Paul Read
Director of Graduate Jazz Studies
email | website: www.paulread.ca
Paul Read (Director, Graduate Jazz Studies) is a pianist, saxophonist, composer and arranger. He holds degrees in music and education from the University of Toronto, with additional studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. In addition to overseeing the graduate program, Paul teaches undergraduate and graduate courses, and leads the acclaimed 10 O’clock Jazz Orchestra. They have just released their fourth CD, ‘Awakenings’. He also leads his own professional big band, P.R.O. (Paul Read Orchestra).
Paul’s compositions and arrangements are published with Boosey & Hawkes, UNC Press, Beldriana, BRS (Indianapolis) and Alfred Music Publications. He has recorded 5 CDs as pianist/arranger and with his own quartet. Paul Read is founder of the NMC Jazz Camp (Ontario).
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