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 Composer Stephen Paulus has written over 200 works including more than thirty works for orchestra, eight operas, dozens of choral works as well as works for solo voice and chamber ensembles. He received his Ph.D. in Music Theory and Composition from the University of Minnesota in 1978 and since that time has held prestigious Composer in Residence posts with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, Tucson Symphony, Annapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Dale Warland Singers.
Paulus's opera The Postman Always Rings Twice was the first American opera to be produced at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland in 1983. His works have also been featured at numerous other festivals throughout the world including the Aldeburgh Festival in the U.K. and the Apsen Music Festival, Tanglewood Festival, Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, and Oregon Bach Festival in the U.S. Other opera productions have taken place with Washington Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, Greater Miami Opera Association, Minnesota Opera and the Berkshire Opera Co.
Paulus has received both Guggenheim and NEA Composer Fellowships. For his Violin Concerto he was awarded 3rd prize at the Kennedy Center Friedheim Awards. His works are represented on more than 50 recordings with such labels as Nonesuch, New World, Gasparo, d'Note Classics, and Koch International. His website, www.stephenpaulus.com, gives a complete listing of his works, publications and recordings. Performers that Stephen Paulus has worked with include Thomas Hampson, Doc Severinsen, Leo Kottke, Evelyn Lear, Robert McDuffie, Samuel Ramey, the Cleveland Quartet, The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and others. Orchestras that have premiered or performed Paulus works include the Cleveland Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orchestra, and many other regional orchestras.
He is currently commissioned to write a three-act opera, Heloise and Abelard, for the Juilliard Opera Center and a work for chorus and orchestra for the Westminster Choir College and New York Philharmonic.
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