Paul Williamson
MA Mus Perf (VCA), B.Mus Perf (VCA)
Lecturer, Jazz & Popular Studies Coordinator
Email: paul.williamson@monash.edu
Phone: (03) 9905 9964
Fax: (03) 9905 3241
Location: Room 108, Performing Arts Centre, Building 68, Clayton Campus
Biography
Paul Williamson built his reputation on the Australian jazz and improvisation scene as an individual voice in trumpet and composition. As a leader he has released seven CDs, Non-Consensual Head Compression (2001, Newmarket), Talk It Up (2002, Newmarket), Mutations (2003, Newmarket), On the Surface, In the Core (2005, Newmarket), Far Away Here (2006, Jazzhead), By a Thread (2009, Downstream) and In Cahoots (2011, Jazzhead).
Paul has also been a regular performer at Australian and International jazz festivals and workshops, including the Cork International Jazz festival, and has performed in the USA, UK, Noumea, China, Ireland, and Germany. Paul has studied extensively with the likes of Dave Douglas, Ingrid Jensen, Laurie Frink, Peter Evans, and Ralph Alessi in New York, and has also participated in courses at CIM (Centre for Improvisational Music) and Banff, Canada.
In 2006-2008 Paul was based in Dublin, Ireland, and was active on the European jazz scene, including performances with Bill Carothers, Dave Liebman, Reggie Washington, Paul Wertico, Ronan Guilfoyle, Lindsay Horner, Michael Buckley and Métier.
Returning to Melbourne, Australia in 2009, Paul has continued a performance schedule, including performances at the Wangaratta International Jazz Festival, Melbourne International Jazz Festival and Stonington Jazz festival with Charlie Haden, Josh Roseman, John Abercrombie, the Australian Art Orchestra, Aaron Goldberg, and various projects at Bennett’s Lane and Uptown Jazz Cafe. In 2011 he marked the release of his new CD In Cahoots with a national tour that included performances at the Wangaratta and Melbourne jazz festivals.
In addition to Paul’s position as a lecturer at Monash University, his previous teaching includes positions as a faculty member of the Jazz department at the Newpark Music Centre (an affiliate school of the renowned Berklee College of Music in Boston), and a trumpet instructor at Victorian College of the Arts (Melbourne University). Paul is also a regular member of the faculty for the Sligo International Jazz Project in Ireland.
Grants and Prizes
2011 Vic Rocks Grant, Arts Victoria.
2009 New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2007 Regional Touring Scheme Grant, Improvised Music Company, Ireland
2006 Alan C. Rose Memorial Fund Grant, Victorian College of the Arts
2005 Presentation and Promotion Grant, New Work Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
2003 Skills and Art Development Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
National Jazz Awards Finalist, Wangaratta International Jazz Festival
2002 Presentation and Promotion Grant, Australia Council for the Arts
1995 Ivan Oliver Scholarship, Victorian College of the Arts
Recent Releases
By a thread
Non-Consensual Head Compression
See also: www.myspace.com/paulwilliamsontrumpet