Founded in 2016 by Burlington native and violinist Jeffrey Phillips and local choral/piano stalwart Roger Hatteberg, the Burlington Lunchtime Chamber Music Series has quickly found a dedicated audience and has brought high quality chamber music to downtown Burlington ten months of the year.

Jeffrey Phillips is a violinist and the Executive Director of the Southeast Iowa Symphony Orchestra.  He was a freelance violinist for 16 years in New York and London and was a founding member of the new music group Cadillac Moon Ensemble.  Jeffrey holds degrees from St. Olaf College and SUNY Purchase and studied chamber music with the Manhattan String Quartet, members of the Mendelssohn String Quartet, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra and the Beaux Art Trio.  He is the co-founder of BLCMS with Roger Hatteberg. 

Over the first seven seasons BLCMS has featured over 80 local and regional musicians and has presented works by over 100 different composers from the Baroque through to the present.