Professor

Paul makes his home in Ottawa, Canada where he is Full Professor of Cello and Head of Strings at the University of Ottawa. Combined with an established international reputation as an outstanding soloist and ensemble artist, Paul brings a high degree of involvement and enthusiasm to the University of Ottawa School of Music.

Guest Masterclasses at the University of Ottawa
2004-present

Brian Yoon, Shimon Walt, 2023
Cameron Crozman, Alban Gerhardt 2022
Steven Isserlis, Richard Aaron 2021
Joseph Elworthy, Wolf Thorman 2021
Johannes Moser, Joanna Cole 2020
Mischa Maisky, Joshua Grindele, Yuri Hooker, Shimon Walt 2019
Joel Stobbe, Colin Carr, Chris Costanza 2018
Julian Armour 2017
Anthony Elliott, Philippe Muller, Shimon Walt 2016
John Kadz 2015
Steven Doane, Peter Rapson 2014
John Ehde, Margaret Tobolowska 2013
Denise Djokic, Johannes Moser 2012
Hans Jurgen Jensen (three visits), Thomas Wiebe, Paul Pulford 2011-12
Richard Aaron, Margaret Munro Tobolowska, Joan Harrison, Kirk Starkey 2010
Lynn Harrell, Yo-Yo Ma 2009

Paul also performs and teaches each summer at the UOttawa Summer Academy and at the Domaine Forget International Music Festival.

The 13 Cellists of the University of Ottawa perform Aftermath by Raphael Weinroth-Browne in St. Bridget’s Arts Centre, Ottawa, 2013.

UOttawa grad. Brian Yoon, winner of the Eckhardt-Gramatté National String Competition, recorded live by CBC

Masterclasses

Canada and USA

Mount Royal College, Calgary
University of Western Ontario
Queen’s University
University of Alberta
University of British Columbia
University of Saskatoon
Dalhousie University
Victoria Conservatory
Glenn Gould School
McGill University
Vancouver Academy of Music
Université de Montreal
University of Toronto
Lawrence University, USA
University of Michigan, USA
University of Utah, USA
Hamilton College of Performing Arts, USA
State University of New York at Potsdam, USA

Europe

Royal Academy of Music, London
Royal College of Music, London
Royal Northern College of Music
Royal Scottish Academy of Music
Birmingham Conservatory
Liverpool University
Belgrade University, Faculty of Music, Serbia
University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Trondheim Academy of Music, Norway

China

Xian Conservatory
Shen Yang Conservatory
Jinan Conservatory
Beijing Conservatory

Former students have gone on to pursue graduate and doctoral degrees as scholarship students at:

Guildhall School of Music and Drama, UK
Rice University, Texas
University of Michigan
Juilliard School, New York
University of California at Berkeley
University of Texas at Austin
University of Tennessee
University of California at Berkeley
New England Conservatory
Manhattan School of Music
Cleveland Institute of Music

Student Awards and Distinctions

Orchestral engagements

Nick Byrne: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, regularly subbing
Winca Chan: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, regularly subbing
Leanne Zacharias: Houston Symphony Orchestra, contract
Julie Amundsen: Edmonton Symphony Orchestra member
Amelia Borton: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, regular subbing
Amelia Borton: Regina Symphony Orchestra, Associate Principal
Loewi Lin: Founding member of A Far Cry, USA, now member National Symphony Orchestra, USA
Scott McKnight: Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra, Principal Cello position
Sean Taubner: Hyogo Performing Arts Center Orchestra, Japan, member, later Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra member.
Brian Yoon: Victoria Symphony Orchestra, Principal Cello position
Sophie Stryniak: Member Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra
Sam Nadurak: Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra contract position
Jacob MacDonald: extra work with National Arts Centre Orchestra
Kitty Chan: extra work with National Arts Centre Orchestra
Liam MacKintosh: extra work with National Arts Centre Orchestra
Roland Gjernes: Cellist in the musical “Hamilton” in New York City
Isidora Nojkovic: Regular extra work, Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Solo Engagements

Caroline Nicolas: Soloist with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra
Anne Davison: Appearances at the Ottawa Folk Festival and Black Sheep Inn
Brian Yoon: Shostakovich Concerto no. 1 with Ottawa Symphony Orchestra
Brian Yoon: Haydn Concerto in D with Victoria Symphony Orchestra
Stanley Leong: Beethoven Triple Concerto with the National Arts Centre Orchestra
Raphael Weinroth-Browne: Appearances at Nouvelle Prague, Wave-Gotik Treffen festivals and Amsterdam Cello Bienalle
Daniel Wade: Lalo Concerto, movement 2, with National Arts Centre Orchestra
Jaeyoung Chong: Haydn Concerto in D Finale, with Musicians of the National Arts Centre Orchestra
Roland Gjernes: Performed in the 2014 International Cello Festival of Canada
Daniel Parker: Soloist in Haydn Concerto in C with National Arts Centre Orchestra
Daniel Parker: Haydn Concerto in C with National Arts Centre Orchestra
Sophie van der Sloot: Tchaikovsky Rococo Variations with Oakville Symphony Orchestra

University Positions

Karen Sunabacka: Professor of Composition and Cello position at the University of Waterloo
Leanne Zacharias: Professor of Cello, Brandon University
Julie Amundsen: Professor of Cello, University of Alberta

Prizes and Awards

Sean Taubner: Won instrumental section of CBC Arts Encounters Young Performers Competition
Caroline Nicolas: Won 1st Prize in the Grand Forks Symphony Solo, Concerto Competition, ND
Brian Yoon: Guelph Symphony Orchestra Concerto Performance Competition for Strings
Brian Yoon: Silvia Gelber Award
Daniel Parker: First prize in the National Arts Centre Bursary Competition
Brian Yoon: First Prize in Eckhardt-Gramatté National String Competition
Brian Yoon: Prize for the Best Perfomance of the Canadian Work in the Canadian Music Competition Stepping Stone
Jaeyoung Chong: 2nd Prize National Arts Centre Bursary Competition