Paul Carlson

Dr. Paul Carlson (he/him/his) has charmed audiences around the globe as a soloist and as tubist in the Dallas Brass. He has completed studies at the University of Illinois (B.M.), the University of New Mexico (M.M.), and the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music (D.M.). He has studied with Dan Perantoni, Richard White, Mark Moore, and Joseph Goble.

Paul has performed with the New Mexico Brass Quintet, the Walt Disney Collegiate All-Star Band, the Harvey Phillips Tuba Company, The King’s Brass, as well as the Grand Rapids, Vancouver, Southwest Michigan, West Michigan, New Mexico, Louisville, South Bend, and Bloomington Camerata Symphonies. An advocate of new music, Paul has premiered numerous pieces for solo tuba, most notably the works of Brian Ciach, with whom he released his first solo album, Mountain Song, on Potenza Records. He has also recorded on the Summit and Naxos labels, as well as for Alfred Music Publishing.

Paul was a soloist at the 2014, 2016, 2021, and 2023 International Tuba Euphonium Conferences, the 2017 Great Plains Regional Tuba Euphonium Conference, and the 2013, 2015, 2022, and 2024 Midwest Regional Tuba Euphonium Conferences.

Currently, Paul is the tubist with the Dallas Brass and serves as an Associate Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at Grand Valley State University. He is also a Buffet Crampon USA Tuba Artist.