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PAUL MORTON
Paul Morton joined the music faculty at the University of Southwestern
Louisiana as Assistant Professor of Trumpet in August 1998. From 1995
to 1998 he served as Assistant Professor of High Brass at Bemidji State
University in Bemidji, MN.
At BSU he was chair of the music department, taught trumpet, horn, jazz
improvisation, theory, "Music Appreciation", and "Introduction
to Folk, Jazz and Rock." Prior to earning the Doctorate of Musical
Arts at The University of Alabama, he was employed in the prestigious
North Carolina Visiting Artist Program where he performed as trumpet soloist,
chamber musician, and lecturer.
Dr. Morton also holds music degrees from the North Carolina School of
the Arts and the Hartt School of Music where his primary teacher was Mr.
Ray Mase.
Morton regularly performs jazz and classical music with a variety of ensembles
including the Acadiana Symphony, the Louisiana Brass Quintet, and the
USL faculty Jazz Combo. Past performing experience includes the North
Carolina Symphony Orchestra, the Classic Brass Quintet, the Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey’s Circus Band, and Crimson Dixieland Stompers.
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