Portrait of Roger Blackburn

Artist

Roger Blackburn

Roger Blackburn graduated from the Curtis Institute of Music after studying with Samuel Krauss, former principal trumpet of The Philadelphia Orchestra. In 1969, he won a Fulbright Scholarship to study trumpet with Helmut Wobisch at the Academy for Music and Dramatic Art in Vienna. He was a member of The Philadelphia Orchestra from 1974-2011 after being associate principal trumpet in the Houston Symphony. Prior to this he was Principal Trumpet of the Israel Philharmonic and Co-acting Principal Trumpet of the Saint Louis Symphony. During his tenure with the Philadelphia Orchestra he was a frequent soloist with the Amerita Chamber Players and has been a featured trumpeter with the Philadelphia Chamber Players, Mozart Society, and the Glencairn Horns of Bryn Athyn, Pennsylvania. Roger founded the Philharmonic Flavor, a brass quartet comprised of Philadelphia Orchestra members, and Four His Glory, a male gospel vocal quartet. He served on the trumpet instructor at Temple University.