Philip Fried

Phil Fried has performed solo at Roulette in NY, Baltimore at the Livewire Festival, and Chicago at the International Society of Improvising Musicians convention, and all over the mid-western states. As classical composer he has received a centennial commission from the Minnesota orchestra for Episodes, and a commission, Itty Bitty Symphony, for the new music ensemble Zeitgeist for their 30th Anniversary concert and recording. One of his piano works, I remember the 60’s..or was it the 70’s,? is featured on a recent Innova label release, Melville’s Dozen,” by New Zealand pianist Nikki Melville.

Phil Fried has maintained a free music composition lesson page since 1999 which can now be found on http://Philfried.com/compositionlessons.

Commissions include: The Saint Paul Public Schools, A Centennial Commission from the Minnesota Orchestra for Episodes, and a work for the new music ensemble Zeitgeist in honor of their 30th Anniversary concert and recording. One of his recent piano works, I remember the 60’s..or was it the 70’s?, is featured on the Innova label release, “Melville’s Dozen,” with pianist Nikki Melville. Phil has had performances and residencies with The Minnesota Orchestra, The Camargo Foundation, The Tanglewood Music Festival, The Festival at Sandpoint, June in Buffalo, Music of Our Time, and Centre Acanthes, Avignon France. As a Jazz musician, Mr. Fried was a founding member of the New York Artists Collective. His first professional Jazz experience was performing with Ray Nance. Mr. Fried comes from a noted musical family. His father, Louis Fried, was an original cast member in several Broadway shows including Brigadoon and Carousel. His cousin was the noted composer Isadore Freed. Second to music is Dr. Fried’s passionate interest in literature. He has written several texts and librettos including the text for his opera, The Dungeon of Esmeralda, and an adaptation of Hemingway’s short story, The Snows of Kilimanjaro.

Dr. Philip Fried has been a licenced public school music teacher for over 30 years, and has conducted: Band, Orchestra, Choir, as well as teaching general classroom music.