Philip Silvey is Assistant Professor of Music Education at the Eastman School of Music where he directs the Treble Chorus and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in music education.  Previously, he served as Assistant Professor of Choral Music Education at the University of Maryland where he directed the Women’s Chorus, the Maryland Boy Choir, and the College Park Youth Choir.  He also taught at Baldwin-Wallace Conservatory where he directed the Women’s Choir.  He holds degrees in composition from Houghton College and the Pennsylvania State University, and a doctorate in music education from the University of Illinois.  He taught secondary vocal music in Michigan where his choral ensembles were honored with invitations to perform at state conferences for three successive years.  He has been invited to serve as guest conductor, clinician, and adjudicator in numerous states and directed all-state choruses in Maryland and Virginia.  He has served as president of the Maryland-DC chapter of the American Choral Director’s Association and has presented interest sessions at state and regional ACDA conventions.  He has made contributions to the textbook series Experiencing Choral Music and Teaching Music through Performance in Choir, Volumes II and III.  His scholarly writings have appeared in the Journal of Research in Music Education and the Arts and Learning Research Journal.  His original choral compositions and arrangements, published by Santa Barbara Music, have been performed by all-state and national honors choruses.