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Phil Shackleton has worked as a composer and arranger in the Los Angeles area for more than four decades. He composed the music for the 2009 film, Media Malpractice. His compositions and arrangements have been published by Shawnee Press, Lorentz/Roger Dean Publishing, Fred Bock Publishing, Rainwater Music, The Benson Company and Word. He has written several technical manuals in the area of music technology for Emagic GMBH and Alexander Publications, and magazine articles for Keyboard Magazine and EQ. 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; the Jobim Retrospective in New York City featuring Lee Ritenour, Sting, and Michael Brecker; 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. His published arrangements include choral/orchestral and other choral works, more than a dozen children’s musicals, and many piano transcriptions and adaptations. His original compositions and arrangements have been performed around the USA and in Europe at universities, festivals, churches and cathedrals, concert halls, etc.
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Shackleton received his B.A. in Music from Anderson University, his M.M. in Music Composition from the Conservatory of the University of the Pacific, and his D.M.A. in Music Composition from Claremont Graduate University. He has studied composition with Stan Beckler, Frank Campo and Peter Boyer.
Shackleton has been a music technology consultant for major jazz musicians, film composers, recording engineers, and publishing houses. He specializes in using Logic Pro software for composition/arranging, audio recording and editing, real-time MIDI data processing, plug-in configuration, sample library setup, synthesizer programming, and special applications. In addition to his music technology projects, Shackleton has also engineered and produced albums and music for video recording projects. Phil Shackleton was selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2005, and is in demand as a consultant to higher education in using music technology to teach music theory/composition and production.
Shackleton has been a professor of music at Azusa Pacific University for 45 years, and was chair of the department of Music Studies in the College of the Arts. His students have orchestrated major motion pictures, served as leaders in musical academia, and pursued careers as composers, pop musicians, recording/mixing engineers for film, and church musicians.
Shackleton has been a music technology consultant for major jazz musicians, film composers, recording engineers, and publishing houses. He specializes in using Logic Pro software for composition/arranging, audio recording and editing, real-time MIDI data processing, plug-in configuration, sample library setup, synthesizer programming, and special applications. In addition to his music technology projects, Shackleton has also engineered and produced albums and music for video recording projects. Phil Shackleton was selected as an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2005, and is in demand as a consultant to higher education in using music technology to teach music theory/composition and production.
Shackleton has been a professor of music at Azusa Pacific University for 45 years, and was chair of the department of Music Studies in the College of the Arts. His students have orchestrated major motion pictures, served as leaders in musical academia, and pursued careers as composers, pop musicians, recording/mixing engineers for film, and church musicians.