News

02.26.09 :: Paul received the 2009 Michigan Music Teachers Association (MMTA) Commission.

10.22.08 :: Paul was nominated for an award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

03.28.08 :: Paul was chosen for a 2008 Morton Gould ASCAP Award for his piano trio Dani's Dance (2007).

03.08.08 :: Paul was awarded second prize in the 2008 Pioneer Valley Symphony Competition. Fellow Michigan M.M. student Takuma Itoh was awarded first prize.

02.11.08 :: Paul was chosen to be a Composition Fellow for the Aspen Music Festival Composition Master Class with Christopher Rouse and Sydney Hodkinson, in Summer 2008.


"I have just listened to "Pomo Canyon Air" again and it was even more impressive and beautiful the second time. [Paul] has clearly learned how to deal with the orchestra to express himself and that is a major accomplishment."

-Steve Reich


"...His music already shimmered beautifully."

-Omaha World-Herald

Upcoming/Recent Performances

03.25-26.2010 :: Pomo Canyon Air for orchestra / the Atlantic Classical Orchestra / Stewart Robertson,conductor
More details soon...

04.30 - 05.01.2009 :: Encaenia (2008) for flute, violin, viola, cello, and percussion (2008) / UC Berkeley Spring Dance Showcase / Pam Krayenbuhl, choreographer
Hearst Gym, UC Berkeley 8:00 PM

04.17.2009 :: Folded Path (2009) for violin and two cellos / Jean-hee Lee, violin; Tobin Low/Aleisha Verner, cellos
UofM 7:00 PM

03.27-28.09 :: Pomo Canyon Air for orchestra and works by UM composers Dave Biedenbender, Ching-mei Lin, Theresa Martin, Recep Gul, Dan Davis, Lembit Beecher / readings by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin, conductor / March 27 from 2:00-4:00pm, and Saturday, March 28, from 10:00am to 12:30pm, open to the public

03.14.09 :: Encaenia (2008) for flute, violin, viola, cello, and percussion (2008) / Yo Yo Ma and Silk Road Ensemble master class / Sarah Frisof, flute; Jean-hee Lee, violin; Nicholas Hancox, viola; Nicholas Finch, cello; Sam Livingston, percussion / Hill Auditorium, Ann Arbor, MI 11:00AM

02.13.09 :: Encaenia (2008) for flute, violin, viola, cello, and percussion (2008) / University of Michigan Concert Band Chamber Winds, 2009 Midwest Composers Symposium, Stamps Auditorium, Walgreen Drama Center, University of Michigan. 8:00PM

11.23.2008 :: Dani's Dance (2007) / Jean-hee Lee, violin; Jeremy Crosmer, cello; Rajung Yang, piano, Stearns Cady Room, University of Michigan. 8:00 PM