Paula is a horn player from the northern Chicago suburbs whose musical performances span three continents, including venues at the the Midwest Clinic in Chicago, Chicago Symphony Center, the Ravinia Festival, the Sydney Opera House, the castle Château de Vincennes near Paris, and the Museo del Prado in Madrid. Paula has performed with ensembles including Canadian Brass and Axiom Brass, and under the direction of James Curnow, Joseph Manfredo, and Mallory Thompson. Teachers include Bruce Daugherty, Beth Mazur-Johnson, and Valerie Whitney.
Paula grew up playing in bands, orchestras, and chamber ensembles in school, festivals, camps, and with the Midwest Young Artists. Throughout college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, auditions every semester merited membership in the music school’s large and small ensembles. Paula also joined the orchestra at Rice University for a year while studying engineering. Chamber music of all kinds has always been fruitful and enjoyable, whether through school, youth programs, camps, church, or with local musicians.
Since moving to the Boston area in 2019, Paula now plays with Bay Colony Brass and substitutes as a French hornist in various area orchestras. Paula works as a medical device engineer and lives in Northborough.