The ARTISTS of the festival

Paul Sharpe is the Artist-Performer/Teacher of Double Bass at Texas Tech University. As a student of Jeff Bradetich he received the B.M. degree in Performance from Northwestern University, and he obtained an M.A. degree in Music from the University of Iowa studying with Diana Gannett. Mr. Sharpe maintains an active career in variety of roles as a soloist, chamber and orchestral double bassist. Recent performances and engagements include a recital and masterclasses at the University of Michigan, Interlochen Arts Academy, Brazil1s Sixth International Double Bass Encounter in Pirenopolis, Brazil; as a guest artist with the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival (Alaska); performances of Paul Ramsier1s Divertimento Concertante for Solo Double Bass and Orchestra with the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra; the premiere of Stuart Hinds1 Concertino for Double Bass and Orchestra with the Dallas Chamber Orchestra; and a performance with the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival Orchestra of Bottesini1s Grand Duo Concertante with Peter Marsh (USC). In March of 2003, he performed Schubert1s 3Trout2 Quintet with John Nakamatsu, Paul Coletti, Na thaniel Rosen, and Paul Rosenthal as part of Dallas Chamber Music International concert series. He has received fellowships to the Tanglewood Music Center, Aspen Music Festival, and the Pacific Music Festival (Sapporo, Japan) and has been a guest artist at the Pine Mountain Music Festival (Michigan), the Anchorage Festival of Music, the Festival of Two Worlds (Spoleto, Italy), and 20th Century Unlimited (Santa Fe, NM). He has been a prizewinner at several solo competitions, including the International Society of Bassists Solo Competition in 1997, and winner of the Aspen Music Festival's Double Bass Concerto Competition in 1996. Readers of Double Bassist will recognize him as a regular reviewer of new publications and editions of music. He is currently Principal Bass of the Lubbock Symphony Orchestra. As a teacher of double bass he has held faculty positions at the University of North Texas, Augustana College (Rock Island, IL), and the Preucil School of Music (Iowa City, IA).