
Performing solo and ensemble concerts as well as giving master classes
on the double bass and period instruments on four continents,
PAUL ELLISON
is the Lynette S. Autrey Professor of Double Bass and chair of strings
at Rice Univesity’s Shepherd School of Music, Pedagogical Advisor at
the Coburn School of the Arts, Los Angeles, and guest tutor at the
Yehudi Menuhin School, the Royal College of Music, and Bass Club,
England. Summer positions include principal bass at the Grand Teton
Music Festival and faculty/performer at Festival Domaine Forget,
Quebec. Former students hold titled positions in major ensembles and
institutions of higher learning on five continents.
Previous positions include principal bass of Houston Symphony, Houston
Grand Opera, Santa Fe Opera, Aspen Festival Orchestras (also faculty),
professor of double bass and chair of strings at the University of
Southern California, and president of the International Society of
Bassists. Ellison was the first to receive both the diploma and
teaching certificate from Institut International Rabbath, Paris.
“...The treat of the afternoon turned out to be hearing the double bass
as a solo instrument...Paul Ellison...demonstrated virtuosity. [The]
bass shines as [the] music festival gets underway.”
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