Paul's music comes from a background steeped in classical music from the Baroque era to the present. Elements of Mendelssohn, Chopin, Mozart, Faure, Debussy, as well as influences from the visual/cinematic world can be found in this "hybrid-classical" album. Paul has been writing music for over 50 years, having worked as a choral director, arranger, composer, and as a solo artist for the last 45 years. He has created ballet, solo "art" songs, liturgical choral and assembly music, music for orchestra and solo orchestral instruments, and music for organ and piano. He has been recognized for his work as a liturgical and classical composer by ASCAP for the past 14 years, and his vocal music is performed in churches and schools throughout the U.S. where it is included in numerous publications of his octavos and solo songs. His music is featured at the on-line composers' site "MacJams" where his compositions and performances are well-known and respected for their quality, sensitivity, attention to detail, and immediate accessibility. He is also a presence at the French site "Free-Scores.com" and a number of his compositions are also featured in the Pump Audio collection line-up. Through the magic of the internet, Paul's music is literally heard all over the world. Here's what a few other composers have said about Paul's music: • “…beautiful. Lyrical, tender and delicate.” • “…Really beautiful, subtle, nuanced and thoroughly enjoyable.” • “I love the space in this, and the gentleness. The strings add subtle warmth. Extraordinarily beautiful.” • “Gentle and Idyllic. I love the sense of Debussy, woven in with a musical stage lyrical quality.” • “The composition turns in unexpected ways but is ever relaxed, beautiful and apparently effortless. Making anything this strong sound so effortless takes a lot of talent.” • “I continue to be astounded that you can move from one style to another so well and without any of them sounding either inauthentic or rote... I always have the impression that your heart was in it...” • “Unrushed speed, like water flowing around rocks in a clear stream your music swirls and takes shape with each new motion and sound.” • “I think the government should employ you to play your music to as many people as possible and make the world a happier place. I can see you on the back of a truck in the streets of Kabul and everyone dropping their weapons and coming to listen and smile. You have a great gift and share it with an open heart. More beautiful music!” • “So...essentially...You lived your whole life, playing and practicing and composing, and also, along the way, living, so that you would be able to think, feel, play and compose this fluidly?... Did I get that right?... • “Rich and sonorous.... a headphone treat...” • “I'd never get up if this was on my clock radio!” • “You really know how to "paint" with music.Your harmonic sense is so beautiful. I've heard so many slow "new age" type pieces that have no dissonance and are completely diatonic... this is real composition!” • “Gloriously lovely, Paul, just like the sunrise: colorful, warm and full of promise.” • “... exquisite and exalting.” • “Wonderful. No words I could come up with would do the beauty of this piece justice!” • “There's a lovely organic feeling to the timing throughout this piece…There's a beautiful open, delicate, and lush sensibility throughout, like all of life becoming more green and nourished with the soaking of the rain. You've clearly orchestrated and balanced the mix with great care and restraint.” • “Beautiful. So much of your music has such a lovely way of sending comfort to those who are fortunate enough to hear it. This piece did that for me. Thank you for sharing your heart . Very soothing, peaceful and always a pleasure to hear.” • “Lovely. Wow, this is indeed beautiful and moving... your compositional facility is truly astounding.” • “Beautifully peaceful. Music like this makes the world a better place.” • “You captured me from the first note. Breathtaking and breathgiving.” • “A most insightful capture of the reflection we all have in looking at where we are and where we thought we would be at this time. I don't know what you would call the emotion since it is really a blend of many, but you have come to our rescue with this music where we don't have to give it a name at all. We just have to listen, feel, and recognise the truth in what you have so delicately laid down.” • “…very calming and sublime.” • “Quietude helps me see the things that are important in my life. That's what this piece does for me.” • “The visual imagery created by this piece is sublime. You have such a patient approach, never rushing into or out of movements. Beautifully composed and performed.” • “…beautiful. Haunting.” • “Haunting, beautiful, sad, peaceful, reflective, gentle, marvelous.” • “Dramatic and emotive. Beautifully controlled.” • “…such warmth and depth.” • “Apart from the gorgeous writing there is a lot we can learn of the craft of composition and performance from your work.”