“The 4 Coronation Anthemsx(were) at this concert, impeccably performed…Bauman is a director of tremendous enthusiasm…. I can’t remember a director who shared his joy of music so generously with both his performers and his audience. No one could fail to be moved.”

Alan Soukup, Downers Grove Reporter

“Under Bauman’s leadership, the phrasing had line, shaping a musical statement.””The players deserve a lot of credit for this success but Bauman must be congratulated on his successful nurturing and caring for this orchestra. For it is the musical insight of the conductor which allows the successful performance. He must mold the shape of things to come and steer the ship safely into port.”

“The Elgin Symphony Orchestra’s ‘Pops Alive! Concert’ Sunday filled the audience with rushes of adrenaline that are likely to keep spirits soaring until spring. Associate conductor Philip J. Bauman led the orchestra through a wonderfully smooth Overture to ‘Candide’…(it) set the mood for an afternoon of brilliant music, lushly performed.”

Beethoven’s Eroica

“Trumpeter’s musical mix blows away ESO audience.”

“The ESO [Elgin Symphony Orchestra], marvelously led Saturday night by assistant conductor Philip Bauman, was an extraordinary on Jose Pablo Moncayo’s Huapango.”

“Don’t try to find Meaning in Steins cunning word games or Thomson’s Missouri-flavored music, and you’ll have a wonderful time at ‘Four Saints.’ Thomson’s score, a faux-naif melange of waltzes, tangos, fox trots and ersatz Baptist hymns is the devil to perform properly. The musical prosody involves constant tempo changes to challenge the alertness of the singers and conductor; and Stein’s endless repetitions require the most precise ensemble as solo lines and choral refrains career back and forth. But Philip J. Bauman drew a clean, buoyant and lively reading from the 21-piece chamber orchestra, coordinating stage and pit very well in a performance that grew more secure as the two hours progressed. The final scenes in fact were deeply moving.” 

John Von Rhein, Chicago Tribune (1993)

“Bauman was in command on the podium. He was quite animated with big sweeping baton motions. Bauman and the WSO did their part to make this a truly magical performance of the the Walton Violin Concerto. The orchestra boldly captured all the hot blooded emotions of this piece [Turnia’s Danzas Fantasticas] and gave us a performance to fondly remember.