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Phil Shackleton, DMA
Director of Music Theory, Director of Music Technology; Professor of Music
School of Music
Phone: (626) 815-6000 x3577
Fax: (626) 969-7419
Email: pshackleton@apu.edu
Profile
Phil Shackleton has been a commercial arranger working in the Los Angeles area for more than two decades. He has arranged for the Orange County Master Chorale; live stage shows and musical theater including the Tinseltown Awards Show, the Citrus Singers, and the Candlelight Pavilion; many live and taped radio and television broadcasts; educational video and film; the Jobim Retrospective in New York City; Gospel recordings and performances including Andrae Crouch, Doug Oldham, and the Continental Singers; professional, industrial, and trade show presentations and videos; Las Vegas stage acts; and cruise line stage shows. He has several choral/orchestral arrangements and other choral works in publication, six children’s musicals, and many piano transcriptions and arrangements.

Shackleton has been a music technology consultant for major jazz musicians, film composers, recording engineers, and publishing houses. He specializes in real-time MIDI processing, synthesizer programming, integrated sequencing/digital audio/notation systems, and synchronization. In addition to his music technology projects, Shackleton has also engineered and produced many album and video recording projects.
Education
DMA - Composition, Claremont Graduate School
Professional/Scholarly Presentations
Compositions
Sheer Self Indulgence, jazz ensemble, 2003

Endurance for Ochestra, 2002

Decadance for Chamber Orchestra, 2001

Phive by Phive for Woodwind Quintet, 2000

Transformations for Wind Ensemble, 1999

Variance for B Flat Clarinet and Piano, 1998

Professional Experience
Academic Experience
Director of Music Technology, Azusa Pacific University, 1977-current

Director of Music Theory, Azusa Pacific University, 1977-current

Professional Involvement and Accomplishments
2005 Apple Distinguished Educator
Expertise
Arranging
Composition
Music Technology
Music engineering and production
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