Composer Bimstein to Vie For State House Seat

NEW MUSIC USA
By Molly Sheridan
On April 9, 2002

Phillip Bimstein, composer, environmentalist, AMC board member, and former two-term mayor of Springdale, Utah, is running for a seat in the Utah House of Representatives.

After talking with the man Parade magazine profiled as “The Man Who Brought Civility Back to Town,” it’s not hard to understand how Bimstein balances what are at first glance very different worlds. “I think I approach both politics and music in a similar way,” he says. “There are a bunch of ideas out there in the community, there are diverse people and beliefs and somehow you all have to figure out a way to work together as a community. I’m intrigued by that process…READ THE ARTICLE