As a chamber musician, soloist, orchestral player, and pedagogue, Paul Austin currently
enjoys a multifaceted career. Recipient of a 1995 Gilmore Emerging Artist grant, Paul
Austin joined the Grand Rapids Symphony horn section in 1999. He holds degrees from
the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and Tennessee Tech University,
and was a Resident Artist at the Banff Centre for the Arts. Paul actively promotes
historical instruments and is the author of A Modern Valve Horn Player's Guide to
the Natural Horn. In 2015, he joined the faculty of Interlochen's Adult Chamber Music
Camp. Paul Austin is President of ICSOM (International Conference of Symphony and
Opera Musicians), an organization of the top 52 orchestras in the USA.
