A classicaly-trained flutist, event organizer and musical activist, Phil Harmonic, aka Kenneth Werner (1949–1992). Performed with the Sonic Arts Union (Ashley, Behrman, Lucier, Mumma) in Boston, 1966. He performed with Sonic Arts Union in 1966 and later collaborated with Image Bank and General Idea. In 1967, he began a yearly series of new music performances celebrating Beethoven's birthday. He received his BFA from California Institute of the Arts, 1971, and MFA from Mills College, 1973.