Paul Austin · Horn

Horn player Paul Austin currently enjoys a multifaceted career as soloist, pedagogue, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Heralded for his “absolutely stunning way of playing the horn” (Holzminden Zeitung) and for being “tender on the mellow, warm French Horn” (The Grand Rapids Press), Paul Austin has performed throughout the US, Canada, and Europe.

After earning a doctorate in horn performance from the University of Cincinnati’s College-Conservatory of Music in 1994, Dr Austin was a Resident Artist at the Banff Centre for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. In 1995, he received a Gilmore Emerging Artist grant, which allowed him to study in London, England.

In 1999, Paul Austin became a member of the Grand Rapids Symphony. This is his tenth season to appear at the Chamber Music Festival of Saugatuck.

Dr Austin has premiered and recorded compositions written for him, including “Ancestral Songs” by Robert Shechtman (OgreOgress Productions). Two other CDs, “Music of Morton Feldman” and “Treasures from the Great Lakes”, are due for release this summer.