Music of Philip Thompson

 My compoisition Trouble will be performed at Trinity Christian College on March 7 as part of a symposium on The Psalms, The Arts, and Worship. Fellow Pitt Alum Mark Peters is organizing the conference which will feature Theologian Marva Dawn as the main speaker. You can find out more about the symposium here. Trouble will be performed as part of the final Festival of Psalms.

 The Pittsburgh City Paper ran a very nice write-up today about Pittsburgh New Music Net, the blog I launched to gather information about contemporary music here in Pittsburgh. You can read the article here, and of course, don’t forget to stop by PNMNet.

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I’m pleased to announce two recent projects which will allow me to contribute constructively to musical life in Pittsburgh. First, I’ve been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Pittsburgh Chamber Music Society where I’ll be helping with marketing and publicity strategies. PCMS is a tremednous cultural force in the City and it’s a great privilege to be able to help with the Society’s ongoing efforts.

Second, after consulting with a number of composers and performers in the area, I’ve launched a new blog about contemproary music in Pittsburgh called Pittsburgh New Music Net. I launched the site just before Thanksgiving and there’s been a very enthusiastic response from the local contemporary music scene and steadily growing traffic as well. Although the focus is on music and musicians in Pittsburgh, I think Pittsburgh New Music Net will be of interest to anyone engaged in the alt-classical music of the 20th and 21st centuries.

(Archived post from a previous version of this site.)