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Join the School of Music for a Music Entrepreneurship talk with Paul Tynan!

Music has taken Paul to thirty countries across three continents, including all the Canadian provinces and 47 states in the USA. He also co-leads the “BiCoastal Collective”, with Grammy-winning saxophonist Aaron Lington. The ensemble is dedicated to performing new jazz compositions. Paul has released 14 recordings as a leader/co-leader on the Origin, OA2, Armored, and NohJoh Music labels.

As a jazz recording artist Paul has appeared on over seventy-five recordings, as a trumpet player, composer, arranger, and/or producer alongside such musicians as Lynn Seaton, Marcus Wolfe, Stockton Helbing, David Braid, Aaron Lington, Joel Fountain, Bobby Selvaggio, Kenny Werner, Kenny Wheeler, Dan Haerle, Ben Street, and Jamey Haddad and the One O’clock Lab Band.

Paul has received grant support from Canada Council for the Arts, Arts Nova Scotia and the Nova Scotia Department of Culture and Heritage and the St. Francis Xavier University Council on Research for his creative output. Paul is a Full Professor of Music at St. Francis Xavier University where he teaches jazz brass, jazz history, and arranging. He has also served on the faculties of San Jose State University, Chabot College, Nova Scotia Honor Jazz Program, and University of North Texas Summer Trumpet Workshop and is a past co-director of the Acadia Summer Jazz Workshop. He is currently the artistic director of the Antigonish Jazz Festival.