Philip Rothman
Philip Rothman’s compositions have been performed by the Utah Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, North Carolina Symphony, Maryland Symphony, National Philharmonic of Lithuania, Juilliard Orchestra, New York Youth Symphony, United States Military Academy Band, and numerous other ensembles.
Rothman’s music has been heard at major venues including Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center, and it has been broadcast on over 200 radio stations in America on NPR’s Performance Today, on the syndicated radio program Indianapolis on-the-Air, and the McGraw Hill Companies’ Young Artists Showcase. His recent film work includes orchestrations for The Nanny Diaries, Hollywoodland, and the upcoming comedy What Just Happened?.
Philip Rothman was selected to participate in the Music Alive program as Composer-in-Residence with the Eugene Symphony Orchestra in 2004-05, and again with the Green Bay Symphony in 2008-09. Music Alive is a national residency program of the American Symphony Orchestra League and Meet The Composer.
Rothman’s endeavors have earned him numerous honors including four ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, a Renée B. Fisher Foundation Award, the Brian M. Israel Prize, a fellowship from the American Symphony Orchestra League, a Meet The Composer Fund grant, and eight annual ASCAP Special Awards since 1998.
The Buffalo News described Rothman’s Overture for Our City as “full of pizzazz…[with] attractive lyrical themes…I would rather hear this piece again than many other staple overtures.” The Eugene (OR) Register-Guard said that Morningside Run had “lots of rhythmic energy and complexity…I found the piece highly entertaining and enjoyable…” The Boulder (CO) Daily Camera called Rothman’s The Manhattan Chase an “enchanting work that was warmly received by the audience.” The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, in hailing the premiere of Souvenir for orchestra, said, “If there is any justice, the music world deserves to hear much more of the music of Rothman.”
An accomplished advocate for the concert music field, Rothman is in demand both as a composer and as a consultant. He recently served as creative advisor and project director for Ford Made in America, a major commissioning consortium sponsored by Ford Motor Company Fund and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Philip Rothman holds a Bachelor of Music degree summa cum laude from Rice University and a Master of Music degree from The Juilliard School, where he was awarded a full scholarship. His teachers in composition have included Samuel Adler, Edward Applebaum, Samuel Jones, Richard Lavenda and Stephen Shewan. He lives in New York City.