutions earned three Awards of Distinction from the 2011 Communicator Awards in the categories of audio production, jingle production and video production/use of graphics for work created for automotive client Diamond Valley Honda.

Biography
Born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Allan Phillips' early musical roots are in Afro-indigenous street music, and over the years he has expanded his craft onto a blend of Latin, pop, funk, jazz, African, hip hop, dance, Caribbean/reggae, rock, soul/R&B, Brazilian, Mediterranean, Asian, European, country, ambient/new age, and classical.

Currently Performs with:
 * The Soul Collective
 * Gene Perry
 * Sol e Mar
 * Peter Pupping

Compositions/arrangements and orchestrations

 * Composed and produced the music score for season 1 and 2 of the PBS series Grannies on Safari.
 * Arranged and produced the music for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York and The Rose Parade in Pasadena, CA., 2008
 * Film:
 * World Dance Workout (DVD), 2006
 * Tijuana Jews (feature), 2005
 * Family Values in the Goddess Years, 1999
 * Love Always (feature), 1996
 * Break of Dawn (feature), 1988
 * Theatre:
 * Rule My World (Urban Opera), 2009
 * The New Mambo Kings (Musical), 2009
 * Latin Gems (Musical), 2004
 * Latin Twist (Musical), 2000
 * Blood Wedding (Play), 1983

Awards and nominations

 * Produced Eva Ayllon album Kimba Fa, which was nominated for a 2009 Latin Grammy nomination in the Best Folk Album category
 * 2008 Emmy for the musical score of Grannies on Safari
 * Allan Phillips was part of Alex Acuña's team in his Grammy nominated album Acuarela de Tambores
 * Produced albums winners of 14 San Diego Music Awards
 * Winner of 5 U.C.S.D outstanding artist awards