Paul Bryan

Elements of Conducting

Paul Bryan is a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music and Temple University, where he studied trombone with Glenn Dodson and Eric Carlson and conducting with David Hayes, Arthur Chodoroff, and Larry Wagner.

His current positions include: artistic coordinator and conductor of Bravo Brass--the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra Brass Ensemble, faculty member at Temple University's Esther Boyer College of Music, music director of Symphony in C's Summer Symphony Camp, conductor of the Reading Summer Music Institute, and conductor of the Rodney Mack Philadelphia Big Brass. Mr. Bryan has also conducted performances with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia wind and brass ensembles and the Curtis Brass and Percussion Ensemble.

In demand as a guest conductor and clinician, Mr. Bryan has conducted numerous ensembles, including Drexel University's Concert Band, 20/21: The Curtis Contemporary Music Ensemble, and various regional honor ensembles in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He has served as director of bands at St. Joseph's Preparatory School in Philadelphia and as a conductor at the New York Summer Music Festival in Oneonta, N.Y.

Mr. Bryan, a staff member since 1993, joined the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music in 2009.