Paul Murphy

Trumpeter Paul Murphy has worked frequently as a musician and educator at The Juilliard School, Carnegie Hall, the New York Philharmonic, and on Broadway. His work as a musician and teaching artist has taken him to hundreds of cities and 26 countries throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas. He spent several seasons as a member of the Radio City Music Hall Orchestra, and has performed with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, the Knights, the International Contemporary Ensemble, the Paragon Ragtime Orchestra. Paul has also served as Artistic Director for Decoda—an artist led chamber collective recognized as an affiliate ensemble of Carnegie Hall.

A inaugural recipient of the Yale Distinguished Teaching Artist Award, Paul is committed to expanding the role of what it means to be a 21st-century musician. He proudly served on the teaching-artist faculty of the New York Philharmonic for over a decade, where he has appeared both on stage in front of the orchestra and in classrooms throughout New York City. He has also helped to design projects and programming for Carnegie Hall's Musical Connections program, which sends artists into community centers, hospitals, and correctional facilities. Paul has also worked for as a global K-12 curriculum specialist for The Juilliard School, helping to support music educators and school administrators to develop stronger performing arts programs. Paul previously served on faculty at the Brooklyn College Conservatory of Music where he directed the brass choir and led an advanced career seminar for graduate students. In the summers Paul teaches at the Kinhaven Music School in Vermont.
Prior to living in New York, Paul served as the Principal Trumpet of the Daejeon Philharmonic in South Korea.  He has earned degrees from the Yale School of Music and St. Olaf College, and was an Academy Fellow at The Juilliard School from 2007-2010. He is pursuing an Ed.D. degree in Education at Teachers College, Columbia University.