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R. Kevin Paul
R. KEVIN PAUL
Composer and Arranger
 
R. Kevin Paul, a Virginia native born in 1971, earned his B.M. degree in Education from Radford University in 1993 where he conducted several university ensembles and performed as a trumpeter in most, including a nominated undergraduate honors recital.

Mr. Paul earned the first M.M. degree in Conducting Performance from Virginia Commonwealth University in 1996 where he served as Director of the University Band and Pep Band, graduate teaching assistant for the Wind Ensemble, and interim graduate teaching assistant for the Choral Arts Society. He also served as principal trumpet of the VCU Symphony & Opera Orchestras.

Mr. Paul served the Richmond Community as a member of several brass quintets, Principal Trumpet of the Richmond Philharmonic, Assistant Principal Trumpet of the Richmond Symphonic Winds, and trumpeter with the Petersburg Symphony and other chamber ensembles. He founded the Richmond Brass Consort, Richmond’s only large brass & percussion ensemble, and was its Conductor/Music Director until he left Richmond in 2000. After four years as a middle school Director of Bands, Mr. Paul was the Conductors Guild’s Executive Director from 2000 until his departure in 2006 to become a full-time dad.

Since 1989, Kevin Paul has been teaching music to students at all levels, from elementary to graduate school, both publicly and privately. He was the trumpet instructor for the RU Community Arts School and the VCU Community School for the Performing Arts. He has served as a middle school Band Director in the Virginia Public Schools; and part-time member of the music faculties of SweetBriar College (Va) and Lynchburg College (Va) where he was Trumpet Instructor and Director of the Brass Ensemble. He has conducted several high school and middle school bands and has adjudicated many festivals, competitions, and entrance auditions. He has composed works for Concert Band, Brass Ensemble & Brass Quintet; and has arranged over 90 works for Brass Quintet and Brass Ensemble. His most recent collaboration is a new commission by da Capo Brass (NC). Two of his works for brass quintet will be featured on a program at Radford University's "New Horizons" concert in October 2010.

Kevin Paul lives in Lynchburg, Va with his wife, Kathleen and son, Noah.
C.V. available upon request | www.kevinpaul.org | rkevinpaul@gmail.com