Artist Info: Philip Corner

Philip Corner (born April 10, 1933) is an American composer, trombonist, vocalist, and pianist.

Biography

Philip Corner studied at Columbia University with Otto Luening and Henry Cowell, later with Olivier Messiaen at the Paris Conservatoire and privately with Dorothy Taubman in New York. He taught at the New Lincoln School in New York from 1966-1972, the New School for Social Research from 1967-1970 and Rutgers University from 1972-1992, after which point he moved to Reggio Emilia [read more...]