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Phillip L. Clements is the Director of Bands and Instrumental Activities at Texas A&M University in Commerce, Texas. In this role, Mr. Clements serves as conductor of the wind ensemble, teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in conducting, and guides the instrumental area within the Department of Music. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Clements served on the faculties of the University of Miami, University of Texas at Arlington, the University of North Texas and taught in the public schools at Lake Highlands High School in Dallas, Texas.
A proponent of new quality music for wind band, he has been involved in commissions by prominent composers such as David Maslanka, Libby Larson, and Bob Mintzer as well as regional premieres of works by Michael Colgrass and Donald Grantham. He is in continuous demand as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator for ensembles across the United States.
In addition, Mr. Clements has authored articles for the Instrumentalist and Fanfare magazines and lectured at numerous state conferences across the Southwest. He has also contributed to the GIA series Teaching Music Through Performance in Band. Mr. Clements has conducted ensembles at the Texas Music Educators Association Conference, the College Band Directors National Association Conference and in New York's Carnegie Hall. From 2005 until 2008 he served as the Associate Conductor of the Greater Miami Symphonic Band in Miami, Florida.
In the spring of 2012, the Texas A&M University-Commerce Wind Ensemble has been selected to perform in New York's Carnegie Hall and for the Southwest Division Conference of the College Band Director's National Association.
Mr. Clements holds both the Bachelors and Masters degree from the University of North Texas. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Bandmasters Association, and College Band Director's National Association and is an elected member of the Phi Beta Mu honorary bandmaster's fraternity.
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