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Paul Sharpe is the Artist-Performer/Teacher of Double Bass at Texas Tech
University. As a student of Jeff Bradetich he received the B.M. degree
in Performance from Northwestern University, and he obtained an M.A.
degree in Music from the University of Iowa studying with Diana Gannett.
Mr. Sharpe maintains an active career in variety of roles as a soloist,
chamber and orchestral double bassist. Recent performances and
engagements include a recital and masterclasses at the University of
Michigan, Interlochen Arts Academy, Brazil’s Sixth International Double
Bass Encounter in Pirenopolis, Brazil; as a guest artist with the
Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (Alaska); performances of Paul Ramsier’s
Divertimento Concertante for Solo Double Bass and Orchestra with
the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra; the premiere of Stuart Hinds’
Concertino for Double Bass and Orchestra with the Dallas Chamber
Orchestra; and a performance with the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival
Orchestra of Bottesini’s Grand Duo Concertante with Peter Marsh (USC).
In March of 2003, he performed Schubert’s “Trout” Quintet with
John Nakamatsu, Paul Coletti, Nathaniel Rosen, and Paul Rosenthal as
part of Dallas’ Chamber Music International concert series. He has
received fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music
Festival, and the Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan) and has been a
guest artist at the Pine Mountain Music Festival (Michigan), the
Anchorage Festival of Music, the Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto,
Italy), and 20th Century Unlimited (Santa Fe, NM). He has been a
prizewinner at several solo competitions, including the International
Society of Bassists Solo Competition in 1997, and winner of the Aspen
Music Festival's Double Bass Concerto Competition in 1996. Readers of
Double Bassist will recognize him as a regular reviewer of new
publications and editions of music. He is currently Principal Bass of
the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher of double bass he has held
faculty positions at the University of North Texas, Augustana College
(Rock Island, IL), and the Preucil School of Music (Iowa City, IA).
To contact Paul Sharpe, email
paul.sharpe@ttu.edu.
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