found: Phillip Bimstein, via WWW, August 19, 2016(Phillip Bimstein; alternative classical composer Phillip Bimstein lives in Springdale, Utah, where he also served two terms as mayor; a recipient of grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet The Composer, American Composers Forum and Austria's Prix Ars Electronica, Bimstein's music has been performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, the Bang on a Can Festival, the Aspen Music Festival and London's Royal Opera House; Bimstein was born in Chicago and is a graduate of Chicago Conservatory of Music, where he majored in theory & composition; in the 1980s he led the new wave band Phil 'n' the Blanks; after further studies at UCLA in composition, orchestration and conducting, Bimstein took a hiking trip to southern Utah and never left; Bimstein has served as chair of the Utah Humanities Council, chair of the art and humanities residency center, The MESA, vice-president of the American Music Center in New York, and is profiled in Who's Who in America; he is a frequent guest speaker on creativity, community and collaboration)
