Biography - Page 2

Electronic Arts, EA Sports. Paul's musical theater highlights locally include playing first trumpet for the touring companies of "Miss Saigon", "Kiss of the Spider Woman", "Fiddler on the Roof", "West Side Story", "Annie", "Chicago", and "Beauty And The Beast". Paul premiered the first production of Vancouver's hit musical revue "Forever Swing", and has played all of the shows since. Paul has toured extensively in the last five years with the first national companies of "Evita" (fourteen months), "Swing", "Cats", "The Full Monty" (one year), “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”. In June 2007 Paul completed the tour with Broadway legend Chita Rivera in her show, Chita Rivera, The Dancer’s Life. Paul is currently touring with “Monty Python’s Spamalot” starring Richard Chamberlain (one and a half years and counting).

 
 
 
 
 
 

From Paul's formal education in trumpet performance at Western Washington University, coupled with his invaluable tenure in road bands and virtually every other musical setting, as well as private instruction from trumpet great's Lew Soloff and Gary Guthman, Paul brings a wealth of experience to his teaching. From Paul’s study of martial arts and eastern philosophies, he has incorporated this experience and teaches an efficient use of energy to where it’s needed, in a relaxed, fun, and musical approach.

In addition to his busy playing career, Paul Baron conducts clinics for all levels from grade school to college and university (Western Washington University, Selkirk College, Eastern Washington University, The University of Toronto, Humber College), and records and produces CD projects as well. He has adjudicated at the Surrey Jazz Festival, Western Canada's largest high school jazz festival three years in row, the Nelson Music Festival, and has been teaching private trumpet lessons for over twenty five years. As well, he has conducted bands at the University of British Columbia summer music camps. Paul is proud to be a part of the Jupiter musical family as an artist/clinician and plays the JTR-1600S-SRB3 red brass trumpet for classical, the 1600S-SRB3 light weight for lead and commercial, the JFH-846RL flugel horn, the Jupiter Pocket and Slide trumpets, as well as performing on piccolo trumpet.

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