nomination for "Best Choral Performance." Paul was the classical music director and conductor of The Shedd Institute's Oregon Festival of American Music from 1997-2007, the artistic director of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival from 2006-2009, and served for six seasons as principal guest conductor of the Grant Park Music Festival. He was the co-founder and artistic director and conductor for The Shedd Institute's American Composers Series from 1997-2002 and its American Symphonia from 2002-2007. References 1940 births Living people American male conductors (music) Oberlin College alumni Musicians from Oregon People from Forest Grove, Oregon Mozarteum University Salzburg alumni 21st-century American conductors (music) 21st-century American male musicians American expatriates in Austria