Dr. Paul Coleman

Biography

Paul Coleman enjoys a multi-faceted career as a composer, sound engineer, and professor of composition and electronic music. He has appeared on NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert with the group Ensemble Signal and is a founding member and Sound Director. He has engineered live sound for over 200 shows in prestigious venues worldwide, including Carnegie Hall, Jazz Lincoln Center, Teatro Colón in Argentina, and Walt Disney Concert Hall. Coleman has producer recording credits with notable labels such as harmonia mundi and Cantaloupe Music, and he is a Grammy voting member of the Recording Academy. He has collaborated closely with prominent composers and artists, including Steve Reich and Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood. As an active composer, his works have been performed in portrait concerts at venues like John Zorn’s Stone and during tours across North America and Europe. He is also a founding artist of Elseways Media and has contributed to the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

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