Shaun Paul is a well established and versatile cellist, performer, teacher and composer of contemporary music and music for film. He has studied extensively in composition, cello performance, improvisation and orchestral performance and holds a Bachelors of Music in cello performance from the University of Colorado. In 2004 Shaun began his career as a performing artist, composer and cello teacher. It was at this time that he began his own record label and founded Shaun Paul Productions, with the release of his first nationally and internationally distributed album, "A Path to Somewhere."
His compositions span a wide range of styles and emotions and are eclectic and powerfully visual and emotional. His imaginative, emotional, and thought provoking melodies feature the cello and are accompanied by a wide range of instrumentation, very often the entire symphony orchestra. Shaun's music has received numerous accolades from those attending his live performances and is turning heads of film producers worldwide. Shaun says, "It is my intent through composition and performance, to unify people, promote peace and progress in this challenging and important time, and to contribute to the progress of humanity through music. I am inspired by my life experiences, my love for nature, and the beauty that surrounds us everyday. It is my dream to travel the world to help bring people together through understanding, compassion and tolerance. I am devoted to working with artists and organizations whose intentions are to inspire, enrich and serve their surrounding communities through vision, creative endeavors and service.
Shaun Paul performs with local musicians and pianists covering a broad range of genres; everything from jazz, romantic, classical and popular styles to film music and original compositions. He can be found performing concerts as well as local and destination private events. During the summer he enjoys touring Seattles best attended arts festivals where he shares his music and spends time conversing with the locals. Past appearances have included the Bellevue Arts Festival and Edmonds Arts Festival.
Shaun is beginning his outreach by supporting charitable and nonprofit organizations committed to positive social, environmental and global change through donations from public performance revenue and album sales. For each album sold a contribution to the "Global Carbon Reduction Fund" will offset approximately 62 pounds of carbon dioxide. His most recent collaborations and causes include partnering with www.attractworldpeace.com as musical artist, musical collaboration with the Andree Rice Foundation, www.adreericefoundation.com, the launch of www.shaunpaulevents.com, supporting charities and causes through public performance, donations to the Carbon Reduction Fund, www.carboncontrol.org as well as work on HD film projects.
Over the years he has contributed to various artists' music projects as co-producer, and recording artist. Notably he has served as a co-producer on nationally distributed albums produced by 7 time Emmy Award winning artist Tim Noah for Cherry Lane Music Publishing. He has also recorded with alumni of the Sundance Film Music Program and for the Pacific Northwest Film Scoring Program.
He is a member of ASCAP, the Seattle Composers Alliance, the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, and the Washington State Music Teachers Association. He is currently working on a new album, release date TBA! Stay tuned for updates.
