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.