Phil Collins played principal trumpet with the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras for over thirty years, recording more than one hundred CDs. Prior to joining the CSO, he was a member of the Cleveland Orchestra, the National Arts Centre Orchestra of Ottawa, the Rochester Philharmonic and the Eastman Brass Quintet. A graduate of the Eastman School of Music and the Cleveland Institute of Music, Mr. Collins is currently on the faculty at the College-Conservatory of Music of the University of Cincinnati.