Professor Phil Ellis has been a Principal Investigator and Senior Lecturer at Warwick University since the 1990s. Since 2000, he has been Professor of Music at the University of Sunderland, UK. Professor Phil Ellis is a renowned international electro-acoustic composer and researcher and developer of electronic music education and music therapy. He is the former Chairman of the International Council of Music Education (ISME) Special Music Education, Music Therapy and Music Medical Committee.

     Since 1998, he has participated in the research and development of several European IST projects. Prof. Phil. Ellis has been focusing on research and development since the past and has dealt with iMUSE for children with special needs and elderly people in need of long-term care. Prof. Ellis once came to China in 2013 to speak on voice therapy related courses in Guangzhou and Xi’an.