Philip Blackburn
Philip Blackburn was born in Cambridge, England, and studied music there as a Choral Scholar at Clare College. He earned his Ph.D. in Composition from the University of Iowa where he studied with Kenneth Gaburo and began work on publishing the Harry Partch archives. Blackburn's book, Enclosure Three: Harry Partch, won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Award. He has been the Senior Program Director for the American Composers Forum since 1991, running the McKnight Composer Fellowship and the Jerome Composers Commissioning programs. He is also a composer, sound-sculptor, and author of articles on topics such as Vietnamese, Garifuna, and Cuban music, the social dynamics of ensemble performance, and the use of sound in public art. He runs the innova Recordings label and produces two weekly iTunes interview podcasts: Alive and Composing, the Wonderful World of Innova, and the NEA-funded Measure For Measure: New Music, New Thoughts. He received a 2003 Bush Artist Fellowship to begin building a sound park in Belize as well as construct an art-house there, Kumquat Cottage.
Tom Lancaster
Tom Lancaster, a direct response marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience, founded CircConcepts in 2005 specifically to meet the marketing needs of non-profits.
During his career, he has helped performing arts groups, periodical publishers and other non-profit organizations create successful direct response campaigns, implement electronic marketing initiatives, design databases and create effective marketing plans. As a consultant, he has helped direct marketers significantly raise response rates, more accurately track results and realize immediate sales results. His direct response experience runs the gamut from direct mail, telemarketing, print, broadcast and electronic media.
CircConcepts is based in Kansas City, Missouri and serves clients nationwide. Current clients include Heartland Men’s Chorus, Theater League, Inc. (presenter of Broadway touring companies in Kansas City, Phoenix, Thousand Oaks, Mesa, South Bend, Toledo and Wichita), The Foundation on Aging and Parkinson Foundation of the Heartland.
