St. Paul composer Philip Blackburn is a missionary for new music A champion of the unorthodox for three decades, St. Paul composer Philip Blackburn tackles a new challenge.
By Rob Hubbard Special to the Star Tribune May 7, 2021 7:48am Text size Copy shortlink:
Every art form is full of creative people trying to figure out how to make a living while continuing to create. Aspiring writers get jobs with bookstores and publishers. Visual artists work security at museums.
For composer Philip Blackburn, it was a matter of figuring out what would keep him in contact with the new music milieu, the community of adventurous experimenters who take hidebound classical music traditions and forms, and twist