The perpetual Phillip Bimstein quandary — although he’d probably call it an opportunity — might be that he has more musical ideas and possible directions as a composer than he has time.

Bimstein’s ongoing dilemma has been a delight over the decades, for listeners and collaborators. He has an Emmy to prove it.

The former two-term mayor of Springdale these days is, not surprising, a man with two bands: Blue Haiku and its close relative Red Rock Rondo, a chamber-folk ensemble best known for its award-winning Zion Canyon Song Cycle.